Building Trust in the Workplace, from Let's Talk Live | WJLA.com

Here is my latest segment on News Channel 8's "Let's Talk Live." This week, I spoke to reporter Kellye Lynn about the critical component of trust in the workplace and how to build and maintain it: 

Building trust in the workplace - Let's Talk Live | WJLA.com

Leadership Greater Washington's Volunteer of the Year!!

I am humbled to be the recipient of Leadership Greater Washington’s 2013 Pepco Volunteer of the Year Award.

I have served on the board of Leadership Greater Washington (LGW) for the past five years—this year as chair-elect and co-chair of Youth Leadership Greater Washington. LGW is a terrific organization, one that connects and trains leaders from across the Washington area’s diverse cultures of business, politics, government, nonprofits, and more. LGW builds and connects Washington’s leaders so that they may continue to make positive change in the region.

LGW offers three fantastic programs: the Signature Program for leaders; the Effective Leadership Institute, a six-month leadership development program; and Youth Leadership Greater Washington, a six-month interactive youth leadership development program. All have the same purpose: to encourage, train, and connect our region’s leaders so that they may work together to continue to make our region great.

Find out more about LGW here: http://www.lgwdc.org/cs/home

LGW means a lot to me, and I am thrilled to have received this award. Thanks LGW!

Here I am, third from left, at the LGW Gala Event Wednesday night, with: Julie Rosenthal, president of Rosenthal Communications and LGW board chair; Debbie Jarvis, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility, Pepco; me; and Tim Kime, president and CEO, Leadership Greater Washington.

I'm one of WBJ's "Women Who Mean Business!"

I am a little embarrassed to blow my own horn, but this is really exciting! I was just named one of the Washington Business Journal’s 2010 Women Who Mean Business.

This is the announcement from WBJ:

"Mary Abbajay, president and co-founder of Careerstone Group, LLC, has been named one of our 2010 Women Who Mean Business. The Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business awards program is designed to honor the region's most influential businesswomen. These women have made a difference in their communities, blazed a trail for the rest of us, and are leaving a mark on business in the Washington area. Recipients will be honored at a Nov. 18 awards ceremony and profiled in the Nov. 19-25 edition of the Washington Business Journal."

And here's my TV interview:

Mary Abbajay: WBJ Woman Who Means Business