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Workplace Bias is a Fact: How not to run a meritocracy (and 3 ways to try)
It's counter-intuitive that if we don't think we are biased, we probably are! But when you realize that bias is natural and that we all have it, then it makes sense that being aware of your bias is the best way to counter-act it. We love this advice from Dana on how...
How to Prove Yourself Without Working Twice as Hard (for Half the Credit) When You Have Reduced Privilege
It’s both a trope and a truth that working twice as hard will help you get ahead in your career. It’s also, not surprisingly, a key assumption that under-represented leaders assume they must overwork in order to prove themselves in order to advance their careers. Talk...
The Weakness in Strengths-based Leadership
We love the strength’s-based leadership approach. It challenges us to know what our natural gifts are and build on them. But if we’re not careful it can make us blind to our opportunities to improve. – InPower Editors I recently worked with a Vice President who was an...
Keys to Success: 2 Tricks for Goal-Setting and Personal Change
Leadership, career and success gurus place a huge focus on goals as keys to success. There are tons of articles, books, videos, classes and “systems” on how to set goals, how to organize them and how to “keep” them. Entire franchises have been built on this one...
What are Long-Term Goals for Your Career and Why You Should Set Them
If you’re focused on achieving your highest potential, you need to set long-term goals for your career. In any situation, goal-setting gives you clarity and direction, which helps you stay focused. In career planning and strategy, however, goals are the critical piece...
Archetypal Personal Branding: A Woman’s Best Business Friend
Practical experience and research both tell us that women struggle more than men to speak up and promote themselves. Even women who speak up often find it hard to “sell” themselves. If you’re on the corporate ladder this can slow (or stop) your climb; when you’re...
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Book review: Leading Women – 20 Influential Women Share Their Secrets to Leadership, Business and Life by Nancy D. O’Reilly
Women are leading all over the world in all kinds of ways. No matter how you lead, call on your inner power to succeed. - InPower Editors Women leaders are everywhere. You don’t need to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 corporation, have earned millions of dollars, or be in...
Does Your Organization Make the Excellence List?
Are you leading a great organization? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Christy gives some great advice about mission statements in this post. They're more important than you might think! - InPower Editors Throughout my career I’ve had the privilege of working with several...
How Emotional Intelligence in Leadership is a Strength, Not a Weakness
Doesn't becoming a mom make us more emotionally intelligent? Lizzy surprised herself with a 360 that said, "um, no!" Peak into Liz's journey back to emotional intelligence in this interesting post about the impact of motherhood on her professional performance. -...
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Forget Work Life Balance: Seven Paradigm Shifts for The New 24/7 Normal
Is the work life juggle driving you insane? The reality of life is that we have a “new normal”. Five trends create this new normal: Technology enables us to be always connected There are fewer people needing to do more work The speed of information flow globally...
Dear Dana Workplace Advice: How Do I Start A Career Move?
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our weekly column to give you career and workplace advice/coaching. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Currently, I am working for a software company that makes software...
Dear Dana Workplace Advice: Salary Negotiations Tip – Don’t Tell Them What They Don’t Ask
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our weekly column to give you career and workplace advice/coaching. Please write in and tell me about a career challenge or frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Dear Dana, I have found that all three websites I've used to apply...
Women in Leadership
Gender Matters: Aussies Set Bar for Women in Film
Creative Commons "Supergirl” by Ali Zaidan is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Oscar nominations are all the buzz after last week’s announcements. Even though 2015 saw some very strong roles for women in film (did you see Suffragettes?), as a whole the entertainment...
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...
Diversity & Inclusion
Ladies, What Are We Waiting For?
I’ve been watching the statistics and conversations on pay inequality and women’s leadership development. The more I read, the less inspired I am that the world will change as a result of this dialog.
