Career Advice & Insights

How to better connect and communicate with your employees. Clear internal communication is absolutely essential for a business to function. It prevents confusion about tasks and goals. It also contributes significantly to positive employee engagement with the company and with each other, therefore making for a more productive team. The biggest obstacle to great communication … Read More

Jack Donaghy, of NBC’s 30 Rock, is arguably the best on-screen boss the world has ever seen. His success-driven life philosophies, ability to navigate any difficult situation, and flawless problem-solving skills make him an inspirational figure for businessmen (and women!) everywhere. While we don’t recommend mimicking his bluntness and occasional insensitivity, some of the quotes … Read More

Leaders come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have a few common denominators. The most effective leaders are the individuals who can transform a good firm into a great company. They are the people who continually push their subordinates to become better, more engaged employees and allow them to adapt to changes in … Read More

If you don’t manage your professional brand, someone else will do it for you. As professionals, we use many symbols to express our professional identity, better known as our personal brand. The most successful professionals carefully manage their brand across many different channels throughout their careers. Whether you’re new to the workforce or a seasoned … Read More

Reformed workaholic Arianna Huffington shares her secrets of success without stress. If you spend most of your time feeling like you’ve got too much to do, you might feel better when you look at what’s on Arianna Huffington’s plate. As head of one of the world’s most influential news and information brands, The Huffington Post, … Read More

Gurjot New York’s CEO and Creative Director talks to Ladders about her line of luxury women’s business wear and her passion to see women excel in the workplace. What prompted you to start Gurjot New York? Our mission is to advance women in the workplace by dressing them impeccably. Back in 2009 when I was … Read More

Learn how to stick to your New Year’s resolution to change your career this year. If you’re like many people out there, you may have already lost sight of the New Year’s resolutions you declared at the beginning of January. If your career resolutions have been usurped by work deadlines and children’s play dates, it’s … Read More

Put these tips to practice to get more done, be happier at work, and spend more time with loved ones. If achieving “greater work-life balance” was one of your resolutions for the New Year, you’re not alone. An iVillage survey found that of 1,500 women polled online, 89 percent defined career success as the “flexibility … Read More

Improve your relationship with your manager and watch your career take flight. Identify your boss’s priorities It’s no wonder that my colleague and Ladders Founder Marc Cenedella often advises job seekers to ask the hiring manager during an interview, “How do you (Mr. or Ms. Future Boss) get a gold star at the end of … Read More