We don't think of ourselves as frogs in boiling water very often, but Andria reminds us how often this is the case. Take care of yourself, my friends. Read this to remember why life balance is so very important to you. - InPower Editors After spending 20 years in the work world, I am still trying...
Work-Life Blend
How Emotional Intelligence in Leadership is a Strength, Not a Weakness
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...
3 Ways the Millennial Generation Can Help Your Company Get Real
As a species humans love to complain, and we seem to really love to complain about the younger generations. However, it’s time to give the kid-bashing a rest and look at the ways that working with the millennial generation (18-30 years old) helps us be better leaders and build better companies....
Is that Work-Life Roadblock Really You?
We all face work-life challenges and all our challenges have a dimension where we contribute to the problem. This doesn't make it "our fault" but it does give us a place to start in removing the roadblock! Don't worry, there's another one waiting... and the more we move the greater impact we have...
Stocks, Bonds & Soccer Moms: 7 Steps to a Balanced Life [A Work-Life Book Review]
So many times when we're thinking about balancing our work-life ideas of success, we think about juggling the meetings and the soccer games, but we forget about the other important parts of our life - like finances! Christy enjoyed reading Michelle Perry Higgins' approach to this more...
Calm Your Inner Voice for Work-Life Success
Too often work-life life seems overwhelming, but how much of that is under our control? Emily reminds us that most of it is ours to command. - InPower Editors When you write a book about women dominating in business, a funny thing happens. People call your bluff. And so they begin to rise up and...
When Was The Last Time You Took A Day Off?
Taking unstructured time to BE is a critical tool in your productivity and effectiveness bag of tricks. How often do you use it? Take a day off like Leslie did and see what happens! - InPower Editors I did a really good thing last week: I went on a 24-hour personal retreat. From noon on Monday to...
Women, Burnout and Mindfulness
Burnout isn't working for anyone in our business culture - especially not women, who so easily burn out from family + work duties. Emily raises our consciousness with this post to remind us that we have the choice. - InPower Editors Two years ago I wrote about a former boss who casually mentioned...
Jumping The Corporate Ship? 3 Self-Employed Survival Tips
There are plenty of the Debbie Downers who look at the exodus of women from the corporate ranks and see bad news. If your priority is getting women in to socially, politically and economically powerful positions, this IS bad news. But what if you just want to have a life? Be happy? Be...
You Can Have It All? Moms on the brink
It's no secret that being a working mom is a tough job, and everyone seems to have an opinion on the downsides. When many working mothers hear, "you can have it all," they also hear, "and since you don't have it all you must be doing something wrong." We want to honor Shana, at the...