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Solopreneurship – 3 Oxymoronic Ways to Climb The Corporate Ladder
What does it mean to be IN power when you’re working for yourself? The answer to that question, I believe, is meaningful for all of us – even those with bosses who climb the corporate ladder, live in cubes or on airplanes, slogging away on either side of the glass...
INSIGHT: The Subtlety of Emotional Intelligence
I gave an interview last night and as soon as the subject of success came up I jumped in with my favorite bit of advice. Interviewer: What's the most important thing an aspiring leader can do to improve their chances of career success? Me: Work on your emotional...
How To Conquer Your Fears
Fear will stop you dead in your tracks or make you run like hell. It’s supposed to do that. When you come face to face with a life threatening moment, like a fire in your house or a wild animal in your path, your fight or flight reaction kicks in; thank heavens for...
How to Overcome The Imposter Syndrome
With more women joining the workforce than ever before, it would be easy to assume that a promotion to a role of power and influence would boost our confidence. Sadly, the voice of doubt that used to hold us back as students or in entry-level roles is now sinking it’s...
INSIGHT: 5 InPower Travel Tips
Do you travel a lot for your job? Through my career I’ve gone through times where I traveled a lot and hardly at all. I used to believe that when I traveled, life tended to get out of control very easily. Then I had kids and realized that the tendency for a crazy life...
3 Things I Wish I’d Known in My First Management Job
My first management job was a disaster. I was one of four analysts working on a client account. My boss was getting annoyed dealing with all of us and our silly just-out-of-grad-school questions. He didn't like editing our client memos because he had more important...
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Tigers – Even CEOs and Military Commanders – CAN Change Their Stripes to Become Servant Leaders
Sometimes we run into people in positions of power who just seem incapable of getting their ego out of the way. Regardless of how “successful” they appear on the outside – and how many rewards they receive for it – it’s a drudge to work for them and the company suffers the inefficiency of a demotivated workforce. Most organizations – especially large ones – that I’ve worked for tend to treat these ego-leaders as a cost of doing business.
What they don’t seem to realize is that by tolerating a toxic boss they are failing to realize productivity and innovation while sending the message to the entire employee base that, “we know this person abuses their position but we care more about them and their results than we care about you and all the productivity we could get out of you if we and the ego-boss respected you.”
Although I don’t think it happens often enough, it does happen that the egomaniac sees the errors of their ways and switches perspective to become the servant leader.
Best Leadership Advice – Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.)
Are you afraid of failure or making mistakes? Where do you think the deepest wisdom comes from? Look to the wisest leaders and know the advice they pass on was earned the hard way and from mentors who cared. Learn from it and develop your own wisdom to pass on to those you work with. Read General Powell’s advice reflectively, pat yourself on the back for the things you’ve internalized and promise your future self to improve where you are still growing into his wisdom. My favorites are #4 and #12. What are yours?
3 Ways Powerful Leaders Can Practice the Art of Saying No
Make your YES mean more by saying NO more often. Saying “No” is hard because we don’t just say the word, we burden it with other – unsaid – baggage on both the sayer’s and receiver’s part. But it doesn’t have to be that way and powerful leaders know how to use the Art of No in ways that leave the listener feeling useful, appreciated and inspired. Learn to practice the Art of No. Your team will thank you for it.
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How To Stop Negative Self Talk
When's the last time you tuned into the self talk running in the background of your thoughts? The one that's telling you that you're great - or not? It can feel like an impossible thing to try to reprogram that voice, but you can and unless you're constantly telling...
Professional Networking: This Is How You Do It
Sometimes the idea of professional networking is daunting. Emily demystifies this critical career development skill by showing us how it's done. Her keys to success? Fearlessness and persistence. A winning combination. - InPower Editors Last week I spoke to 4,000...
Not Time – Energy! Updating the Work-Life Balance Debate
Does it seem like the perpetual issue of “work-life balance” is getting old and worn out? Have we given up on it or is it just time to evolve to a different way of thinking about managing our energy as we accomplish things at work and life our life? – InPower Editors...
Women in Leadership
Research Summary: Women Better Investors?
Title: Women Are Better Investors Study: Deflating News For Men: Women Better Investors (Barklay's Wealth & Ledbury Research 2011) Finding: Female investors are more likely to make money in the market. InPower Insight: Women act less impulsively...
What Should I Wear to Work? Don’t Ignore Clothing Clichés – They Are All True
Introducing our newest blogger, Sheila Berry Founder of Living Vicky, a non profit dedicated to empowering young professionals. We love Sheila's insights into the timeless challenges of dressing for success. She reminds us that the answer to the question, "what should...
Don’t Take It Personally – Self-Esteem for Women Leaders
People talk a lot about thought leadership, and we believe it’s a powerful success strategy available to women. But let’s get real, most of us don’t feel comfortable putting our big ideas out there because we’re don’t like to get negative feedback. We like how Dana...
Diversity & Inclusion
4 Reasons The Western Woman Can Save The World
The Dali Lama said “The Western Woman will come to the rescue of the world.” Never mind that Hilary Clinton didn’t get elected president of the United States. The trend she is a part of is well underway, and I’m not talking about feminism.
Just because no one I know got raptured last weekend doesn’t mean the apocalypse isn’t upon us; it just means we get to change the world before everything goes to hell. The world is in a pretty nasty state, based on the daily headlines, and it’s easy to feel powerless to save it. Yet I know so many people determined to do just that, many of them women. What I’d like to see is more people – men and women – stepping into their world-saving powers, more consciously, more assertively and more effectively.
Note to Men: Don’t stop reading now (if you got this far – kudos to you!) The stuff we ladies are naturally good at – and that the world needs – you are pretty good at too. Mostly you just need to ALLOW yourself to be good at it!
