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5 Practices To Go From Fears to Fierce
Key Takeaways: Fear is normal—don’t pretend it’s not there. Instead of hiding behind rational excuses, call fear what it is. You're not broken; you're just human. And fear, like heartburn after pizza, is something we all deal with. Make friends with your fear. Invite...
Co-opting the Power of the Toxic Boss
I just read a great article by Richard Boyatzis detailing the brain science behind “emotional contagion.” I find this particularly interesting in the context of corporate culture, having observed some pretty toxic bosses “infect” their staffs and encourage cultures where competition, backstabbing, emotional abuse and just plain incompetence were so rampant that you could feel the powerlessness and despair when you walked in the door.
The good news is that the ability to emotionally infect your staff and teams can be used for good by leaders who understand their responsibility to foster a positive environment and culture where others are in their power and able to perform at their best. To be a good leader, then, you need to…
If You Have to Fight, Shoot Like a Girl
Key Takeaways: “Shoot like a girl” means lead with grit, heart, and skill. MJ Hegar’s story redefines what it means to be tough—not by acting like the guys, but by showing up fully as a woman who can fly, fight, and stand her ground under fire, both in combat and in...
Why The Woman Effect? Men are Helping Us
Key Takeaways: Work-life balance is evolving into work-life partnership. Many successful women are thriving not because they’ve mastered a solo juggle, but because they’ve built supportive partnerships—especially at home—with men who share the load, often in ways that...
Why Are Women Burning Out If We Aren’t Working Over 50+ Hours A Week?
Key Takeaways: Burning out isn’t a personal failing—it’s a cultural problem. We’ve been conditioned to see exhaustion as either a weakness or a badge of honor, when in reality it’s a red flag waving at a toxic, unsustainable system. The “I’m so busy” mantra isn’t...
Are You Doing The Office Housework? 3 Ways to Manage This Subtle Discrimination In The Workplace
Key Takeaways: Subtle discrimination in the workplace often shows up as “office housework,” where women are expected to handle tedious, low-visibility tasks that don’t advance their careers—it's time to name it and challenge it. “Office housework” is real—and women...
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Leadership
Employee Turnover: 5 Phrases That Send Your People Scurrying For The Door
Words are powerful communicators of attitudes that can build people up or tear them down. As a leader, your words carry more weight than you realize, and you need to be careful you're not parroting things that are driving people to leave. Employee turnover is...
Kindness In Leadership
A stereotypical leader is not always "kind," yet kindness can be one of the most important leadership qualities when it comes to building employee loyalty and motivation. Being kind also doesn't mean bing a sap. Know the difference to be a great leader. - InPower...
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...
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Career Advice
How to be a Game Changer
Women are often told not to play the business game by the same rules as the men. We don’t fare well when we do. But what are we supposed to do? Birute gives us an awesome example of what a female game changer looks and acts like. Go Celeste! (and Jane!) – InPower...
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...
Do Women Really Have Effective Communication Skills?
Women are great communicators... aren't we? Well, it depends on what you think the most successful aspect of communication really is. Mary hits it right on the nose. Good communicators, and powerful people, are excellent listeners. Effective communications skills...
Women in Leadership
The Woman Effect: TEDx MassAveWomen Video & The Research Behind It
On December 3, 2012 I had the honor of speaking to a group of powerful women in Washington DC at a TEDx event, TEDxMassAveWomen. I’m very excited because I’ve long wanted to distill down what InPower Women's about, into a simple but powerful video, and this gave me...
What’s Wrong With Women’s Empowerment?
What’s wrong with women’s empowerment? Nothing and everything. - Click To Tweet At its best, women’s empowerment programs are an organizational (or social) recognition that cultural barriers diminish women’s chances to succeed and make an attempt to counteract those...
Does Work-life Balance & Success Have a Point of Diminishing Return?
There are many ways to become overwhelmed in this world, and finding work-life balance and greater success are two of them. Dana shows us a mind trick to managing our energy and reducing our sense of overwhelm. - InPower Editors It's summer! Which for many of us means...
Diversity & Inclusion
The Myth of Hard Work: Maybe You’re Really Not Enough
I’m a positive person and the recent election in the U.S. has dealt my positivity a serious blow. But I will do my best to turn it into a lesson we can all learn from. A week ago the world watched as a highly qualified Wellesley and Yale educated public servant, with...
Gender Matters: Aussies Set Bar for Women in Film
Creative Commons "Supergirl” by Ali Zaidan is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Oscar nominations are all the buzz after last week’s announcements. Even though 2015 saw some very strong roles for women in film (did you see Suffragettes?), as a whole the entertainment...
Are Stereotypes Keeping Women Away from Science? – An Infographic
Research shows a lack of women in the STEM workforce as well as a lack of women earning STEM degrees. There are many issues facing women in science including lack of recognition and prejudice in science. Why do women make up only 24% of stem related positions? How do...
