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Damned if you do…. Unpacking Gender Bias in the Workplace

Damned if you do…. Unpacking Gender Bias in the Workplace

Over a decade ago, when I began writing about women in leadership and gender bias, I was very hopeful. Up to that point I had, what I thought, was a good experience working in mixed gender workplaces. I felt welcome and generally appreciated as a female leader. When I...

Unlocking the Benefits of Reverse Mentoring

Unlocking the Benefits of Reverse Mentoring

Mentoring is often thought of to help younger employees develop by passing on the wisdom of more experienced leaders. And it is! But that model ignores all the wisdom that many people have to give those of us who sit in leadership positions. And there is a lot that...

6 Tips To Help Working Moms Let Go Of Their Fears

6 Tips To Help Working Moms Let Go Of Their Fears

I am on vacation. Right now. It’s great sitting on the beach each day with the kiddos digging hole after hole. But sometimes while gazing out at the ocean I begin to worry about things in my life. I don’t want to spend my vacation worrying about anything. I want to...

Why I Am A Male Feminist

Why I Am A Male Feminist

By: Rob Sterling It's not often a fresh new voice enters the women's inpowerment movement, but today we have one. Meet Rob Sterling, male homemaker, feminist, and advocate for women's and men's rights to make careers out of what makes them happy. Rob believes that...

INSIGHT: Expectation

INSIGHT: Expectation

One person this week is annoyed at me and the other isn’t, despite on-time delivery to both. The difference? Expectation I set with them. "Set expectations intentionally. That way you always get better results." - Click to Tweet How can two people have such different...

Leadership Tips for the Modern Fluid Workforce

Leadership Tips for the Modern Fluid Workforce

At InPower Coaching, we look for workplace trends that impact both the individual and the organization. The InPower team has covered the story of the “fluid career” for individuals, and in this post, we explore the flip side of that workplace trend: what business...

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Leadership, the Imposter Syndrome, and Being REAL

Leadership, the Imposter Syndrome, and Being REAL

Do you ever feel like an imposter? Like someone will figure out you aren't up to the job you have? Guess what? The Imposter Syndrome is a thing. And it's a thing all kinds of leaders learn to deal with and overcome. Women. Men. Even people like you who are in exactly...

How Does Executive Coaching Work?

How Does Executive Coaching Work?

Some Truths About Executive Coaching Executive coaching is the new state-of-the-art for career development. It’s like having a professional mentor–but much more. I never cease to be amazed at the power of the coaching process to draw out the skills or talent...

Conflict Management Trick: RIGHT vs. RIGHT

Conflict Management Trick: RIGHT vs. RIGHT

Every time I do a leadership training seminar at least one person in the room always has the same light bulb go off when I introduce the Conflict Management idea of RIGHT vs. RIGHT, described in Chris McGoff’s The PRIMES. You can see it in their eyes when they are...

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5 Ways for Women to Stop Competing and Start Collaborating

5 Ways for Women to Stop Competing and Start Collaborating

Most of us do it. We compare ourselves to the "ideal" and we compare others to the idea, too. But this gets in the way of developing supportive relationships that help us too. Mary reminds us how not to isolate ourselves in a judgmental vacuum to get the support we...

Entrepreneurs: Stop Chasing the Dragon!

Entrepreneurs: Stop Chasing the Dragon!

Why do you do what you do? Mary reminds all of us - especially entrepreneurs - how important it is to focus on the right motivations to achieve the success that matters most. - InPower Editors I enjoy using inappropriate phrases to describe appropriate things. There's...

Women in Leadership

What Meryl Streep Can Teach Us About Mean Girl Bosses

What Meryl Streep Can Teach Us About Mean Girl Bosses

Between Maggie Thatcher in The Iron Lady and Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep has played some pretty tough bosses in her movies. So when I got the umpteenth request from professional women - readers, clients and friends - to explain the...

Five Steps to Start A Mentoring Circle

Five Steps to Start A Mentoring Circle

Did you know that according to this 2011 Linked In survey of 1,000 women professionals, while 80% said having a mentor was important, only 20% actually had a mentor? In my work as an executive coach and speaker, I notice how easy it is for many women to second-guess...

Co-opting Post-Sexist Gender Bias to Retain Top Talent

Have you ever taken Karate? I took two classes, not enough to retain any physical benefit, but I learned one thing I still keep with me 30 years later: when we take advantage of natural forces to create change, change happens more smoothly and comfortably. Research...

Diversity & Inclusion

Research Summary: Women in the Workplace (McKinsey, Lean In)

Research Summary: Women in the Workplace (McKinsey, Lean In)

Study:Women in the Workplace (McKinsey & Lean In, 2016) Finding: Women face an uneven playing field in the workplace. Women get less access to the people and opportunities that advance careers and are disadvantaged in many of their daily interactions. (Also...

Why The Woman Effect? Men are Helping Us

Why The Woman Effect? Men are Helping Us

As you may know by now, I’ve been on a research quest to understand why The Woman Effect is helping organizations and economies succeed when there is significant presence of women in leadership. My fourth (and final for now) finding turned out to be a happy surprise....

Women’s Equality: Blame Won’t Get Us There

Women’s Equality: Blame Won’t Get Us There

Have you ever heard of Women’s Equality Day? It's August 26th. I’m glad that this day exists. It commemorates the game-changing moment, 95 years ago today, when women gained the constitutional right to vote in the US.  It’s important to celebrate that and to remember...