As the year comes to a close it's a good idea to think about what success means in our busy crazy lives. Emily shares a little of her story and gives us a lot to think about. - InPower Editors If you work hard you should expect success, right? But what if success doesn’t come fast enough? I mean,...
Study: Women's Ambition: A Surprising Report (Lesley Jane Seymour, MORE and Polling Company/Women Trend 2011) Finding: Women's ambitions towards career advancement is tied to on-the-job flexibility, while women search for balance. InPower Insight: Women's top priority at work is flexibility, which...
Study: Do Nice Guys- and Gals- Really Finish Last? The Joint Effects of Sex and Agreeableness on Income (Timothy A. Judge, Beth A. Livingston, Charlice Hurst. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2011) Finding: Being too agreeable can have negative results on your income. InPower Insight:...
Study: The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All The Right Things Really Get Women Ahead? (Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva, Catalyst 2011) Finding: Closing the career advancement gap may require women to play by a different set of rules InPower Insight: Speaking up and owning your...
Do you take your soul to work? Do you lead your team with it? Birute reminds us as leaders how important it is for each of us to help create a soulful—instead of soulless—workplace. - InPower Editors A 2013 Gallop poll found that a stunning 70 percent of Americans hate their job, often because of...
Mastering Self-Efficacy Helps Smooth Out the Bumps in Life “Self-efficacy: The belief that one has mastery over the events of one’s life and can meet challenges as they come up” Self-efficacy is the most important part of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) that a Working Mom needs to master. Let me give...
Doesn't becoming a mom make us more emotionally intelligent? Lizzy surprised herself with a 360 that said, "um, no!" Peak into Liz's journey back to emotional intelligence in this interesting post about the impact of motherhood on her professional performance. - InPower Editors What Doesn’t Break...
Although we've made great strides over the last hundred years in defining equality and in blurring the line between genders and their roles in society, there aren't that many women in leadership positions. Well the trend is finally upon us and more and more women are entering into authoritative...
Cliches have truth in them, but sometimes they're just too simple! We love how Henna gives deeper insight into the truism "be yourself." Wisdom below! - InPower Editors “Just be yourself, you’ll do fine”. Ever heard this well-meaning advice? I gave this advice recently in an e-mail to a mentee to...
When things are bad at work, who's job is it to fix it? The higher you are, the more that task sits on your shoulders. Henna shares with us what it feels like when you forget this. - InPower Editors True story about one of the biggest regrets I have in my corporate career. At one point, I was...
