Mentoring Women Key Takeaways: Mentorship Must Evolve: Traditional mentoring advice often perpetuates outdated gender tropes that hinder women's leadership potential. Mentors need to update their guidance to reflect current workplace realities. Unconscious Bias is Pervasive: Mentors can...
One of the joys of my career has always been helping individuals and groups develop compelling, meaningful and guiding visions – the kind of visions that pull them excitedly into their future success. Most of the corporate visioning work I’ve done with executive teams has not included many women....
In our InPower Women Mastermind community the subjects of discrimination, bias, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) come up pretty often in conversation. These discussions are stimulated by personal experience and requests for advice as well as a shared commitment the women in our group have for...
We're so excited to be sharing this rich post full of great ideas this month. We've participated in the leadership development carnival for years and always find it full of good stuff to read and share. Communication The Power of Storytelling From Confucius to Mohammed, from Martin Luther King to...
I’ve been tracking research on women in leadership for over a decade now. It started when I first began coaching and wanted to get smart on leadership in general. I kept coming across intriguing articles on the good impacts women had on organizations when they were in leadership positions. The...
Download this article in PDF While women have been a critical element of the workforce since the beginning of time, it’s only recently that women in leadership have become a holy grail for major organizations that want to be seen as open and welcoming places to work. The data is clear...
https://youtu.be/ekQuSIyUVzc I was so happy to reconnect with my friend Carolyn Bruna on her MMC show "It's a Woman's World" to discuss some of the challenges professional women face in the workplace, including the office housewife, the imposter syndrome and setting boundaries. "InPower Women" on...
I feel like we’ve been in “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 101” class for decades now. Starting more than 30 years ago organizations first funded the “D” (diversity). Then when those programs didn’t diversify workforces enough, they added the “I” (inclusion) and more recently the “E” (equity) to...
https://youtu.be/EUF_um3yTzc Women in the workplace are struggling against burnout and career interruption as they recover from extra burdens placed on them from the pandemic. (See comments for details.)As a woman, this feels like an uphill climb and to the mentors and allies who want to help them...
https://youtu.be/EhIev3pCQEQ Many women I coach struggle with bringing a non-brash, practical and effective voice to leadership conversations. Especially when you’re in an overly optimistic sales-focused Corporate Culture, it’s too easy to become the person who sounds like they’re holding everyone...
