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Burkini or Miniskirt: Why can’t women make their own decisions about what they want to wear?
It’s a simple question that I don’t think we women ask ourselves enough: why can’t we decide what to wear by ourselves? Burkini or miniskirt, so to speak. It seems that women are “managed” in their fashion decisions to wear what’s hot, what’s hip, or what’s...
Unfashion Fashion: How to Dress Consciously to Better Your Career
We're excited to introduce the ladies of Silkarmour, the highly fashionable unfashion site for professional women. InPower Women is partnering with Silkarmour because while we both believe that what we wear matters to our career, traditional rules about how to dress...
The Art of Influence: Lesson 4 – Dress For Success?
InPower Women has begun a discussion on women, fashion and power, which is a great reason to repost this article Mary wrote a while ago. We love how Mary covers the issue of "dress for success", tying the power of being attractive to our own sense of confidence. Read...
The Four Pillars of True Power
What are the Pillars of Power? Last year, a company hired me to present “Leading With Grit & Grace” to its senior women executives. When the sponsor asked me to describe the content of the presentation, I said, “It’s about how women can wield their true power and...
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...
Mentoring: How to Help Yourself, and Your Team Grow
I have a complicated relationship with mentoring. Though I’d heard that mentoring was important, I never felt I received much mentoring early in my career, certainly not by anyone who looked like me (I only had one female boss, once, for three months). With decades of...
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Leadership
Exceptional Leadership By Women
Do you ever doubt that women are leading change in the world? Yes we are! Enjoy John's reflection on just a few that matter a lot! - InPower Editors I had the good fortune to attend the Women in Philanthropy and Leadership (WiPL) Annual Conference sponsored by Coastal...
A 7-Step Plan for Aspiring Entrepreneurial Thought Leadership
The internet makes it possible to become popular and visible so much more easily than has ever been possible before. And it looks so easy! Corey Blake is here to show us that it's not easy at all, but it is very doable. Got a message to get out to the world? Enjoy the...
Leaders: How are You Taking Care of Yourself?
You know you should take care of yourself, but you don't. But you should! Here's the catch, when you don't take care of yourself you're less able to care for others. It seems nonsensical, but it's true. Also, how can others learn to care for themselves if you don't...
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Career Advice
6 Things You can Do When You’ve Had Enough Of Sexual Discrimination & Self-Sabotage
Every woman reaches a point at least once in her life (most of us, many more), where the frustration of sexual discrimination, subtle undermining or personal self-sabotage we learned at the knee of the dominant culture smacks us in the face. You know it. It’s that...
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How to Future Proof YOURSELF: 6 Suggestions [Video]
Recently I posted a video on how to future proof your career, but I only addressed the career planning aspects of how to prepare for an uncertain future. As an executive and career coach, I also see the personal toll and challenges that people encounter when creating...
Do You Follow Your Paycheck or Do You Follow Your Passion at Work?
By Shira Harrington Do you know the feeling when you’ve had a big “win” at work? When you’ve served with your whole heart doing something you love? It’s pretty exhilarating, right? That feeling doesn’t have to be fleeting. It’s possible to capture it every day when...
Women in Leadership
Stop the Spiral of Negative Self Judgment
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, shared in a speech that no matter how charmed her life looks, every day she falls short of what she had hoped to accomplish. Then she has to consciously stop her brain from beating herself up for her shortcomings. She...
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....
In Power Women – Crossing Our Divides
The subject of women’s relationship to power is fascinating to me and in discussions with others I find the subject rich and deep for women and men alike. I see powerful women in some very distinct categories viewing power, leadership and success very differently, but but I believe that when we share our understanding of power across these divides, then we will tap into the collective power of WOMAN in our society.
Diversity & Inclusion
Research Says: Joint Evaluations Curb Gender Bias
Study: When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation (Harvard Business School, Bohnet, Van Green, Bazerman, 2012) Finding: Joint evaluations for senior level positions might be the ticket to overcoming gender bias and stereotypical...
Research Says: Volunteer to Juice Your Career
Study: Volunteer to Juice Your Career (Forbes, 2012, Hewlett) Finding: Volunteering is a win-win situation with potential to provide a needed spark to a stagnant career. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not...
Research Says: If You Want The Top Job, Learn The Interview Techniques
Study: Why you didn't land the top job (CBS News, 2011, Weisul) Finding: Many job seekers at all levels don't understand what the hiring managers are actually looking for in the interview process, and because of this they tend to emphasize the wrong characteristics...
