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How To Maintain And Use Group Power – Book Review of The PRIMES by Chris McGoff

How To Maintain And Use Group Power – Book Review of The PRIMES by Chris McGoff

A PRIME is a pattern or principle that reliably comes into play when people gather in a group. This observable pattern – once named and shared with the group – goes from being an unconscious pattern to a manageable dynamic. Use the PRIMES to increase your team’s power. A powerful group makes a more powerful leader.

Take Back Your Power – Watch Your Language

Take Back Your Power – Watch Your Language

If you pay attention to your language it will provide you insight and power over your subconscious – “natural” – InPower stance. As you practice obtaining and maintaining InPower balance, your language – internal and external – will begin to shift and change, becoming a source of your power. But first you must learn to “hear” yourself from an InPower perspective and listen for your InPower and out-of-power voice. In another post we’ll talk about what you are saying, but for now, just learn to listen to how you are saying it. When you speak – to yourself or to others – your choice of words can quickly tap you into your current power stance. Here are some examples.

Language is important indicator of everyone’s InPower stance, but it may be especially important for women, based on a new study by Judith Baxter.

Leaders Aren’t Only Bold and Outspoken

Leaders Aren’t Only Bold and Outspoken

By: Kathryn Sollmann, 9Lives For Women Founder You’re just starting out in your career—or working in a summer job or internship to boost your resume and give you an edge after graduation.  Either way you’re now on your personal path to leadership—not lost at the...

How To Reintroduce Yourself To Your Business Network

How To Reintroduce Yourself To Your Business Network

Years ago, I was a Mary Kay consultant and I was in the team of this amazing regional director, Gloria Mayfield Banks. She was - and is - a truly inspiring person and one of the biggest names in Network Marketing. I should have kicked some serious butt being in her...

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Executives: 10 Tips for Working With Them

By: Lea McLeod At some point in your career, it’s inevitable that you will discover the opportunity to work with executives. Whether it’s a joy or a trial is up to you. It could be an executive in your organization, the executive of a customer or maybe even a big...

How Being A Working Mother Made Me A Better Leader (Part I)

How Being A Working Mother Made Me A Better Leader (Part I)

  My second son just graduated High School and heads off to VA Tech next Fall. He’s the last one out of the nest and it’s got me thinking about the first half of my parenting life – the half where they are children. I’m grateful for so many things about being a...

The Key To Being Adaptable

By: Susan Mazza If you want to be adaptable you must be willing to let go of the need to know the answer. Why? Because there is rarely one answer: that single right answer to the questions you are being asked and are asking or the right path through the challenges you...

Women in Leadership

Career Coaching for Your Inner Critic

We are all familiar with that little voice in our head that likes to sabotage our confidence - our inner critic. Henna gives some very practical advice for how to deal with her. - InPower Editors We all have an inner critic. She’s usually telling us: –  “You’re not...

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...

Plan 2015 by Letting Go of 2014

It's the end of the year! If you're like us you're tempted to run around in circles just trying to get it all done. Dana gives us a reminder—and tools—to bring a more intentional close to 2014. —InPower Editors Think it’s too early to plan 2015? Nope! Now’s the best...

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Career Advice

Dear Dana Workplace Advice: How Do I Start A Career Move?

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...

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...

Interviews

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