By: Sharon McDermott How many times do you catch yourself saying the words, “I’m sorry”? “I’m sorry” when you bump into someone, when you are walking through a doorway, when your handbag is sitting on a chair and someone approaches and wants to sit down, you find the words coming out of your...
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What About Love?
With Valentine's Day coming up, there's lots of talk about love. Well, what about love? If I asked you that question, how would you answer? If you can, write down your answer. That's a question I did ask when I was conducting a longitudinal study at the Project on the Development of Girls and...
When You’re Stuck
About a year ago, I decided that goals were driving me crazy and – poof! – I got rid of them. Ok, not entirely, but I did create a new metric of how to judge my own success that didn’t involve crippling comparisons to other people. And, man, has it been liberating. I’m not kidding. When I made a...
Will a Record Number of Women in Congress Make a Difference?
Will a Record Number of Women Make a Difference in the 113th Congress? With the Inauguration in the rear view mirror, it’s officially time for the 113th Congress and President Obama to get back to work. Women were big winners in the November elections and the current Congress set a new record for...
5 Ways Female Entrepreneurs Can Excel In Any Field
By: Nathalie Lussier In the fields of business and technology, women often feel like they’re the minority. This trend is definitely changing (check out this special report on the 100 Most Powerful Women) but in the meantime, what can you, as a woman in a male-dominated field, do to really stand...
Working Women: Create Something New Instead of Demanding Change
The time for change feels ripe. Transformation seems to be in the air. Could this be the time for women to demand more equality in the workplace? I do feel women should demand parity in pay, recognition, and access to resources and opportunities. It's time they are more fully represented at senior...
What Can We Do In The Face Of The Sandy Hook Tragedy?
No words ever do justice to tragedy. What way is there to feel other than powerless in the face of the murdered children and teachers in Sandy Hook? In the week after yet another horrific act of violence against innocents, I have to write the words that keep coming to me as I search for an InPower...
Vulnerability Management: Required Course for Leaders?
I was having dinner with a friend, a very successful consultant, whom I hadn't seen for quite a while. As we munched on a Caesar salad, I talked about my research on successful women. "I asked myself, what did these women, from many walks of life, share in common?" I told my friend. "What I...
11 Women Entrepreneurs on How to Stay Healthy and Sane
By: The Young Entrepreneurs Council WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: HOW DO YOU BALANCE PHYSICAL/MENTAL HEALTH WITH THE DEMANDING JOB OF BEING A STARTUP FOUNDER? CARVE OUT ME TIME "Being a startup founder is an immersed, adsorbent experience. I've found that the only viable strategy is to set definite times...
A Glass Ceiling Still Exists, and That Hurts Corporate America
It's sad that the glass ceiling still exists. Even though there has been progress, we still have a long way to go regarding women enjoying equality in important leadership positions and compensation. Far too few capable women are offered positions with the responsibilities and influence they have...