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Coaching a driven young innovator to collaborate
Asked + Answered is a new recurring feature in The Network. We pose reader queries about workplace and management matters to a panel of...
Rae Vasquez: Tough lessons from a mentor
Rae Vasquez of Jones Walker law firm will be the first to tell you mentors have helped her get where she is today. In this Q+A, she tells how she handles difficult conversations and her advice to those she mentors.
Baton Rouge businesswomen find greater success with a pack
Many of Baton Rouge's most successful businesswomen have one thing in common: a pack of other successful women behind them.
In order to land the...
Amy Dighton builds a network for mompreneurs
Sitting down at a small table in White Star Market, Amy Dighton divulges that she has been in her car in the parking lot...
Tips and tricks for your website (it does still matter)
We’re continuing our discussion of how to get the most from your business website. (Read the first installment.)
If you haven’t already, sign up for...
Shonta Greenwood, whether its football or industry, breaks barriers
Breaking into circles dominated by men—and then rising to the top—is something Shonta Greenwood can say she’s done not once, but twice.
In the early...
‘How I manage older male colleagues’
Ten years ago, when Cheri Schlegel was 30 years old, she became a run plant engineer at Dow Chemical, overseeing day-to-day operations at the...
Self-care tips from five professional Baton Rouge women
Nowadays, it’s all about that hustle and grind. But grind too hard and you risk chipping away at your sanity through burnout.
With Slack, Facebook,...
Video: Dima Ghawi on boosting confidence for your professional growth
In this video for The Network, leadership keynote speaker and executive coach Dima Ghawi tackles the struggles with confidence women in the workplace sometimes...
Inside Lori Virdue’s vintage style shop
Lori Virdue’s love for vintage was born in her grandmother’s closet. Growing up, she lived with three siblings in her grandparents’ retro home in south...
Education & networking
The Business Report Executive Leadership Academy is now accepting applications for the fall 2019 session.
Business Report offers this customized program for advancing professionals and entrepreneurs...
Firsts in Five: Christine Lipsey
Firsts in Five poses five questions to South Louisiana women who were first in some aspect of their field or in the community.
With 37...
How I Get It Done: Sarah Taylor
Sarah Taylor thrives on chaos. There’s no way to predict injuries, so she’s never able to plan a workday. She constantly has to move...
I asked for and got a raise
Over the course of her two years with environmental consulting firm QRI, L. Rivers Berryhill made an effort to become the go-to person in...
Why so few women in politics?
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome began her political career 30 years ago with a seat on the East Baton Rouge Metro Council, where she surprisingly...
Is success what we are striving for?
“What is your definition of success?” I asked Mary, a college graduate sitting on the other side of my desk, dressed sharply and demonstrating...
Navigating as the first female in the C-Suite
Asked + Answered is a new recurring feature in The Network. We pose reader queries about workplace and management matters to a panel of...
Why your website is still relevant
When the internet began entering American households 25 years ago, it hardly seemed like a marketing revolution.
There was one commercial web browser and about...
Managing: What is good feedback?
What's the best way to provide feedback to colleagues and how best to talk to workers about their performance? Even the Harvard Business Review...
How I Got Started: Monique Scott-Spaulding of Jani-King
Monique Scott-Spaulding spent two full years researching before she decided what kind of business she wanted to run. Her venture, which she launched in...
