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Kindness In Leadership

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

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...

The Power Code [Book Review]

The Power Code [Book Review]

There are a LOT of books out there on women in professional settings. I don’t read them all, or recommend many, though all of them are worth exploring for new ideas and insights. I am recommending that women and men both read The Power Code: More Joy. Less Ego....

Tapping Your Inner Coach With Expressive Writing

Tapping Your Inner Coach With Expressive Writing

Can an exercise in “expressive writing” reduce your stress, improve your mood and help you get ahead in your career? The answer is yes. Before I started coaching, I took a wandering, self-improvement journey. I quickly discovered that I had a secret “inner coach”...

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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...

Overwhelmed? 5 Ways to Focus Your Life

Feeling overwhelmed is directly related to a sense of control. As soon as you feel you are losing control over your time, relationships and life, your responsibilities feel like burdens piling up on your shoulders. You then feel anxious you can’t do everything or feel...

My Leadership Lesson from 2014

The last day of the year is a great opportunity to focus on what's important. Henna gives us a good perspective. What's most important to you at the end of 2014? - InPower Editors As I sat down this week to write a blog post about taking stock of the year, helping us...

Women in Leadership

Women’s Empowerment Update: Progress in International Development

Women’s Empowerment Update: Progress in International Development

When Dana first announced The Woman Effect, which recognizes that gender balanced groups produce better results than gender-dominant groups, we noted that this philosophy was informing efforts to improve conditions for even the poorest countries. That was 5 years ago!...

4 Things Women Need To Know About Mentors

4 Things Women Need To Know About Mentors

Having a well-placed, successful mentor can be the difference between success and failure on the leadership track – but it is definitely more an art than a science for the mentor and the mentee. I recently started hosting a radio show interviewing CEOs of...

Trump and Women: Should We Be?

Trump and Women: Should We Be?

There’s a lot of confusion and anxiety running around the Internet these days, and it feels relentless, like we’re drowning in the next big thing every time a text alert comes in. When I started writing this, I was thinking of the Women’s March on Washington (and...

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Getting a Promotion is SO Yesterday

Getting a Promotion is SO Yesterday

Podcast/Audio Getting a promotion has never been so hard. The economy is in constant flux and burnout is running high, especially among women. One question many are asking these days is, "Do I even want a promotion? And if I'm unsure, why should I stay here?" These...

How to Find Your Purpose at Work

How to Find Your Purpose at Work

Work is hard work. How to find purpose in your work is a hard question. Even when you know you are doing important things, showing up to do the hard work can start to feel like a grind. Pointless. Meaningless. Joyless.  I don’t want it to be this way. I want every...

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