It's so easy to feel burned out, but what if it's all in your head? Get a little inspiration for lighting your fire from Laurie, today! - InPower Editors Burnout doesn’t exist. It’s an urban legend, a myth designed to get us to feel bad about ourselves. No, I haven’t turned all Marissa Mayer on...
Employee Engagement
INSIGHT: Happy?
Is asking yourself how happy you are a little scary? Don’t shy away from asking yourself the hard questions just because you fear the answers. I recently turned the tables on a leader-client who was worried about employee engagement in his company. I asked him how happy HE was in the company he’d...
CBS Radio Interview
by: Tanvi Gautam I had the honour of being interviewed on CBS radio (US) by Career Coach Caroline. I loved her book “This is not the career I ordered” which is a fantastic set of stories (you know I love storytelling!) on women who transitioned between careers (from Morgan Stanley to a cup cake...
The Biggest Gen Y and Gender Myths and Why Your Company Should Care
I recently published my Harvard study in Harvard Business Review: Busting Gen Y & Gender Myths and Why Your Company Should Care unleashing new research on the work-life aspirations of elite Gen Y women and men. Surveying a group of Harvard and MIT MBAs, I found that they hold more traditional...
Taking the Reins: Turning EMpowered Employees into INpowered Leaders
This is my second reference to the book Turn The Ship Around, by David Marquet. It’s such a good book on empowering leadership I recommend it to any leader or aspiring leader. Empowering leadership is not easy. Here is one secret to it that I particularly like. Have you ever met someone who’s...