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Discovering the Roots of Your Restlessness
Key Takeaways: Feeling restless, sad, or stuck—even in a seemingly “good” life—is often a signal that you’ve drifted from your authentic self, not a sign that something external needs fixing. Choosing comfort and fear-avoidance over fulfillment can slowly erode your...
Blend, Don’t Balance Work and Life
Key Takeaways: Work-life “balance” is outdated—embrace the blend. Life isn’t a neat 50/50 split; it’s a constantly shifting mix of priorities, and it’s okay if the ratios change day to day (or hour to hour). Guilt doesn’t serve you—cut it out. Women often carry a...
Breaking the Mold: Thriving as Women in the Workplace Built for Men
Key Takeaways The workplace needs to evolve to support women: Traditional workplace structures, designed with men in mind, often fail to accommodate the needs of women in the workplace, hindering their advancement. Women bring unique strengths to leadership: Qualities...
Unlocking Potential: How the Right Coach for Executives Can Transform Your Leadership Skills
As an executive--or an executive-wannabe--enhancing your leadership effectiveness is pivotal to career success. After over a decade of executive coaching, I can confidently say that the right coach for executives can be the catalyst you need. Through personally...
The Psychology of Goal-Setting Success
I am a student of goal-setting success. Early in my career I began to notice that I was more likely to meet some of my goals than others. Being curious, I began to experiment and reflect on which goals led to fairly effortless success and which ones might predictably...
How to be Feminine, Ambitious and Successful: Navigating the Gender Gap in Workplace Ambition
A common theme among the women I coach–at all levels–is a clear awareness of the gender gap in workplace ambition and confusion about how to navigate it. Key Takeaways Understanding Gendered Ambition Norms: Many women feel pressured to choose between achievement and...
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Leading in the Age of AI
The Glass Ceiling: Sometimes It’s Not About Sex
There’s merit to the feminist narrative that says professional women aren’t hired for the top jobs as often because corporate cultures aren’t accommodating and sexism still exists – but sometimes it’s not about that at all. Sometimes, high-achieving women...
Women Leaders Aren’t A Modern Invention
You don’t know where you are going if you don’t know where you have been. It’s a common cliché, but it can be true – especially when we talk about women and leadership. When we think about historic women leaders, names that frequently come to mind are Cleopatra, Joan...
Do You Have Work-Life Confidence?
Women who successfully blend work and life have a healthy dose of what I call “Vitamin C” or Confidence. They know that no area of your life will ever be perfect for a sustained period of time—and that it is possible to blend work and life without feeling like you’re...
Leadership
Moving From Managing To Leading: Building Your Authentic Leadership Style
Fun! I recently found this video I made for an online program I ran in 2012. And another one on the same topic (targeting women) in 2023. I still stand by everything I said in both of them! Hopefully there are some gems here for you! The higher you go, the harder it...
Vaulting Into The C-Suite, Interview with Patricia Koopersmith, COO of The Clearing
Patricia Koopersmith is the very definition of a doer and a go-getter, and a glass ceiling breaker, but to her surprise this career strength turned out to be one of her biggest hurdles as she transitioned into the executive ranks as Chief Operating Officer at The...
Commander’s Intent – Adapting a Powerful Military Leadership Strategy for Civilian Success
My son is applying* to a military academy and as you might imagine, our household has been full of discussions about military issues and approaches to things of late. In working with clients recently, I realized that one of the military’s greatest leadership...
Women in Leadership
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...
Dress For Success vs. Inner Power: Barbie, Body Image, and Authentic Leadership
The "dress for success" concept has evolved to be about using appearance as a tool for authentic self-expression, not conformity. True power for women stems from inner resources like mindfulness and emotional intelligence, not just external appearance. Authentic...
3 Things Women in Leadership Can Do To Stop Workplace Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
If you’re a woman in leadership, chances are you’ve experienced workplace discrimination due to your gender, even if you’re not aware of it. More likely, you were aware of it (especially if you’ve experienced sexual harassment) and were trying to ignore it so it...
Mentoring
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Career Advice
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Ladies, Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First [Work-life 101]
We KNOW we're supposed to take care of ourselves, but we also still too-often put ourselves at the end of our todo list - if not last. Andria gives us some serious reminders of the price we may pay when we don't manage our work-life to invest in ourselves. - InPower...
What Does a Mentor Do? A Comprehensive Guide for Mentors and Mentees
If you sometimes struggle to navigate the complex world of personal and professional growth, you're not alone. And that's the point. Many others have walked the path you're on, and you can learn from their successes and mistakes. Don't go it alone. Get a mentor to...
3 Ways to Avoid Founder’s Syndrome
In entrepreneurial circles, there is a well-known trap waiting for any successful startup visionary, the Founder’s Syndrome, which has gotten many an organization’s founder fired by the board and/or their funders. No matter how smart they are, even experienced entrepreneurs rarely know all that they need to know to lead a long-term successful effort. Here are three things you can do to make sure you don’t fall prey to Founder’s Syndrome, and better yet, transform yourself in the process.
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Diversity & Inclusion
Research Summary: Lessons From the Leading Edge of Gender Diversity
Study: Lessons From the Leading Edge of Gender Diversity (McKinsey: Barsh, Nudelman, Yee, April, 2013) Finding: By integrating the findings of several years of research, McKinsey has distilled four qualities of the organizations with the greatest gender diversity....
Research Says: Why We Need To Engage Men in Gender Equality
Study: Engaging Men in Gender Initiatives: What Change Agents Need to Know (Catalyst, 2009, Prime, Racusin) Finding: Before men will support gender equality in their organization, they must undertand that it exists. InPower Insight: Want to achieve greater gender...
Infographic: She’s The Boss
By: besthealthcaremba.com The number of women earning MBA degrees and how they use their degrees to aid upward mobility. Image source: www.besthealthcaremba.com
