The #1 Leadership Strategy for Women

Research Says: to Move Up - SPEAK UP!

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Speak Truth to Power
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What are you holding IN that's holding you BACK?

Research shows that when women play by a man’s rules, they don’t get ahead in the same way (Catalyst, 2011*). So why play by those rules? The #1 thing a woman can do to advance her professional career – including and especially break through the glass ceiling or succeed in her own business – is to speak up, sit at the table, network, make sure people know about her accomplishments. And yet, most of us don’t do it effectively or often enough!

Is this why you purse your lips when you should be speaking up?

  • You don’t want to brag.You’re afraid people will judge you.
  • You don’t want to put others on the defensive.
  • You’re not sure of yourself and you don’t want to fail.
  • You’re afraid if you say what’s really on your mind you’ll be penalized.

Yes, these things can happen – but not when you learn how to speak from your authentic core. When you learn to speak your truthbringing your unique personal wisdom forth and release your fears about what others will thinkthen you become the leader people want to follow, impressing your superior, colleagues and clients alike!

They don’t have to agree with you to respect you!

When you can speak your truth effectively, it’s not only possible to give the powers-that-be the difficult truth, it’s preferable – they want to listen to you! When you deliver your truth correctlyhard-to-hear information is actually refreshing, impactful and makes you powerful – simply by being yourself.

  • Ask effectively for a raise, promotion and new assignment. 
  • Tell the board, boss or client to get out of your way so you can do your job.
  • Manage a difficult employee, colleague or client.
  • Stop that train wreck meeting that will set your project back.
  • Renegotiate a partnership inequity.
  • Address an ethical breach threatening your success.
As the immediate past CEO of a professional association, I have the responsibility as a continuing board member of growing our number one revenue-generating program, which had been lacking in leadership and relying on competing stakeholders to run the operation. By speaking my truth always, I overhauled the make-up of two disparate committees into a new advisory council addressing a global and industry diverse membership to ensure the availability of best practices worldwide. The Speak Your Truth to Power eCourse helped me address my fears of reprisal, allowed me to keep an open mind and evaluate all inputs fairly, and taught me that I didn’t always have to be right in every situation to succeed and advance the goals of the association.
B.B., Board Member

Speaking Truth is a serious leadership skill!

Yes, these are soft skills, but with hard impact. This is why I’ve been invited to teach this material to mid-career government professionals as a faculty member at the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. Why? Because the powers-that-be know it’s a critical leadership development skill, and they want their best and brightest to know how to do it well!

Why learning public speaking techniques isn’t enough. We have to go deeper.

I’ve always been a good public speaker, but I realized years ago that when I spoke up and actually got ahead, it wasn’t because I spoke well, it was because I spoke non-defensively and said things that mattered and resonated with my values. When I spoke my authentic truth that came from the alignment of my head and my heart, people listened in a different way. Even more importantly, I stopped hating my job – and hating myself for keeping my mouth shut when I had important things to contribute. Over time I realized I didn’t have to leave my true self and my integrity at the door every day when I left for the office. Speaking my truth allowed me to bring my authentic self at work. I felt like a whole person for the first time in decades!

This skill has really paid off for me professionally, too. Early in my career, speaking my truth got me a plumb overseas assignment. But the big breakthrough was when I resolved to speak my truth always – and immediately started landing bigger, more strategic deals. I went from working for the Director of Marketing to the CEO – literally overnight – and my book of business grew along with it, even when I had to deliver news my clients didn’t want to hear.  I recently landed triple the add-on business with a Fortune 100 association when I told the Board of Directors that my client (the CEO) was wrong – and I earned the CEO’s trust and respect in the process!  It’s even helped my marriage survive some bruising bumps and scrapes along the way.

But learning to speak my truth was not easy. To learn how not to turn every conversation into a confrontation, and not put my audience on the defensive, I’ve had to let go of many fears and anxieties, and I’ve learned some surprisingly easy ways to do this that I’d like to pass on to you.

This skill has been so critical to my own happiness and professional effectiveness that as a coach I began documenting my process, researching and studying other speakers and leaders. I became determined to bring this skill to my clients because when you speak from your core truth you’re allowing your authentic leadership style come through and you have amazing power in every conversation. The program I’ve put together includes my personal favorite techniques as well as insights from psychology, group dynamics and even spirituality and mythology – all condensed into an accessible 5 week eCourse that will add power to your professional leadership skill set.

~Dana Theus, Founder InPower Coaching & InPower Women

I had my first true test of The Speaking Truth to Power approach recently when my boss verbally attacked me. Using Dana’s wisdom and methodology I was shocked at how calm I was, how easily my truth flowed from me, and how happy I was with the outcome.
Laurie Erdman, (former) attorney

eCoaching is unique
eCoaching is unlike any other professional development coaching process out there because I give you the tools to help you reclaim your power from the inside – out. You do the work. I’m here to support you – only when you need it – and you reap the rewards.

I was actively engaged from the start and looked forward to the quiet time during the day when I could tackle the next week’s lessons. The online format allowed me to pace myself as opposed to moving at the instructor’s pace and the mixed media format was beneficial, too. 
B.B., Board Member
InPower eCoaching is designed to help you reclaim your relationship with the authentic power inside you. And, it’s
  • Private
  • Convenient (24/7)
  • Personal
  • Affordable
  • Simple
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How much does it cost?

$197 price includes

  • 5 Workbooks & Case Studies
  • 14 Worksheets & Assignments
  • 20 Videos
  • 47 Reflection & Journaling Questions
  • Weekly email prompts & reminders
  • Exclusive, Member’s-only group coaching community
  • Perpetual access to all materials
  • Leader’s Guide: Listening to Truth (Includes insights on how to mentor employees in speaking their own truth and how to create a business culture of innovation and truth)

  • BONUS! Your account on InPowerCoaching.com includes free access to the Coffee Break video series The 5 Principles of InPowerment with over 40 minutes of video and 5 PDF downloads to help you integrate InPower into your life and work.
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I saw this course as a leadership development course. A course which works on soft skills, which when developed, will help me to speak effectively and make me a better leader. I also had a problem with an individual who repeatedly undermined my confidence and left me feeling challenged and frustrated. I felt strongly that by tapping into the tools and techniques which help me to speak my mind, whilst demonstrating my commitment to the bigger picture, would help to ease the situation. It has!

The very best thing about the course was to be able to take a live issue and to ponder out loud (over the forum) on what to do. Despite being continents apart, a timely bit of guidance comes back! I really wasn’t alone. Dana genuinely seemed to both be able to understand me and to be able to guide me.

Isabelle, Executive (U.K.)
Since childhood, confrontation has made me emotionally ill and until I recently began applying Dana’s wisdom for Speaking Truth to Power, I would leave every single conflict with a knot in my stomach, regretting what I hadn’t said – or what I had. In my previous legal career, this became truly problematic because my job was to win every argument. I had to be right and get my way every time. Since leaving the law, I’ve applied the Speak Truth to Power practice more freely, to tap into my own personal truth instead of the one I was being paid to champion, and to prepare to accept all possible outcomes from my speaking. I had my first true test of this approach recently when my boss verbally attacked me. Using Dana’s Speak Truth to Power approach I was shocked at how calm I was, how easily my truth flowed from me, how winning was less important than being true to myself, and how happy I was with the outcome that occurred precisely because I didn’t get into a fighting match even when provoked. The Speak Truth to Power approach in this eCourse has been truly transformative for my work and my life. I can’t recommend it highly enough and I wish I’d applied more of it when I was a lawyer!
Laurie Erdman, (former) attorney

Don’t wait another second to start learning how to let your authentic truth be the reason for your career success!
 

 About Me

My name is Dana Theus, founder of  InPower Coaching and InPower Women. I’m a leadership consultant and I’ve spent the last 25 years of my career as a corporate executive and consultant learning the ropes of leadership and management at Fortune 100 companies, roller-coaster startups, government agencies and non-profits of all sizes. I’ve done it “their way” to achieve external power and “my way” to claim internal, personal power and I can tell you – personal power is the way to go. Once you access your InPower, you never feel powerless again and the sky’s the limit on external power you can achieve.

Claiming your personal power isn’t rocket science or super-secret sauce I cooked up. It’s modern psychology plus some ancient wisdom with a dollop of modern sensibility and a splash of “how to” common sense. It’s the same guru-juice I teach at the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership – only packaged for busy working professionals like you.

I’m in this for both of us because that’s my mission – to change the world by helping leaders like you take back your power to make a difference - for yourself and the world. I can’t succeed unless you do. Join me!

 

*Catalyst 2011: The Myth of the Ideal Worker – “It was found that women saw the greatest outcomes when they made their achievements known and when they build strong relationships with powerful individuals … Researchers found that women advance much slower in the careers, even when they use similar tactics to that of their male counterparts.”