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The Medium Is The Message? Why Technology Isn’t Ruining Your Emotional Intelligence
With the number of devices, apps and websites we use to communicate with each other—in life and in the office—it seems easier than ever to screw up even the most innocuous message. This tech-infused reality seems to go hand-in-hand with complaints about the tech...
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...
Effective Listening Skills for Working On A Technical Project And To build A Collaborative Culture
Effective listening skills are some of the most important aspects of communication. Sadly, it’s an aspect that we spend little time learning. I gave a presentation this past summer about how to be an effective virtual team member. The first issue I identified...
Managing Up!
The term “managing up” sometimes gets a bad rap. It can seem self-serving and manipulative. At Living Vicky we help young women new to the workforce overcome negative stereotypes. For entry-level young professionals we recommend taking a proactive and genuine...
It’s A Matter Of Survival: The Four Conversations That Set Off Emotional Triggers
As we approach summer, I'm reminded of the family road trip. The kind with screaming kids, barking dogs and parents hoping they don't harm one of those screaming kids. The family road trip seems an apt analogy to end this month's theme of preserving your mental...
May The Force Be With You: An InPower Guide to Real Superpowers
When I was a kid I loved action movies and magic. I sprained my ankle jumping off a roof as a member of the Three Musketeers (not sure which one since we all thought we were D'Artagnan.) I read comic books and even wrote a fantastical story of star voyagers to mars. I...
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Women Leaders: It’s (still) Not Easy Being ‘Grit’
It's still not easy for a woman to have an assertive management style without repercussions. Leslie helps us see this challenge for what it is. How do you manage it? - InPower Editors Earlier this year, my partner and I interviewed 28 women leaders about their styles...
Leaders Make Time For Conversations
Sometimes it's the simple things that have the biggest impact on our effectiveness - InPower Editors Many people in the past week have provided me with appreciative feedback about my recent Ideas & Advice post. I wrote about a friend who has joined a new company...
Women in STEM – Interview with a Female NASA Leader [VIDEO]
The stats still aren’t good for women in executive leadership, but they’re particularly poor in STEM careers (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math). Today at 3:30pm Eastern, Dana will interview Teresa Vanhooser, Deputy Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight...
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How to Create a Future Proof Career: 6 Suggestions [Video]
Reorganizations, layoffs and new (bad) bosses, oh my! It seems like every day I hear about people who were in stable jobs they thought they’d have for a long time when their work situation is disrupted and they found themselves feeling unprepared for a newly uncertain...
3 Tips for Career Planning When You Have No Time to Plan
Whatever you’ve planned for your career, plan again. I say this because I’ve noticed a trend lately among my individual and corporate clients: whatever they planned for the next year is changing as fast as they can get ready for what they thought was going to...
How Managers Can Improve Employee Engagement & Retention
By: Patricia Hughes Organizations are experiencing another perfect storm in recruiting and hiring. A combination of decreasing employee engagement, increasing turnover and fewer skilled candidates available, is making it tough for companies to get the right resources....
Women in Leadership
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.
How Not To Fall Victim To “The Motherhood Penalty”
It’s a fact, Ladies. The most fulfilling experience of our lives – nurturing little beings into wonderful adults – is statistically killing our careers. At least that’s what the data says. According to a 2010 study by Michelle Budig and Melissa Hodges of the Social...
3 Communication Tips for Women: Be Realistically Positive To Avoid Being Called “Risk Averse”
As a rule, women are good communicators. Yet many women are told that their communications patterns are holding them back when it comes to workplace success. What’s going on here? For starters, the above observation is full of generalizations. “All women” aren’t...
Diversity & Inclusion
Research Says: Recession Equals More Mr. Moms
Study: Recession and It's Aftermath Create More Mr. Moms (Wall Street Journal, 2011) Finding: Working Dad's are transitioning into Mr. Moms in the aftermath of recent recessions, and are allowing their working wives to carry the economic burden. InPower...
Research Says: Women Who Develop Non-Defensive Coping Skills Are More Effective Leaders
Study: Gender, Motivation, and Coping in the Evaluation of Leadership Effectiveness (Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 1996) Finding: When women couple non-defensive coping capabilities with high levels of self esteem and confidence, they are seen...
Research Says: Women Are The World’s Most Powerful Demographic
Study: Women of Tomorrow: U.S. Multicultural Insights (Neilson Consultants, 2012) Finding: U.S. women are optimistic, expect to be earning a greater percentage of their household income in the future and feel in control of their household spending. InPower Insight:...
