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Women Leaders: Communicate With Grit And Grace
“I know what I want to say, but HOW do I say it without getting ignored or killed?” In my experience as an executive coach, this question stymies women leaders as much as any other issue. Why? Because organizations often require women to operate within a painfully...
Dear Dana Workplace Advice: Dealing With Difficult People At Work
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our Friday column to give you workplace advice and coaching. Please write in and tell me about a frustration you’re facing at the office! – Dana Theus Dear Dana, I need help dealing with difficult people at work. I love my job. I’ve been with...
What To Do If You’re Worried About Getting Laid Off
Here it comes: year-end when a dearth in 2016 financials start showing up in 2017 budgets as lower head counts. Is that likely to be you? Layoffs at Christmas make no sense emotionally, but financially they do for the people planning next year’s expenses. If you’re...
Real Life Monsters: 3 Career Lessons from a Bad Boss
Hopefully the biggest monsters you find on this Oct. 31st will be knocking on your door looking for candy, but sometimes a bad boss happens. When you find yourself working for someone who is insecure or over his or her own head it can make your job even harder. We...
Dear Dana Workplace Advice: What do you mean I’m not a good listener?
Welcome to “Dear Dana”, our Friday column to give you workplace advice and coaching. Please write in and tell me about a frustration you’re facing at the office and I’ll publish my answer in an upcoming column. I can’t wait to hear from you! – Dana Theus Dear Dana, I...
What’s The Productivity Toll of Holiday Stress?
Halloween is around the corner and I’m already starting to gear myself up for various kinds of holiday stress over the next two months. There’s always a lot of ups and downs with family coming into town, more social activities to host and attend and the pressure of...
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10 Mindsets That Undercut Happiness
Positive thinking can save us from hell, but often it's not enough to just "be happy" out of sadness. Today Paula takes us deeper into the limiting beliefs to help us crawl out. - InPower Editors For the past four years, I have been studying, writing, and talking...
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...
How To Not Be “That” Manager
What's the difference between a Manager and a Leader? We are often told it has something to do with what you do (or don't) that makes you a leader. Mary Schaefer suggests it has more to do with how you treat your employees. Great read for leaders at all levels! -...
Women in Leadership
How Women Redefine Power
On May 9, 2013 women leaders gathered at the Forbes Women’s Summit. This wasn’t a conference about advancing women. It was a conference about women advancing the world, and in doing so, redefining the rules of power. With video appearances from Oprah Winfrey and...
Research Says: Women and Entrepreneurship
Study: Human Capital and Women's Business Ownership (SBA Office of Advocacy, 2008, Hackler, Harpel, Mayer, 2008) Finding: Women are one of the fastest growing segments of the entrepreneurial business sector, having more education, more managerial experience and...
Are You Free?
A few months ago, I was having a heated feminist discussion with a lesbian lawyer who specializes in LGBT legal issues. (As of last week's Supreme Court decision, her business must be booming! Hooray!) We were both on fire with the issues and loving the debate. The...
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