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Why We’re Not Sure We Want to Be #1

“I am a really good #2. I don’t want to be #1.” “I really love the job I’m in and don’t want my boss’s job. It just seems too political.” “I think I could do my boss’s job, but I don’t really want that much stress in my life right now.” “My kids are young, I’m already working as hard as I can, I...

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Five Steps To Embrace Conflict

I will start off by making a confession. I hate conflict. I would rather we all get along and play nice – world peace and all that. My usual response to conflict is to pretend it’s not happening, pretend it’s someone else’s problem, or to run away from it. I’ve learned that in order for me to lead...

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How Women Redefine Power

On May 9, 2013 women leaders gathered at the Forbes Women’s Summit.  This wasn’t a conference about advancing women. It was a conference about women advancing the world, and in doing so, redefining the rules of power. With video appearances from Oprah Winfrey and Sheryl Sandberg and live...

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Leadership Is An Inside Job

This weekend I took my daughter and her friend to see the new movie “Oz The Great and Powerful” based on the classic book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.  The occupational hazard of having a mom who is a leadership coach is that you don’t get to actually just eat the popcorn and enjoy the movie. You...

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Forget the Glass Ceiling. Look for the Sweet Spot

It is a well known fact in human psychology. We only see what we believe. I was speaking a few years ago on a panel of C-suite women about how to achieve career success.  One woman in the audience asked: “How did each of you shatter the glass ceiling?”.  Every single one of us on the panel looked...

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Five Steps To Ask For What You Want – Powerfully

“Women Don’t Ask”. Ask for what you want - it’s the topic of a book and it’s often an unfortunate reality that keeps many of us from reaching our goals.  In my executive coaching work, some of my clients very clearly realize that this is an issue.  They know that whether it’s asking for a raise or...

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Leadership Practices for Work Life Sanity

Want to take the 24 out of 24/7? I was at lunch the other day with a friend who is a senior leader at her company.  She was talking about how many junior women seriously consider opting out of high powered careers as they think about having families. This, despite all the work her company, a...

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