management

Career Coaching Tip: The Limits of Empathy

Early in my career, empathy was my ace-in-the-hole management technique. I was all business when it came to helping my team on technical, process and performance issues, but if they had an emotional reaction or issue, I reverted to empathy because it was the easy thing to do. I learned that when I...

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Research Says: Overcoming The Backlash Effect

Study: Overcoming the Backlash Effect: Self- Monitoring and Women's Promotions (Olivia A. O'Neill, PhD and Charles O'Reilly, Stanford Graduate School of Business 2011) Finding: Learning to self-monitor your masculine and feminine leadership style characteristics, and evaluate the situations...

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Kindness In Leadership

A stereotypical leader is not always "kind," yet kindness can be one of the most important leadership qualities when it comes to building employee loyalty and motivation. Being kind also doesn't mean bing a sap. Know the difference to be a great leader. - InPower Editors  Strong leadership and...

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Research Says: The Language Power of Female Leadership

Study The Language of Female Leadership (Judith Baxter, UK Economic and Social Research 2011) Finding:  Women tend to take on apologetic language pattern styles in executive committee meetings. InPower Insight:  Turn powerless language into powerful language and own your place in committee...

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Leadership Haiku: Why Do They Follow You?

By: Mary Schaefer “I see you ahead of me. You see me behind. Where are we going today?”   Whether you subscribe to the notion of leaders having “followers” or not, let’s consider this: What do others trust your leadership, i.e. why do they literally follow your lead? Someone has to be first. ...

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Research Summary: Women In Leadership

Study: Women In Leadership (Pfaff , 2009) Finding: Women are outscoring men on management assessments in more than just the "soft" skills. InPower Insight: Women and men both can master a broad range of leadership skills. Don't sell yourself - or your employees - short. Summary: Good news for all...

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Innovative Leadership 101: Develop a Perspective Protocol

Sometimes we have to accept the reality that innovation can’t always be planned,  but when we find a pattern to help us increase the likelihood of spontaneity – why not try to learn it and bake it into the corporate culture? In their new book “Great by Choice,” Jim Collins and Morten Hansen have...

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Five Steps to Start A Mentoring Circle

Did you know that according to this 2011 Linked In survey of 1,000 women professionals, while 80% said having a mentor was important, only 20% actually had a mentor? In my work as an executive coach and speaker, I notice how easy it is for many women to second-guess ourselves. We tend to focus...

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