Success doesn't always come hand-in-hand with happiness and emotional connectedness. As your star rises, make sure your constellation shines bright. - InPower Editors Lisa is a successful manager in her 40’s working for a large corporation. Lately, she is more emotional in business meetings,...
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What’s Your Purpose? [Video]
Why it important to tap into your "purpose" to help you succeed in your career? The discussion of your life's purpose is talked about a lot, but still not well understood by many women. Join Executive Coach Dana Theus and Purpose Coach, Carin Rockind in a live video discussion of the relationship...
Fearlessness: The Key To Effective Feedback
Feedback is so important to our careers and effectiveness, and yet it freaks so many of us out. What can we do to get better at giving and receiving feedback? - InPower Editors When you think about it, giving and receiving feedback is pretty much all communication is. You talk. I listen. Then I...
Women Leaders: It’s (still) Not Easy Being ‘Grit’
It's still not easy for a woman to have an assertive management style without repercussions. Leslie helps us see this challenge for what it is. How do you manage it? - InPower Editors Earlier this year, my partner and I interviewed 28 women leaders about their styles of influence and how those...
Do Your Research For the Job Search
Looking to make a change to your work-life status? You might be considering or ready for a return the workforce. The more fun-filled summer months could be reminding you that you want to downsize your career. Or you may be starting or continuing a job search after a layoff or career change of...
Communicating Powerfully
Have you ever noticed how many leadership development resources emphasize effective communication? How many bosses will mark you down (or up!) for your communication skills? Have you ever thought about why it's so important for your career success to be a good communicator? In ancient times, some...
Leaders Make Time For Conversations
Sometimes it's the simple things that have the biggest impact on our effectiveness - InPower Editors Many people in the past week have provided me with appreciative feedback about my recent Ideas & Advice post. I wrote about a friend who has joined a new company in an important position....
Work and Play Your Way to A Long and Happy Life
"What does "retirement" mean to you? Though it might mean different things to each of us, it's not a bad idea to imagine that whenever you might encounter it, "retirement" might mean "doing what you enjoy and making a living". How early can you retire? - InPower Editors Even when I was much...
Career Coaching for Your Inner Critic
We are all familiar with that little voice in our head that likes to sabotage our confidence - our inner critic. Henna gives some very practical advice for how to deal with her. - InPower Editors We all have an inner critic. She’s usually telling us: – “You’re not really going to ask for that...
Women in STEM – Interview with a Female NASA Leader [VIDEO]
The stats still aren’t good for women in executive leadership, but they’re particularly poor in STEM careers (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math). Today at 3:30pm Eastern, Dana will interview Teresa Vanhooser, Deputy Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center about women, leadership...








