Everyone struggles with difficult conversations - just a little. Learning to have a tough conversation isn't just a leadership skill, it's a life skill. Learn it early and often. Do it with compassion and you help yourself, your business and the people you're having the tough conversation with...
It's typical to think that your boss will teach you to be a better leader, but sometimes the most important lessons come from below or along-side. These young entrepreneurs share amazing leadership advice about what they've learned from their employees. - InPower Editors You hired your employees...
Women are leading all over the world in all kinds of ways. No matter how you lead, call on your inner power to succeed. - InPower Editors Women leaders are everywhere. You don’t need to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 corporation, have earned millions of dollars, or be in Washington DC to be a leader....
"Collaboration" is a buzzword for leaders, and women leaders are supposed to be naturally good at it. Even if you're a great collaborative leader, you'll find some good ideas in this post for the "why's and how's" of good collaborative leadership. - InPower Editors For most of us, our first job...
We usually publish women-in-business research on Mondays, but this infographic on management styles in different countries is so interesting we're going with it! If you've ever worked overseas it won't come as a suprise to you that even though similar in style, German managers are more...
Good leaders who've mastered personal leadership know that giving advice is overrated. It's like giving a hungry person a fish instead of a fishing pole. Mary gives us some good advice on how not to give advice. Heed it well. - InPower Editors “[As a coach] my job is to be trustworthy while...
Leaders sometimes scratch their heads and wonder why employees veer away from actions that support the organization's mission. Stop scratching and start decoding this behavior with Christy's insights into the power of organizational culture. - InPower Editors I think you would agree that...
Traditional leadership paradigms are pretty “top down,” but as modern leadership gurus help us see that such hierarchical decision-making structures are reaching their limits, it’s time to start exploring ways that employees can lead from the middle. Conveniently for those who want to rise in the...
Are you leading a great organization? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Christy gives some great advice about mission statements in this post. They're more important than you might think! - InPower Editors Throughout my career I’ve had the privilege of working with several companies and organizations....
Doesn't becoming a mom make us more emotionally intelligent? Lizzy surprised herself with a 360 that said, "um, no!" Peak into Liz's journey back to emotional intelligence in this interesting post about the impact of motherhood on her professional performance. - InPower Editors What Doesn’t Break...
