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Why Your Dream Job Isn’t a Just a Dream
Key Takeaways: Your dream job isn’t just a fantasy—it’s a real and attainable goal when you take the time to define what “dreamy” means for you, right now, at this stage in your life and career. What makes a job ideal isn't just the role—it's the challenge, the...
Dear Dana Workplace Advice: Dealing with the Midnight Email Queen
Key Takeaways: Workplace advice centers on setting clear boundaries around late-night emails, unpacking how these midnight messages create implicit expectations and anxiety even well outside business hours. Dana encourages teams to “detrigger yourself” early and...
Vreneli Stadelmaier discusses imposter syndrome
We hear that women suffer from the imposter syndrome, but what exactly is it? Key Takeaways: Imposter syndrome is that sneaky inner voice that whispers you don’t belong—despite all evidence you do—like being terrified someone will “find out” even though you’re...
How Not To Fall Victim To “The Motherhood Penalty”
Key Takeaways: Motherhood penalty is a real systemic roadblock, not just a personal experience—it’s built into hiring, pay, promotion, and performance norms that mistakenly assume moms are less committed or competent. Mothers typically face a per‑child wage reduction...
Getting Itchy At Work? Maybe It’s Time To Start Your Proactive Passive Job Search
Key Takeaways: Job search is an experience, not just a transaction—whether you’re passive or proactive, treat it as a journey of self‑discovery and alignment, not just throwing resumes at open roles. The piece contrasts passive (reactive) job searching—waiting for job...
InPower Coffee Break with Mary Schaefer – What would a “pro-human” work culture mean?
Coffee break starts: 1pm ET / 10am PT Dana Theus and Mary Brodie engage in a conversation with Mary Schaefer about what a "pro-human" work culture means. Key Takeaways: Pro-human workplaces honor the whole person, going beyond “pro‑employee” language to include real...
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Leadership
Why You Should Cultivate a Leadership Mentoring Style
Key Takeaways: Leadership mentoring transforms both mentor and mentee: The author emphasizes that guiding others invites deeper self-awareness, refined communication, and renewed commitment to one’s own leadership journey. Mentoring builds bridges across experience...
Mindfulness at Work: The Secret to Productivity and Reduced Stress
Key Takeaways: Productivity skyrockets when mindfulness becomes a habit: Embedding simple moments of awareness throughout the day—such as focused breathing or pausing before checking email—sharpens concentration, helping you stay present and deeply engaged in tasks....
Leaders: How are You Taking Care of Yourself?
Key Takeaways: leaders must treat self-care not as a “nice-to-have” but as mission-critical—prioritizing personal well-being enables clarity, presence, and sustained impact. Setting clear boundaries around time, energy, and availability—like scheduled breaks and...
Women in Leadership
Leadership Practices for Work Life Sanity
Key Takeaways: Work life sanity starts by stepping off the 24/7 treadmill and asking better questions. Instead of trying to "have it all," define what you want, what “enough” looks like, and which trade-offs align with a life that matters to you. Perfection is...
High-Achieving Women Think Differently
Key Takeaways: High-Achieving Women Reject Perfectionism: They focus on doing their best rather than striving for unattainable perfection, which helps reduce stress and increase productivity. They Recognize Their Limits: Understanding that they can't do it all alone,...
Iron Man vs. Athena for CEO – Leadership Battle of the Sexes?
Key Takeaways: The Battle of the Sexes in Leadership: Traditional leadership models often favor masculine traits, but modern perspectives recognize the value of integrating both masculine and feminine qualities for effective leadership. Desirable Leadership Traits:...
Mentoring
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...
Career Strategy: Mentors good. Sponsors better!
We get a lot of questions about how to find a sponsor to advocate for you behind the scenes. This post by Kathryn (and the book she reviews) will give you a lot of insight into this important career strategy. - InPower Editors At a recent 85 Broads Power Circle event,...
Do Women Need a Mentor to Succeed?
Every young professional hears it: “Get a mentor!” Many companies invest in mentoring programs, especially for women aspiring to advance. But do mentor programs pay off –– for the mentors and the mentees? My clients and I have had positive experiences, but, who knows?...
Career Advice
The Top 5 Mistakes Women Make Receiving Feedback
Key Takeaways: Receiving feedback as a woman often means managing style critiques, not just performance issues: Women are disproportionately given feedback about how they behave—not just what they achieve. This makes receiving feedback more personal and often more...
Gaining Power In Your Career: A Guide to Getting Promoted at Every Level
Key Takeaways Getting promoted is not just about hard work: While dedication is important, getting promoted requires a deeper understanding of how the system works. You need to be strategic and play the game effectively. Toot your own horn: Don't be shy...
Are You Fully Charged? 5 Ways to Energize Your Work & Life
Key Takeaways: Integrating work & life is the real balancing act. Forget the old tug-of-war between the office and everything else—true well-being comes when we design lives (and workplaces) where our personal values and professional goals can actually coexist...
Interviews
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Diversity & Inclusion
Cultural Change: An Update on Workforce Diversity
As I’ve begun to explore the interpersonal dynamics of workplace discrimination more closely, I have gone back to update my own understanding of workforce diversity data and what it tells us about the the demographic makeup of the modern workforce. I have been...
The Woman Effect: TEDx MassAveWomen Video & The Research Behind It
On December 3, 2012 I had the honor of speaking to a group of powerful women in Washington DC at a TEDx event, TEDxMassAveWomen. I’m very excited because I’ve long wanted to distill down what InPower Women's about, into a simple but powerful video, and this gave me...
What’s Wrong With Women’s Empowerment?
What’s wrong with women’s empowerment? Nothing and everything. - Click To Tweet At its best, women’s empowerment programs are an organizational (or social) recognition that cultural barriers diminish women’s chances to succeed and make an attempt to counteract those...
