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Home for the Holidays

Tomorrow, in these United States, is Thanksgiving 2017. *pause for effect* Aww Sunshine, I know, but it’ll be okay.  Stop sniveling.  Loosen that death-grip on your box of wine. You’re going to make it, I promise.  (And if not, hey, as Hunter S. Thompson used to say, many great books have been written in prison. #kidding #ohrelax)…
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November 22, 2017 0

Want to Raise Great Kids?

“…some will win, some will lose, some are meant to sing the blues…”- Journey (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) Because actually I’m a passionate believer that failure is the midwife of success. In my own coaching practice, from starvation to coaching people in the Obama White House, trust that there were countless failures. And each of…
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November 19, 2017 0

Going into Friday night like…

A preternaturally beautiful October Friday afternoon here in NYC…perfect time to brood about your dating life! If you’re at work, wondering if you should talk about your dating life, or your new boy/girlfriend…probably don’t. Unless you implicitly trust the person you’re about to confide in, stop. Hold your tongue. Keep your private life private. People…
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October 20, 2017 0

Negotiate Your Dream Offer with These 6 Tips!

Thanks Robin Farmer for including me in your great Washington Post piece about tips for negotiating your dream job offer!


October 17, 2017 0

Risque Business

Yesterday, August 21, 2017, was the solar eclipse, i.e. just another day of not much work getting done in offices across these fruited plains as people not-so-silently yearned for their cubicle mates…or their bosses…or wished their office spouse was their real-life wife.  Listen: I ain’t judging. (I myself spend a great deal of my day thinking…
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August 22, 2017 0

NY1: Fourth of July BBQ & Networking

I had a lot of fun, earlier this month, appearing on NY1, to share some hints as to how to turn that summer bbq into a networking BYOBC (Bring Your Own Business Card) bbq! If you’re thinking, “Carlota, you’re so wise!,” yes, very true. Wise and modest. Here’s the link: http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2017/07/1/success-strategist-carlota-zimmerman-marketing-tips-4th-of-july-weekend.html If it helps, and your…
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July 10, 2017 0

Glassdoor: What to Do When Your Manager Hints That You Should Quit

The Fourth of July weekend seems an opportune time to share this Glassdoor blog article about handling yourself at the office in bad times, since, historically, July 4th is all about declaring independence.  Only you can determine what you need to be independent of, but I’d argue that freedom from our gaudy fears, doubts and all the  other…
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July 3, 2017 0

Atlanta Black Star

Before I’m a coach, I’m a woman who had to get her own mind right to launch and maintain a successful coaching practice.  As a woman, as a human, I had to evolve how I thought about myself, so that I could get potential clients to see me as a source for wisdom and help. I…
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June 5, 2017 0

That time I was interviewed on the Wall Street Journal MarketWatch podcast.

Ahh, the irony of being a coach and an entrepreneur: you get a request to be on a Wall Street Journal podcast, about how big business is drastically scaling back telecommuting, wanting workers to be more visible and so-called committed to the team…and suddenly, there you are, doing the interview in your bedroom, hiding out…
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May 26, 2017 0

Interviewed in More.com

There’s profound irony in that this piece, advice for college graduates seeking their first job, was written by a young woman who is all of 21….and it was one of the most enjoyable interviews I’ve done in a long time! I don’t know about you, but when I was 21, no major news publications were…
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May 5, 2017 0