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Creating a Happier Company Culture
By: John Rampton Your attitude determines the atmosphere of your workspace. Every business has its unique culture: the culture defines the core values of the company and creates a set of unofficial guidelines for employees to follow. It also helps determine which...
5 Keys To Drive Employee Engagement
Collaboration – Creativity – Connection – Celebration - Contribution Does this sound familiar? You lack energy to go to work. Work feels like a paycheck and you focus your passions elsewhere. You want to make things better but you’re tired of your ideas not being...
Do You Have Work-Life Confidence?
Women who successfully blend work and life have a healthy dose of what I call “Vitamin C” or Confidence. They know that no area of your life will ever be perfect for a sustained period of time—and that it is possible to blend work and life without feeling like you’re...
Leadership in the Modern Organization: Video Interview with Mary Schaefer
Key Takeaways: Leadership must evolve with context: The conversation highlights that modern leadership requires adapting one’s style to dynamic organizational landscapes, shifting from directive to collaborative approaches as situations demand. Effective leaders hold...
3 Ways to Make Your Work More Meaningful
Why do you do what you do? That was the question I set out to answer after re-watching Simon Sinek’s hugely popular TED talk called “How Great Leaders Inspire Action.” His theory is that too many companies talk about what they do and how they do it, when instead,...
The Dollars and Sense of Women and Work
As a career coach and seminar leader, I’ve met hundreds of “stay-at-home mothers” who spend months—or even years—weighing the pros and cons of returning to work. Though the immediate assumption would be that these women can easily afford never to work again, I’ve...
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Quick Strategies to Bust the 10 Most Common Stressors
Managing stress and the fast moving pace of life is a constant challenge. Too much stress and you burn out; too little stress and you become bored. Performing at optimal levels requires that you take stock of what stresses you and utilize specific strategies for...
Pitching Your Big Idea
To get support for your big idea, you have to become adept at pitching every idea. Good leaders know how to pitch. They do it naturally and easily. But this isn’t a skill anyone’s really born with, it takes some personal development. Why invest in becoming good at...
3 Reasons Good Ideas Aren’t Good Enough
There’s a particular skill that middle managers who will become more than middle managers learn, and it’s not something that is taught in business school. It’s one of the reasons that we all benefit from good mentors, who really understand “how things work.” This...
Women in Leadership
Dana Theus on It’s A Woman’s World with Carolyn Bruna
Dana Theus appeared last month on It's a Woman's World with Carolyn Bruna. In this 30 minute video Dana discusses InPower Women, the nature of INpowerment and The Woman Effect. Posted on YouTube (please share!)
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...
What if Self-promotion is a Gender-Neutral Leadership Skill?
Sometimes true wisdom hides behind sensational headlines. I often think this when I read gender wars articles; you know, the ones that toss the sexes in the ring? Here’s my latest beef: Women need to self-promote to make more money. (Forbes Woman , Catalyst Inc.) So...
Diversity & Inclusion
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