We have opportunities to push ourselves all the time in life. What do you do with those opportunities? Do you grab them and go for it or hang back and wait for something easier? Dana comes clean on her lifelong patterns and steps up to new ways to Do Hard, which is one of the strategies she gives...
Research continues to show us that mentorship is not enough to help women get into senior executive leadership in significant percentages. What the research says is that in addition to cultivating mentors to help them “learn the ropes,” the folks that leapfrog their peers into the executive ranks...
We often give advice to leaders, “Be bold!” Why? Here are the typical reasons for being bold that I hear: You’ll get noticed You’ll move faster forward (failing and succeeding both) You’ll get outside the box All good reasons! But here’s why I want you to be bold: you’ll develop the habit of...
A few nights ago I wrote a brilliant piece. Just brilliant. I was so proud. I sent it off for comment, so sure I’d get back kudos. What came back an hour before I went to bed was a suggestion to completely reframe it. *Sigh* After a momentary whine, I did my “perspective trick” and looked at my...
There are plenty of the Debbie Downers who look at the exodus of women from the corporate ranks and see bad news. If your priority is getting women in to socially, politically and economically powerful positions, this IS bad news. But what if you just want to have a life? Be happy? Be...
Women are leading a quiet revolution in the workplace and Dana used her debut post for the Huffington Post Business section to detail how we're doing it. The work-life values of the future workforce don't look like the values of the past. How do you live these values in your career? - InPower...
Do you ever worry about where you are? Where the other person is? In the argument, the process or the project? Where you are is less important than how far apart you are. In my experience most of us spend a lot of energy worrying about where we're at, and not enough strategizing about what space...
In my last post about how there is a growing schism between the values held by employees and those held by their employers, and how it’s driving employees out the door. I noted that 54% of millenials are planning on leaving their firms to try entrepreneurship. This is a big number, but even that...
It’s cold here in the East, following up on some snow days. I don’t know about you but my schedule got all wacked-out last week and it’s left a bit of a mess to dig out of in the days ahead. When “stuff happens” and tosses all my plans up in the air to land in scattered heaps, I spend a few...
Something insidious is happening in the cubicles and hallways of America’s big and midsized companies. Employees who have attained a chunk of the America dream — a steady paycheck, benefits and a rung on the upwardly mobile ladder — are risking an uncertain job market and quitting their jobs in...
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October 2024 Leadership Development Carnival
Breaking the Mold: Thriving as Women in the Workplace Built for Men
Unlocking Potential: How the Right Coach for Executives Can Transform Your Leadership Skil…
