Articles, thoughts & advice from Executive Director of Women Leading Kentucky, Carol Siler
In the picture: WLK workshop attendees connected on Zoom in 2020 Stay Connected in 2021 We are all glad to see 2020 behind us! While much hasn’t changed in 2021 (considering we are a few days in), what has changed is our perspective and outlook. We now have a deeper understanding of how to be…
We have a great deal to be grateful for as we reflect on 2020: The support of our Board and Advisory Council. They conducted an in-depth strategic planning process during the most disruptive business year our nonprofit has weathered so far. We want to repeat our thanks to Molly Sutherland and Kathryn Hansen for organizing…
Creating a Stronger Bond During the Quarantine Since we were advised by the Governor to “Stay Safe at Home’ my husband Clark and I are home with our orange tabby cat, Calvin who is perplexed as to why we are here. We have been married eighteen years … a ‘later in life’ second marriage for…
LEADERSHIP TIPS FOR WORKING FROM HOME! From Carol Siler COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for the workforce. While some people may be ‘work-from-home’ pro’s, many of us are foreign to this new work environment. After a week of working from home, I thought it was necessary to keep myself centered and focused by developing…
WHAT YOU MISS WHEN YOU MISS OUT Does this ever happen to you? You make a decision to not attend something that later you could kick myself for missing. Maybe you’re too busy, too tired or the event/speaker just doesn’t seem interesting enough. Later, you find out that you missed an extraordinary experience. It happens…
Summer is winding down but Women Leading Kentucky is gearing up for an exciting season of Roundtable Networking Luncheons, this fall. On Tuesday, August 30th the ‘Queen of Southern Sass’, Etta May, will do a benefit comedy performance to help us raise funding for scholarships that are given each year to women attending college in…
Leadership Challenges This past February 24th, my Neurosurgeon informed me that I had spondylolisthesis in my lumbar 5 vertebrae which could only be fixed through surgery and that he had an opening on March 4th. Recovery time = three months. WHOA, Hey, slow your roll there a minute Dr. Neurosurgeon, I’m too busy for this…