Do you hate networking? Meeting strangers and having to promote yourself – or your business – from scratch? Join the club! Dana is something of an expert in helping us learn authentic personal promotion techniques. Her secret? Authentic strategies that don’t feel like self-promotion! – InPower...
We are thrilled to announce that InPower Women partnered with TaketheLead.com to host a keynote speech by Sheryl Sandberg - right here on InPowerWomen.com! Sheryl was joined by other heavy hitters in the women's empowerment movement. Together they discussed the challenges we face, and the...
Labor Day, 2013. Be intentional about your relaxation today. Allow yourself to release a one more worry. When the world slows down, things don’t stop they just… slow down. Slow down with them so when things pick up again you’ve got the energy to go as fast as you need to go. How can you relax just...
My kid is off to college and he’s chosen a challenging path. Not my path. Not the path I would have chosen for him. Nope. But what did he say when meeting his first intimidating experience? “This is how I like it.” I love that kid. I love that he’s leaning into what lies ahead. I love that he...
Ever wonder when to push yourself and when to go with the flow? “Going with the flow” comes in two flavors: relaxed and full-bore. Both can get you where you need to go. I once had a guru tell me that it didn’t matter which path I took, how much I stressed or how hard I worked, I was going to...
What is the glass ceiling these days? The traditional view is that the glass ceiling is the white male’s comfy, old boy culture at the top that is threatened by the entrance of women into their private enclaves. In these secret nooks and crannies of corporate culture, it’s thought, leadership...
Do you ever find yourself comparing yourself with others? No matter how much more lucky “they” are, they’re probably not as rich, happy or successful as you think they are. Most of us know the downsides of comparing ourselves with others, but we do it anyway. We look at the people who got the...
I just read a great article by Richard Boyatzis detailing the brain science behind “emotional contagion.” I find this particularly interesting in the context of corporate culture, having observed some pretty toxic bosses “infect” their staffs and encourage cultures where competition, backstabbing, emotional abuse and just plain incompetence were so rampant that you could feel the powerlessness and despair when you walked in the door.
The good news is that the ability to emotionally infect your staff and teams can be used for good by leaders who understand their responsibility to foster a positive environment and culture where others are in their power and able to perform at their best. To be a good leader, then, you need to…
Last week I moved my house and office, and despite some meticulous packing, unpacking became a Tetris game to fill new shelves and drawers with the same old stuff. Guess what? By shaking up my possessions and requiring myself to sort through them and reorganize them into some new spaces, I not...
So many times it seems as though our efforts to produce change are producing nothing instead. Look under the surface and see what you see. When nothing’s happening, plenty can be happening out of sight. Movie magic can make us want to see change in our lives and in our work as though from the tip...
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