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7 Factors To Get Sponsored To The Top

In 2011, Women CEO’s in the Fortune 500 made up 14% of the CEO’s according to Catalyst, flat vs. the prior year.  Lack of sponsorship appears to be a key factor driving insufficient advancement of women based on a Catalyst study. Men and women have equal number of mentors. However women miss out...

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Are You Putting Your Superpowers to Work?

Do you have a super power? Of course you do! It's what you do best and when you know what it is and work to build your success around it, you might be unstoppable! Henna shows us how. - InPower Editors If I asked you “What’s your superpower,” would you be able to articulate it? John Henry, the...

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5 Practices To Go From Fears to Fierce

Does this situation sound familiar? You want to really go for that promotion but you don’t think you’re quite ready so you don’t raise your hand. You’ve been thinking about pursuing an entrepreneurial venture but are afraid of losing the steady paycheck so you don’t take the next step toward your...

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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...

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My Leadership Lesson from 2014

The last day of the year is a great opportunity to focus on what's important. Henna gives us a good perspective. What's most important to you at the end of 2014? - InPower Editors As I sat down this week to write a blog post about taking stock of the year, helping us all think about...

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Just Be Yourself? 5 Ways This Can Be Dangerous

Cliches have truth in them, but sometimes they're just too simple! We love how Henna gives deeper insight into the truism "be yourself." Wisdom below! - InPower Editors “Just be yourself, you’ll do fine”. Ever heard this well-meaning advice? I gave this advice recently in an e-mail to a mentee to...

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Building Trust – Whose Job Is It?

When things are bad at work, who's job is it to fix it? The higher you are, the more that task sits on your shoulders. Henna shares with us what it feels like when you forget this. - InPower Editors True story about one of the biggest regrets I have in my corporate career.  At one point, I was...

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Career Advancement Tips: How To Get A Sponsor

Research has shown that career sponsors have a more positive effect on your career than mentors. But how do you get a sponsor? We love Henna’s career advancement tips on the 5 factors that invite sponsors to help us. What are you doing to attract sponsors? – InPower EditorsWant to get choice...

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Meditate at work? Maybe. Meditate and work? Definitely!

For many this is a quiet week where, even in the midst of social and work bustle we can find time for personal reflection. is it practical to meditate at work? Maybe not, but we really like how Henna shares her experience on how building a reflective practice of meditation can help us become more...

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Can You Lead Through Discomfort?

  When you want to make things happen and have an impact, leadership is one of the best ways to do it. Why do some of us shy away from becoming leaders? Henna gets real and reminds us that sometimes being a good leader isn't always a comfortable place to be. Enjoy Henna's advice for how to...

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