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Lessons from a Power Breakfast – What’s at STAKE?
To everyone but us, we were a power breakfast. Meeting early at the Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington DC, we were strategists behind an international organization representing 160 of the biggest companies and Non Governmental Organization (NGO) nonprofits in the...
How To Change
Everyone wants to change. The airwaves are full of tempting enticements to cause change in our bodies, our minds and our relationships, but the real process of change is so much more organic and subtle than a pill or piece of exercise equipment can deliver. When I was...
3 Communication Tips for Women: Be Realistically Positive To Avoid Being Called “Risk Averse”
As a rule, women are good communicators. Yet many women are told that their communications patterns are holding them back when it comes to workplace success. What’s going on here? For starters, the above observation is full of generalizations. “All women” aren’t...
Freedom of Choice: A State Of Mind
Yes, many organizations and governments are oppressive and need to be voted and fought against. But true freedom of choice is a state of mind. How can you tell? In any community, regardless of circumstance, you can find people who bear the burden of the rules around...
How To Start A “Happily Enough Employed” Job Search
If you’re “happily enough employed”, can you really be in a job search? Yes! In the career development world we call this a “passive job search” and it’s been shown that people who are happy where they are usually get the best job offers to go somewhere else and...
InPower Summer Camp: 20 Fun Activities for The Working Mom
Summer is a special time that you deserve to take advantage of. You’ve worked so hard over the past year, survived the holidays and maybe even some big birthdays. Now is a time to celebrate all of your achievements with a little rest and relaxation. It’s summer...
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Leading in the Age of AI
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Women in Leadership
Research Says: Women Who Develop Non-Defensive Coping Skills Are More Effective Leaders
Study: Gender, Motivation, and Coping in the Evaluation of Leadership Effectiveness (Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research 1996) Finding: When women couple non-defensive coping capabilities with high levels of self esteem and confidence, they are seen...
Research Says: Women Are The World’s Most Powerful Demographic
Study: Women of Tomorrow: U.S. Multicultural Insights (Neilson Consultants, 2012) Finding: U.S. women are optimistic, expect to be earning a greater percentage of their household income in the future and feel in control of their household spending. InPower Insight:...
The Business Case For Gender Balanced Leadership
I have been honored with a regular writing gig at the Smartblog on Leadership - an extention of the Smartbrief empire. This was my first post as a contributing author and it generated a lot of interesting comments (read them here). The comments reminded me that there...
Mentoring
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Put Your Stress Into Words
Three years ago I began my master's degree in positive psychology. My classmates and I, new to each other, were waiting for our first class to start. Everyone was a little anxious because one of us was about to be called on to tell their "You at Your Best" story about...
The Power of Vulnerability
Note from the Editor: The staff of InPower women is taking some time off this week, as we hope you are, so we are reposting this popular post you may have missed. Happy Holidays! As an advocate for the underserved in her community, Gloria is recognized as a true...
2013 Goal-setting Strategies for Work-Life Balance and Productivity (Part 3 – Video)
January 1st is coming fast! If you’re like most of us, you’re knee-deep in year-end closing reports, next year budgets, family holiday planning and… stress! Work Life (much less balance!) at the end of the year is just crazy – largely because we’re scrambling to meet...
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