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Middle Managers – The Critical (Weak) Link of Change Management
If you were in charge of your corporate culture and knew it needed fixing, would you fix it? Certainly anyone in charge of change management would want to say yes to this question, but as anyone who is actually in charge of corporate culture knows, it’s harder than it...
The Art of Influence: Lesson 2 – Listening & Communication Skills
We hear "be a good listener" a lot, but how does listening help you develop your communication skills? How do you DO it anyway? We really enjoyed Mary's practical advice for how to lead more effectively by listening and communicating more clearly. - InPower Editors...
Set Your Career Intention For the Year Ahead
Do the words “fresh start” or "intention setting" come to mind as a new school term approaches? What would a fresh start mean for you at work? At the start of the school term, students often get a list of what to pull together and how to prepare. We as adults at work...
Being Bold at Work
Many women think they are not leading, and yet they are. Why? Because they are setting their intentions, achieving them and making the world better as a result. We’d like more women to know how to be bold at work. Not to get the credit (though, you should take credit...
5 Steps to Taming Your Emotional Triggers
We welcome Dr. Marcia Reynolds back to the site to provide insight into ways of understanding and releasing your emotional triggers. Learn about Marcia's book, The Discomfort Zone and how to turn discomfort into a leadership asset. – InPower Editors How to Tame...
How to Give Feedback by Asking Questions
Managers can read books, get trained, practice and plan, and still your employee may toss you something you don't anticipate. But you can handle it. The key is asking good questions and really listening. When you give feedback, you are a role model. They will...
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Leadership
How Virtual Managers Can Lead Effectively
By:Kristi Hedges Go into most companies these days and you’ll witness hand wringing around the complexities of managing a virtual workforce. Studies show that 80 percent of managers deal with dispersed teams, which may include managing people in remote locations,...
Need Career Advice? Exercise and Climb a Tree
There’s nothing like a great metaphor to make a point. I often look for metaphors that illustrate my mission to help women “Find the Work that Fits Your Life”, and I love one I just saw on the Levo League web site that equates building a career with climbing trees. In...
Leadership Is An Inside Job
This weekend I took my daughter and her friend to see the new movie “Oz The Great and Powerful” based on the classic book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. The occupational hazard of having a mom who is a leadership coach is that you don’t get to actually just eat the...
Women in Leadership
Decoding Leadership Presence: 3 Steps to Confidence
Does someone with leadership presence always make a good leader? Can someone without presence lead effectively? Many career gurus will say leadership presence is essential to becoming a good, and ladder-climbing, leader. In my experience, however, many good leaders...
3 Tough Leadership Conversations Every Leader Must Face
Everyone struggles with difficult conversations - just a little. Learning to have a tough conversation isn't just a leadership skill, it's a life skill. Learn it early and often. Do it with compassion and you help yourself, your business and the people you're having...
Tips for WorkLife Blending [VIDEO]
No matter how much “flexibility” we get in our office, we all struggle to get it all done in our worklife. This cross generational video discussion takes a look at the realities of worklife “blending” from the employee’s and employer’s point of view, and gives us all...
Mentoring
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Dear Dana Workplace Advice: Tips for a Salary Negotiation
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, What am I missing in salary negotiations? I think I...
Dear Dana Workplace Advice: 3 Reasons For Negotiating A Job Offer
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 just got a job offer within my company (in another...
3 Essential Tips To Ace Your Job Interview
Congratulations! You got the job interview! It’s totally normal to feel excited and anxious when you get the call or email. It’s also normal to want to dive into preparing, but before you do, take a pause and look at how much time you have to get ready. Use that time...
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