Kelly Featured in CEO World Again!
Kelly is featured in CEO World, for the second time! Her take on “Corrosive Coworkers” is the featured article, covering the two main types of corrosive coworkers: “naysayers” and “derailers”. The article describes the traits of each type of worker and specific tips on how to handle them to stay in control of your business, projects and teams. You can read the article here.
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Virtual Keynote| April 20
Westfield Insurance
Atlanta, GA| April 26 & 27
Marsh McLennan
Washington, DC|
April 28
IIABA
Harrisburg, PA|
May 9
Penn National Insurance
Topeka, KS|
May 15
BlueCross BlueShield of KS
Virtual Keynote|
May 22
National Diversity Council
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Mexican-Born Player Lou López Sénéchal Makes History With Her WNBA Draft
Women continue to make waves in the world of sports. This time, it is a Latina who has made history. She is Lou López Sénéchal, who became the first Mexican-born player to be drafted by the WNBA.
The Dallas Wings selected Sénéchal during the WNBA drafts with the fifth overall pick.
“I’ve come a long way — very grateful for my journey and all the steps I’ve achieved. [I’m] very grateful to be here,” López Sénéchal told reporters.
At the same time, the Washington Mystics selected Stephanie Soares, a native of Brazil, as their fourth pick.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the Latina star lived her early years in Grenoble, France. At 19, she was attending a basketball academy in Ireland.
Along with her stepfather, López Sénéchal applied to schools across the United States just five years ago. UMass Lowell, Tulsa, Akron, Duquesne, and Fairfield schools responded, and the family traveled with a new career plan.
López Sénéchal accepted the offer from Fairfield, where she played for four years. She played with the team in the NCAA tournament. The Latina player led the team to a conference title in 2022, the school’s first in 24 years.
López Sénéchal was named the 2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
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In a Growing Share of U.S. Marriages, Husbands and Wives Earn About the Same
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Among married couples in the United States, women’s financial contributions have grown steadily over the last half century. While men remain the main breadwinner in a majority of opposite-sex marriages, the share of women who earn as much as or significantly more than their husband has roughly tripled over the past 50 years.
In 29% of marriages today, both spouses earn about the same amount of money. Just over half (55%) of marriages today have a husband who is the primary or sole breadwinner and 16% have a breadwinner wife.
Even as financial contributions have become more equal in marriages, the way couples divide their time between paid work and home life remains unbalanced. Women pick up a heavier load when it comes to household chores and caregiving responsibilities, while men spend more time on work and leisure.
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Got Milk? Not This Generation.
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To the marketers trying to reboot milk as a sports drink for Generation Z, Yvonne Zapata seemed like the perfect ambassador. An exuberant 24-year-old marathoner from Brooklyn, she describes herself as a proud Latina runner. Her nickname is Miss Outside.
The Milk Processor Education Program signed her to its 26.2 project, an ambitious effort to provide training, gear, advice and other support to every woman who runs a marathon in the United States this year. In March, Ms. Zapata’s face lit up a giant Times Square billboard. She starred in her own video. Her portrait is one of several anchoring the Gonna Need Milk website.
There is only one problem: Ms. Zapata would rather drink oat milk.
“Dairy milk is good,” she explained in an interview, “but I feel like realistically it’s unhealthy.”
She grew up hearing that dairy products weren’t good for her sports-induced asthma. Then her sister became a vegan and made a strong case against them. But Ms. Zapata is dedicated to getting women with different shapes and from different cultures to embrace running, so she joined #TeamMilk.
“I feel like that’s more important than whether milk is good for you,” she said.
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Loneliness in U.S. Subsides From Pandemic High
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Seventeen percent of U.S. adults report that they felt loneliness “a lot of the day yesterday,” continuing a general decline seen since 2020 and early 2021. Despite the decrease, the 17% represents an estimated 44 million American adults who are experiencing significant loneliness. These data are a part of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index.
The most recent results, obtained Feb. 21-28, 2023, are based on a web survey of 5,167 U.S. adults as part of the Gallup Panel, a probability-based panel of about 100,000 adults across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The decline in reports of loneliness largely coincides with the COVID-19 vaccine era, when social distancing and isolation protocols became less common. As recently as March 2021, 25% of respondents reported experiencing loneliness the prior day.
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How to Shut Down a Work Bully or Microaggression on the Spot
Businesses and organizations of every size are more committed than ever to make their workplaces an inclusive and respectful place for all employees. But that doesn’t mean that bullies and nasty workers don’t try to take a swipe at some coworkers. And some of those swipes may not be significant enough to run to the HR Department to report them, but they shouldn’t be tolerated or ignored. Here’s what to do when someone makes a joke at your expense or takes a dig at you: look them right in the eye and ask politely, “I’m sorry – can you repeat that please?”.
Corrosive coworkers will rarely repeat their insulting comment, because they know it’s wrong. If they DO say it again, just keep looking them in the eye and restating, “I’m sorry – can you repeat that please?”. In this way, you’re standing up to the bully in a non-aggressive manner, and looking them in the eye and asking them to repeat the insult will stop them in their tracks. They know they are out of line. They know that you know. And they know that the next thing that happens is that they will get reported to HR if the behavior continues. The bully will usually walk away, muttering, “Never mind” or “Just kidding”. But they will get the message. And they won’t mess with you again.
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