I was having dinner with a friend, a very successful consultant, whom I hadn't seen for quite a while. As we munched on a Caesar salad, I talked about my research on successful women. "I asked myself, what did these women, from many walks of life, share in common?" I told my friend. "What I...
By: The Young Entrepreneurs Council WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: HOW DO YOU BALANCE PHYSICAL/MENTAL HEALTH WITH THE DEMANDING JOB OF BEING A STARTUP FOUNDER? CARVE OUT ME TIME "Being a startup founder is an immersed, adsorbent experience. I've found that the only viable strategy is to set definite times...
It's sad that the glass ceiling still exists. Even though there has been progress, we still have a long way to go regarding women enjoying equality in important leadership positions and compensation. Far too few capable women are offered positions with the responsibilities and influence they have...
I originally had another blog planned for this week but after some great feedback from my last post I decided to write this one instead. While you all know that I am now a work at home Mom-preneur, this has only been my reality for a few years. Prior to this, I got up before the crack of dawn,...
Contributed by CEO Coach Henna Inam There is a large space between having power and being powerful. Women have historically had a love hate relationship with power. Personally, I am one of them. In some situations in my corporate career, I was in positions of great power but had a hard time...
By: Daisy Jing Originally published on Women 2.0 There’s a quote I love most, which is “when you see a successful person, you just see the success, not all the work and pain it takes them to get there”. It’s been an entire year since I pitched my idea at Women 2.0 Startup Weekend. Now I have a...
In the past 20 years, some controversial research suggests that at any given moment, women have more activity in their brains than men. The corpus collosum that connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain is larger in women, allowing for more movement across the hemispheres. This accounts...
By: Allie Siarto When I started my business with two other partners at age 24, I was a great consultant — but a mediocre business owner. Like many others who start their own businesses to do what they love, I was completely focused on executing the work, and I had a lot to learn about running the...
We at InPower Women are so excited to publish the first article of our new blogger Christy Pruitt-Haynes. Please welcome her and give her your feedback in the comments. We're honored to have her as part of our blogging team! ~InPower Women Staff Dear Stay at home Moms, I will admit, I was that...
By: Kristi Hedges Executive coaches are sometimes called corporate shrinks. And while most of us would argue vehemently that what we do doesn’t approach psychological therapy — and we’re careful to steer clear of it — we will admit that we hear lots of private thoughts. Our entire job is...
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