This week we launch “lanterns of Leadership - a story series devoted to helping showcase the stories of the industry leaders leading the way in making workplaces healthier places to be.
All in Leadership
Loving Hard Through Roe v. Wade
Last week’s decision in the Supreme Court of the United States impacting women’s access to healthcare, and privacy rights, was not a complete surprise. But it is certainly confronting. This week, Beck offers ways to help support your mental health and those you love.
How to Leave your Job with Your Heart Intact
Considering a fresh start? This week Beck offers up some small ways to make the leap a little easier…
Lessons From A Life Transition
Guest contributor, Nancy Light shares her lessons learned from her recent wine career transition.
What the Wisest Part of You Knows
“How would the wisest part of you respond?”. This is the question that Cathy Huyghe considers in this week’s post, sharing insights about how the times that pausing to ask that question quietly has proved especially helpful.
Five Bright Stars For These Dark Times
This week my mental health got hit by a truck. Like “holy s**t, I’m not sure where to start to get outta this one,” kinda hit… But through the angst and anxiety, there have been five bright stars I have looked to help keep me on track, and I hope they can help you, no matter where in the world this finds you.
Global Crisis and the Hospitality Furlough: A View from the Front Lines
As any restaurant professional knows, managing a beverage program, is not without its challenges. But as guest contributor Amy Currens writes, nothing could have prepared anyone for the decimation that has hit the hospitality industry.
"Nada es Imposible" - Lessons in Resilience, from Argentina to New York
Guest contributor Sharon Nieuwenhuis shares how the New York wine industry is adapting to unprecedented times facing the wine industry.
Stepping Up and other ABG Updates
In these most uncertain of times, we are doing a few things to keep people connected and community strong, including sharing stories from our initial 30 days of practice. Check it out:
The Kindnesses We Show Each Other
This week I set out to notice the kindnesses that we show each other, here within the wine world. There is, it turns out, no shortage of them. That may be because the wine industry is a small and inter-connected place where, as Beck points out, six degrees of separation can become two pretty quickly. Kindnesses we show each other are one way to make that closeness more comfortable.
Headwinds Ahead: Wine in the Age of Wellness and Moderation
Wine has taken a bit of a beating lately. Between new year’s resolutions, media attention to Dry (or damp) January, the uncertainty of impending tariffs, or consumers indicating they plan to drink less alcohol, the latest industry reports do not paint the brightest of pictures for wine.
3 Productivity Resolutions that Have Stuck for 2020
“Be more productive.”
That one’s got to be up there on anyone’s list of New Year’s resolutions. What if we refined it a bit, to make it just a little more accurate, a little more realistic, and a little more doable?
this week’s post has three great ideas on how to make productivity resolutions stick!
Elated, Encouraged, and Exhausted: 2019 in Review
Are we there yet? 2019 was an incredible year for A Balanced Glass, and this week Beck shares her highlights from a year of growth and change.
Mental Health Awareness: Shifting from Stigma To Support
Guest contributor Deborah Parker Wong shares a thoughtful question-and-answer interview with Brandon Staglin who talks candidly about his work and life experiences living in recovery from schizophrenia.
My Three Favorite Wellness Resources That You’ve Likely Never Heard Of
There’s no shortage of information, insights and advice on navigating the world of wellness. But how do you sort the real data from the witchcraft, snake oil and uninformed opinions?
Why I’d Bet on the Young Women of Our Industry
Earlier this week I was honored to attend the first Dream Big Darling retreat in Paso Robles, which aims to foster professional development for promising young women, with four to seven years experience in the wine and spirits industry. Heer are my learnings.
ABG Goes to Camp - aka TEXSOM
Few professional wine conferences cause a collective level of pre-arrival anxiety, excitement and post-camp blues like the annual TEXSOM gathering. Now in its fifteenth year, TEXSOM is undoubtedly the most professional educational and evaluative opportunity for US wine professionals. Here’s what we learned…
Lessons from Liège – Takeaways from the Born Digital Wine Awards Summit
At the recent Born Digital Wine Awards Summit in Liège Belgium, numerous topics were discussed, but the group chose to prioritize four topics for further industry consideration: packaging, wine tourism and education, wine media, and health and wellness.
Come As You Are – Learnings from the 2019 Bâtonnage Forum
Come as you are! Such was the edict given by the organizers of last weekend’s Bâtonnage Forum. Founded by Oakland wine retailer Stevie Staconis, the second edition of the grassroots event is aimed at stirring up discussion around issues facing women in the wine industry.