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INSIGHT: Pride vs. PRIDE
There is power in language, but only if you look beneath the words themselves. Sometimes the words don’t matter, but the meaning does. I recently had someone lash out at me because of something I said – well, actually it was because of something I didn’t say. In the...
August 16: Mary Schaefer discusses setting a career intention for the next year
We all sometimes get stuck in our careers - get a little complacent, sometimes stuck, sometimes we just don't see a different way to get what we want. Or from a different perspective, we simply forget what we want. For this discussion, Mary Schaefer will be joining us...
How Not To Fall Victim To “The Motherhood Penalty”
It’s a fact, Ladies. The most fulfilling experience of our lives – nurturing little beings into wonderful adults – is statistically killing our careers. At least that’s what the data says. According to a 2010 study by Michelle Budig and Melissa Hodges of the Social...
How to Turn Stress into a Healthy Resource
Stress can be a powerful and healthy resource. Yes, you heard me correctly – a resource. But wait, stress is bad, stress causes health problems, we all should try to diminish the stress in our daily lives… right? Not exactly. Sure, chronic stress can absolutely be...
How to Avoid Death-by-Meeting: What’s Our Intention?
The bigger the organization you work in, the greater the likelihood that you’ll meet your demise in death-by-meeting. What a horrible way to go! And the worst part? All that pain and suffering – and it’s usually a crap shoot as to whether you’ll get through all the items on the agenda.
No. Actually, the worst part is when you end up running those meetings yourself!
Agendas are often useful for thinking through what you want to cover. But – having an agenda does not mean having a meeting worth everyone’s time to attend. How to avoid death-by-meeting when you’re in charge? Agenda or not, take the time to think through your intended outcome for the meeting.
5 Ways To ‘Clear The Decks’ For Self-Care This Summer
Ah, summer... when the pace of life slows down. It's a time for lazing in the sun with a book... taking a nap... for really taking a break... making time for self-care. Does that describe your summer? Me either. For many of us, summer actually brings a bigger to-do...
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Leadership
5 Strategies for Leading with the 5 Whys
Most leadership books and gurus will tell you that leaders are learners and full of curiosity. Sometimes, this penchant can get you into trouble and – as many entrepreneurs learn the hard way – lead you traipsing off after some little bright shiny thing, letting your...
Measuring Leadership
How do you measure leadership? It’s an odd question, isn’t it? Leadership is inherently challenging to even describe because it’s a quality of being human. Psychologists and Change Management Consultants find ways to measure everything and I’m sure they have some...
Authenticity is Your Ticket To the Top
I'm proud to share that I just had a major Op Ed piece posted to The Glass Hammer - a preeminent professional woman's blog. Here's a short summary and I encourage you to read the full article on The Glass Hammer for the executive coaching advice at the end. ~Dana...
Mentoring
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Career Advice
Finding Purpose in Your Fab 40’s Video 3
Why is purpose so important and why is it so important to women in our 40's? Carin's video series gives us great insight into this important question. Today's installment concludes the series. Tune into InPowerWomen.com next Wed (10/29/14) for a video interview with...
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...
Appreciation: One Small Action with a Big Effect
Do you take your soul to work? Do you lead your team with it? Birute reminds us as leaders how important it is for each of us to help create a soulful—instead of soulless—workplace. - InPower Editors A 2013 Gallop poll found that a stunning 70 percent of Americans...
Women in Leadership
A Schism of Values: What’s Behind the Corporate Brain Drain
More and more women are waking up to the fact that life in corporate America often isn't a good fit with the life they want to lead. This is why women are starting small businesses at such a fast rate. In this post (the first in a series), Dana looks more deeply at...
What Do Family-Friendly Policies Look Like? [Infographic]
When issues of family-friendly policies in the U.S. come up, it's hard for us to understand what's possible since we have little precedent in this country, historically. This infographic sheds light on what policies look like in other countries, countries without the...
Of Babies and Men: A Stay-at-Home Dad Reflects on Stewart Friedman’s Baby Bust
Stay-at-home-dads encounter all the stresses as stay-at-home moms, and maybe more. We really like Vincent O'Keefe's take on the how he and his working wife rescued each other and his review of Stew Friedman’s new book, "Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work...
Diversity & Inclusion
Authenticity is Your Ticket To the Top
I'm proud to share that I just had a major Op Ed piece posted to The Glass Hammer - a preeminent professional woman's blog. Here's a short summary and I encourage you to read the full article on The Glass Hammer for the executive coaching advice at the end. ~Dana...
Why We Need Women in Leadership (the post that started it all)
I first posted this on my Reclaiming Leadership blog in June 2012. It still gets positive responses today. I’m a woman and I like to hear about women making it big in business, but I keep running across data that says that we still aren’t up there with the guys –...
Research Summary: Gender Bias
Title: TBD Study: Does Gender Bias Against Female Leaders Persist? (Kim M. Elsesser and Janet Lever. Sage 2011) Finding: TBD Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not affiliated with InPower Women. Our Research...
