Armida Markarova is an award-winning strategist, a professional development expert and a certified conflict analysis and resolution mediator who's worked for over 15 years in executive leadership positions. Armida has been featured on the panel of professional development experts in media outlets like NBC Chicago, Tech Trends, Reader’s Digest, MSN News, MSN Money, Yahoo Lifestyle and Tasty Trade/Bootstrapping in America. She is the Founder of CareerBloom, a bite-sized professional development platform that helps employers increase team productivity and engagement by helping leaders uncover their teams' operational and communication gaps. CareerBloom's bite-sized content helps teams get professional development in areas like leadership development, communication, conflict resolution and strategic planning - all in less than 15 minutes a week.