Self-Awareness: The Meta-Skill of the 21st Century

Self-Awareness: The Meta-Skill of the 21st Century

This episode’s title is a declaration of why Leslie Ferry created the Bright & Wize podcast and the Brize app. Both aim to raise personal and other self-awareness to fuel career empowerment and success. Self-Awareness is the meta-skill…
Feedback Best Career Gift

Feedback is The Best Career Gift

To grow and achieve happiness in our careers, we need to embrace feedback for the gift it is. And here is why feedback is the best career gift. It often clarifies expectations of what our managers or others want us to do or accomplish.…

Influencing & Persuading Others

Being influential at work is not about being in a specific position or having authority. Every employee is in a position to influence once we know how to do it. Influence is the process of taking advantage of an opportunity, establishing creditability,…

Strategic Presence – A State of Being at Work

Regardless of their position, individuals with strategic presence seem to know what needs to be done and how to do it. The essence of strategic presence is making a positive impression on our colleagues, customers or clients, and partners…
Work Assignments Differ From College Assignments

Work Assignments Differ From College Assignments

Think about the start of a new school term and how we approach preparing for it. The first class primarily focuses on the syllabus that outlines the class expectations. It is a fairly prescriptive approach with clear guidance on what we must…
Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good.

Does the 10,000-Hour Rule Apply To Work?

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell If you have not heard of the 10,000-hour rule, it is a concept promoted by Malcolm Gladwell in his book, “Outliers:…

Get a Promotion or More Exciting Responsibilities

After being in a job for a while, many of us set our sights on the next phase of our careers. For some, that means getting a promotion. Others seek new, more challenging responsibilities. The motivations for this goal include ambition and a…

Find Meaning & Purpose at Work

Most of us have a deep desire for work that provides a sense of purpose. According to a study by Bates College and Gallup, over 80% of college-educated Americans aspire to have meaningful work, yet less than 50% attain it. That is disappointing…

The 21st-Century Career Profile

Includes Intelligence + Intention + Interaction The opportunity to work on meaningful projects, conceptualize and develop creative solutions to problems, or create new products or services no one else has imaged yet has never been greater.…
Brize Impact Donation

Brize Introduces Brize Impact & Makes Its First Donation to aspire! Afterschool Learning

Aspire! Afterschool Learning is a nonprofit organization that provides holistic, high-quality afterschool and summer academic enrichment to students in South Arlington, Virginia. Aspire!'s afterschool program provides homework help, social-emotional…