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6 Tips To Help Working Moms Let Go Of Their Fears

6 Tips To Help Working Moms Let Go Of Their Fears

I am on vacation. Right now. It’s great sitting on the beach each day with the kiddos digging hole after hole. But sometimes while gazing out at the ocean I begin to worry about things in my life. I don’t want to spend my vacation worrying about anything. I want to...

Why I Am A Male Feminist

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...

INSIGHT: Expectation

INSIGHT: Expectation

One person this week is annoyed at me and the other isn’t, despite on-time delivery to both. The difference? Expectation I set with them. "Set expectations intentionally. That way you always get better results." - Click to Tweet How can two people have such different...

Leadership Tips for the Modern Fluid Workforce

Leadership Tips for the Modern Fluid Workforce

At InPower Coaching, we look for workplace trends that impact both the individual and the organization. The InPower team has covered the story of the “fluid career” for individuals, and in this post, we explore the flip side of that workplace trend: what business...

Claim Credit For ‘Your’ Work

Claim Credit For ‘Your’ Work

by: Tanvi Gautam Climbing the corporate ladder is a competitive affair—just as competitive as football, basketball, swimming, or whatever your favorite sport may be. Just like in the world of sport, the key to winning is to make the most of your opportunities and to...

Executive Communications: Start with the Bottom Line

Executive Communications: Start with the Bottom Line

Every single one of my coaching clients face challenges with executive communications in one form or another. The most common contexts in which these issues come up include these two dimensions of personal branding and executive presence: Communicating in an executive...

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Leading in the Age of AI

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Leadership

How Women Can Embrace Their Power

Note from the Editor: The staff of InPower women is taking some time off this week, as we hope you are, so we are reposting this popular post you may have missed. Happy Holidays! I'd like to banish the widely held myth that women are uncomfortable with power, that we...

How to Attract an Executive Career Sponsor

Research continues to show us that mentorship is not enough to help women get into senior executive leadership in significant percentages. What the research says is that in addition to cultivating mentors to help them “learn the ropes,” the folks that leapfrog their...

When Leading From the Heart Doesn’t Work

Even the best of intentions sometimes go wrong. Leaders have an extra challenge in learning to manage compassionately without accidentally limiting options for their team. Leslie learns a lesson from Oprah's challenges last year and gives us some great advice about...

Women in Leadership

The Glass Ceiling: Sometimes It’s Not About Sex

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

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...

Mentoring

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Career Advice

How to Future Proof YOURSELF: 6 Suggestions [Video]

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?

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...

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