Authenticity at work: is that an oxymoron? A pipedream? Most of us long to be more authentic at work, yet in most organizations, authenticity is in short supply. Here’s a quick exercise that illustrates why that might be so. Identify a current work situation that you think is being badly handled...
Important points that came up - watch for more! You'll see different perspectives on all these things across the generations. What a great conversation & thank you to my InPower panelists! Emily Bennington, Gloria Feldt and Eva Swanson - You guys rock! Highlights from the video...
It is a well known fact in human psychology. We only see what we believe. I was speaking a few years ago on a panel of C-suite women about how to achieve career success. One woman in the audience asked: “How did each of you shatter the glass ceiling?”. Every single one of us on the panel looked...
As women, we face unique challenges as leaders, whether we work in the corporate world or as business owners. There seems to be a large chasm between female leaders who too easily sacrifice authority, and iron-fisted women who never budge once their minds are made up. Unfortunately, neither...
Back in the old days, companies did branding and people did leading. Not so today. Now-a-days if you want to get into, or stay in, leadership and other positions of influence you must have a personal brand. In our overwhelmed world, brands – both personal and commercial - consolidate the...
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...
I have a female client, J, transitioning careers who just woke up to how she’s getting in her own way – and mustering the courage to stop. This post celebrates her, and every other woman who’s decided to “get ready to be ready” to take that next step and talk up her achievements for the next job,...
Body? Mind? Spirit? Chocolate? These questions have wrestled with me my whole life, through a successful escape from a dysfunctional family; a personal exodus out of Los Angeles; a successful corporate, internet startup, consulting and coaching career; and (not last) the birthing, nurturing and...
When women talk about their own accomplishments, we get ahead more than when we don't. But we don't do it enough! Often it just doesn't feel right to talk about ourselves so positively because we feel like it's bragging. But there are so many ways to promote ourselves that aren't bragging - and...
I’ve been delving deeply into the subject of authenticity lately as I launch my eSeminar on the power of your Authentic Leadership Style, and I’m beginning to see even more power in authenticity than I’d previously really focused on – including the way in which it can help you create space in your...
