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Replacing Tropes for Mentoring Women with the Truths They Deserve

Replacing Tropes for Mentoring Women with the Truths They Deserve

Mentoring Women Key Takeaways: Mentorship Must Evolve: Traditional mentoring advice often perpetuates outdated gender tropes that hinder women's leadership potential. Mentors need to update their guidance to reflect current workplace realities. Unconscious Bias is...

Do Men and Women Vision Future Success Differently?

Do Men and Women Vision Future Success Differently?

One of the joys of my career has always been helping individuals and groups develop compelling, meaningful and guiding visions – the kind of visions that pull them excitedly into their future success. Most of the corporate visioning work I’ve done with executive teams...

Why Would You Want To Be A Pro-Employee Company?

Why Would You Want To Be A Pro-Employee Company?

What does pro-employee even mean? You may interpret the phrase “pro-employee” any number of ways. It could be about being on the list of top companies to work for. Maybe it’s about working effectively with unions or being union-free. It could be about benefits,...

5 Things You Can Do To Help Your Company – Leadership Right Now

5 Things You Can Do To Help Your Company – Leadership Right Now

In recognition of the fact that a company with women in roughly 30% of its leadership tend to produce healthier and stronger performing companies, there are lots of good programs out there trying to help women. But should we really wait for HR to come up with a great program?

Seriously – it’s not about the special programs. It’s about you and me and what we do every day to create the culture we live in – and to create a culture that welcomes the gifts women bring into the leadership ranks. Culture is created by the behaviors we tolerate and those we don’t. This doesn’t just apply to women.

Men and women both bear responsibility for helping lead their companies and create a strong culture – no matter what their title is.

Personally what can we do?

Why is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) so hard? Part II

Why is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) so hard? Part II

In our InPower Women Mastermind community the subjects of discrimination, bias, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) come up pretty often in conversation. These discussions are stimulated by personal experience and requests for advice as well as a shared commitment...

2022 Leadership Development Carnival

2022 Leadership Development Carnival

We're so excited to be sharing this rich post full of great ideas this month. We've participated in the leadership development carnival for years and always find it full of good stuff to read and share. Communication The Power of Storytelling From Confucius to...

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Work and Play Your Way to A Long and Happy Life

"What does "retirement" mean to you? Though it might mean different things to each of us, it's not a bad idea to imagine that whenever you might encounter it, "retirement" might mean "doing what you enjoy and making a living". How early can you retire? - InPower...

4 Ways to Increase Daily Productivity (and Save More Time)

You don’t need additional hours in a day to get more done. How do some entrepreneurial leaders get more done in a day than the rest of us? Here are four simple strategies, used by the world’s most successful people, that will increase your productivity and save you an...

10 Tips for Taking Some Real Time Off Before the New Year

The holidays are bearing down! Hurry! Run! Work late to finish that todo list before you enjoy your family. . . . or not. Maybe you should just go enjoy your family and take a break. Good advice from young executives to chill out and enjoy the holidays. It's good for...

Women in Leadership

Do Women Prefer Entrepreneurship Over Board Positions?

By: Deborah Sweeney Women, despite all of the advances that our society has made, are still forced to grapple with the glass ceiling. While some women have made a name for themselves as directors and board members of major corporations, only 17% of the over 5,000...

[INFOGRAPHIC] The Top Cities for Female Entrepreneurs

The number of female entrepreneurs is on the rise and (thanks in part to Lean In) so is their optimism about growth opportunities for their business. Where are the best cities in America for female small business owners to thrive, and what are the best ways to get to...

Female Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Business Success

By: Lee Washington Being an entrepreneur is all about empowering yourself to create a 
business that's right for you. It's about facing up and rising to
 different challenges, overcoming the day-to-day demands, learning and
 planning for the future. In a new campaign...

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