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Myth #2: Women Can’t Get Investment Dollars (Part 1: How the Investor Side Works)
Some say you need money to make money. That’s not necessarily true. An entrepreneur creates a business out of an idea and a lot of time and effort. And last I checked, ideas and effort are free. Time is costly. And maybe material product, but that’s different. We have...
It’s Time to Interrupt the Story
I often tell my seminar audiences that nothing riles us up faster than perceived disrespect. I see this so often it would be comical were it not for how quickly our perceptions can morph into all-out drama. Take this IM exchange sent to me from a manager recently –...
Compromise: The Key to Palatable Work
That day when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer ordered all home-based employees back to the office, I imagined that many women teetering back and forth with the work/don’t work decision said “That’s it, I’m staying home.” If those were your thoughts, I wouldn’t rule out the...
Embrace the Power of Choice
Feel stuck? Choose to become unstuck. Have you ever felt stuck in a job, with a daycare, or just in a bad situation? It's a sinking feeling when you feel like there's no way out. But we have good news! In this month’s Working Mom chat Dana and Lizzy will talk about...
The Power of Authentic Emotion
I often hear women say that they can’t show emotion at work or they’ll get ‘killed.’ Historically, it has been risky – even career-ending – for women leaders to show emotion, especially in male-dominated cultures. Somehow it makes them seem less credible, less tough,...
Is the Size of Your Culture Stunting Your Employees?
By: Mary Schaefer Do you know that some fish, including sharks, will grow only to the proportion of the container you keep them in? Seems sort of obvious, but what this means is, depending on the size of the aquarium, you could end up with a mature 7-inch shark. The...
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Who Says It’s A Man’s World?
I'm excited to make a double announcement here on InPower Women! We have a new blogger joining us - Emily Bennington - who just wrote a great book called Who Says It's a Man's World: A Girl's Guide to Corporate Domination. (Buy it in the InPower Women's Book Store)...
Five Steps To Ask For What You Want – Powerfully
“Women Don’t Ask”. Ask for what you want - it’s the topic of a book and it’s often an unfortunate reality that keeps many of us from reaching our goals. In my executive coaching work, some of my clients very clearly realize that this is an issue. They know that...
Lessons Learned From A Female TV Producer
An excerpt from UNSINKABLE: Find a Job, Create a Career, Build a Business By Molly Mahoney Matthews “I produce videos for the hospital.” I answered when my new hair stylist asked what I do. Amazingly, he continued to snip away and said, “TV producer, that’s nice.” I...
Women in Leadership
Obama’s Top Cop Is A Woman (A First!)
With so much going on in Washington lately, from the sequester to gun control legislation to immigration reform, you may have missed the news that, for the first time in the agency's nearly 150-year history, the Secret Service is being run by a woman. Julia Pierson,...
The Role of Fear In Success [AUDIO]
I want you to meet an InPower woman. Dallice Joyner has risen above the most abject circumstances of poverty and prejudice to be an effective and motivating leader of an organization doing much needed work in our society. Dallice is the Executive Director of the...
Research Summary: Employee Satisfaction Is Down, Women Respond Differently
Title: Employee Satisfaction Is Down, Women Respond Differently Study: Reinvent Opportunity: Looking Through a New Lens (Accenture 2011) Finding: Women and men have different strategies for handling job dissatisfaction. InPower Insight: Women and men have similar...
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