Many times the voice in our head holds us back. So it is quite often the voice in our head that needs to give us permission to move forward. Whether you're an entrepreneur or not, Elizabeth's advice will give you permission to do this more often! - InPower Editors Don’t stand in the way of your...
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Revelation: Diversity Does Not Mean Disharmony
Guest Post on Diversity By: Kate Nasser Most leaders do not want strife and disharmony in their organizations. The emotion of disharmony drains the team’s energy and attention from successful behaviors. Leaders want insightful, competent collaborators who can get the job done and win the day. So...
Building Your Social, Personal Brand
Please welcome special guest blogger, Heidi Lorenzen, President of Marketing Moksha, who’s turning her extreme marketing knowledge to helping us think about how to use social media to shape your personal brand. “Social business” is a buzz-phrase increasingly used today to describe the transformed...
Why Women in Leadership Must Change Our Narrative
With a virtual thud for women in leadership everywhere, the Catalyst 2012 Census of Fortune 500 companies hit my e-mailbox: NEW YORK (December 11, 2012)—Despite high-profile news about gender gaps, equal pay, and women on boards, once again the needle barely budged for women aspiring to top...
5 or 6 Coping Strategies for When You Don’t Feel Heard
It happens to all of us. We speak up and - crickets. A guy with our idea? Yay! Lots of kudos and discussion. Don't get angry, get smart when this happens to you. Learn coping strategies to lead through the injustice. - InPower Editors Ever have a really interesting idea at work or in the world,...
How to Foster Productivity Through Communication and Transparency
By:David Hassell I left the first company that I founded. My co-founder and I had different values, and without realizing it, we created two disconnected cultures within the same company. This is a common problem within startups. In growing organizations, employees often have no idea what’s going...
A Historical Perspective to Women in Leadership
For women in leadership perspective is everything. Even though sometimes reading the day’s headlines or encountering the accidental sexist at the water-cooler can make you feel like women aren’t getting ahead in leadership, this little retrospective may give you hope that things for women in...
The Reoccurring Theme of Entitlement
Recently, I've attended two different events about women in the media. The first was Her Girl Friday's "Throw Like a Girl: Pitching the Hell Out of Your Stories." The other was the New America Foundation's panel, "Navigating the Pink Ghetto." Both looked closely at the gender disparity in the...
Why I Am A Male Feminist
By: Rob Sterling It's not often a fresh new voice enters the women's inpowerment movement, but today we have one. Meet Rob Sterling, male homemaker, feminist, and advocate for women's and men's rights to make careers out of what makes them happy. Rob believes that powerful women need powerful men...
Claim Credit For ‘Your’ Work
by: Tanvi Gautam Climbing the corporate ladder is a competitive affair—just as competitive as football, basketball, swimming, or whatever your favorite sport may be. Just like in the world of sport, the key to winning is to make the most of your opportunities and to avoid mistakes. That’s why the...