Resources

(FREE) How to ask your boss to pay for your professional development.

There are many times that professional development funds do NOT get used by teams and employees. Before you ever pay for something on your own, always invite your company to invest in you and your development. Several schools provide free resources that teach you how to prepare for the request, what to say, and even what a good email request would look like with sample templates. Here are a few of our favorites:

• Whorton's Business School

• Harvard Business School

• Code Academy (lower cost request)

Good at Work Institute - Deepen Learning about Podcast Leadership Topics

Our teachable website includes various paid courses that further support professional and leadership development, including:

• Season 1 Workshop (includes all worksheets in a workbook format, and links to recommended LinkedIn Learning and additional learning videos for each topic discussed on the podcast)

• Learning Worksheets Our Lemon Squeezy Shop - where you can purchase individual copies of the worksheets for personal use.

(FREE) Course: Learn to negotiate a new job, raise, or promotion

"On average, single women between 55 and 64 have about $88,600 in retirement savings, compared with $136,685 for single men and $423,800 for married couples in the same age group, according to Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research. Women also tend to live longer, raising the projected total cost of retirement as they have to stretch their smaller savings over more years." (Wallstreet Journal, Anne Torgeson, Here’s What Retirement Looks Like for Single Women in America)

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The following resources are designed specifically for women and can help address these challenges:

• Learn to Negotiate for a New Job, Raise or Promotion — and Gain Confidence (American Association of University Women)

Support Making Prayerful Professional Decisions - Guided Prayer Journal Books & a Supporting Course

We support women of faith as they seek to prayerfully live all aspects of life, inclusive of work and family. This journal is designed to support you as you prayerfully make work and personal decisions: 

• Classic Cover Journal - Guided Prayer Journal for Life's Challenges & Questions: A Support for Finding Answers & Decisions Classic Cover Edition

• Women's Cover Journal - Guided Prayer Journal for Life's Challenges & Questions: A Support for Finding Answers & Decisions Classic Cover Edition

• Finding Inspired Answers Workshop (you will need to own or purchase one of the above journals to participate in the workshop)