When I was interviewed for my first job in media my soon-to-be new boss asked me how I felt about change. My response was easy. I loved it. That was why I was sitting in his office. I was looking for change. I wanted a new direction. I hadn’t been in the workforce for very […]
Cecile Hofer on Leadership, Empathy and the State of the Workplace: Episode #38
Joanne’s guest this week is Cecile Hofer, the Co-Managing Partner of Amrop, Hofer Tan, a global executive search and leadership consulting firm based in Singapore. Cecile offers her global perspective on leadership, empathy as a job qualification, and the state of the job market as we move into a post-pandemic world. They also chat about […]
Episode #2 Vince Rocco on Real Estate in New York
This week’s episode features Vince Rocco, a licensed real estate broker for Halstead in New York City, the host of the popular Good Morning New York Real Estate Radio Show on Voice America, and a member of the faculty at the New York Real Estate Institute. Joanne and Vince discuss how the pandemic has disrupted […]
What Men Don’t Do That Women Do When Pitching A Job
The other night after trying to figure out where my Via driver was, I finally crawled into the back seat of a Toyota Siena, happy to be sitting down and announced my exhaustion to anyone who would listen. The only other passenger was a young slender woman wearing a t-shirt and jeans with her hands […]
What I Learned About Passion After Following Mine
This month will mark eight years since I opted to follow my passion instead of taking the safer route towards a more predictable and steadier paycheck. It’s been a journey filled with joy and tears, successes and failures, moments of certainty that I’m on the right path and others of being down on my knees, […]





