The Secrets to Empowered Leadership – Turn The Ship Around (Book Review)
Last month I read a book that I think really nails the leadership skills necessary to do this well and earlier this week I wrote a book review on it for Smartblogs on Leadership. I’m reposting the...
View ArticlePortrait of an InPower Leader
The cohort of leaders who will reclaim leadership to achieve great things in the world won’t succeed out of idealism, an extreme sense of perfection or personal heroism. We will succeed because we...
View Article2013 Goal-setting Strategies for Work-Life Balance and Productivity (Part 2 –...
If you haven’t started thinking about your goals for next 2013, you better get cracking! In this three part video series, and December webinar on the subject, we’re evaluating what makes a good goal...
View Article2013 Goal-setting Strategies for Work-Life Balance and Productivity (Part 3 –...
January 1st is coming fast! If you’re like most of us, you’re knee-deep in year-end closing reports, next year budgets, family holiday planning and… stress! Work Life (much less balance!) at the end...
View ArticleStaying Oriented to the Future In The Present Moment
We humans are funny. We find peace and reduced stress when we learn to live in the present moment and yet we are – by definition – always in motion towards a future of our own design. On the one hand...
View ArticleStressed? Practice the Art of Saying No
The holidays are upon us and this means – increased stress! We all “know” that when things get busy we need to be gentle with ourselves and that one of our best strategies is to say “No” more often,...
View ArticleDifferent-but-Good – What We Can Learn From Women In Leadership
I spoke recently to a group of women and men about how modern leadership styles are shifting and increasingly embracing strengths that women in leadership naturally bring to the table. After the talk...
View ArticleThe Woman Effect: TEDx MassAveWomen Video & The Research Behind It
On December 3, 2012 I had the honor of speaking to a group of powerful women in Washington DC at a TEDx event, TEDxMassAveWomen. I’m very excited because I’ve long wanted to distill down what InPower...
View ArticleThe 3% Leadership Revolution: A (Missed) Opportunity For Women in Leadership?
There is a quiet leadership revolution going on, a shift in the definition of success from “what” to “how.” In times of major change, the underdog has a strategic opportunity to end up on top. In this...
View ArticleSuccess vs. You? Is There a Win-Win?
The story our business culture tells us about success in business is that you can either be successful or you can have a life – but not both. The discussion storm around Anne-Marie Slaughter’s “having...
View ArticleShould We Lean In to Combat Sexism?
Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In, has generated a ton of dialog about women and work – not all of it positive, and not all the criticism from men. Actually, the only criticism I’ve read or heard has...
View ArticleIron Man vs. Athena for CEO – Leadership Battle of the Sexes?
I recently saw Iron Man III with my family and it was a good time. Bad guys. Good guys. Destruction. Even a humble pie big enough to go around. As I enjoyed the pyrotechnics and good-guy triumph,...
View ArticleWomen Entrpreneurs: Mary Ellen Slayter Interview [Podcast]
It takes a lot of guts to be an entrepreneur and it takes even more guts to be a single mom entrepreneur. That’s why Mary Ellen Slayter, Founder of Reputation Capital Media Services, is one of my...
View ArticleActivating The Hidden Face of Workforce Diversity
If you write a leadership blog you know the challenge of dredging the stock photo sites for perfectly politically correct photos of happy business women and men sporting every hue of skin color from...
View ArticleHow Being A Working Mother Made Me A Better Leader
My second son just graduated High School and heads off to VA Tech next Fall. He’s the last one out of the nest and it’s got me thinking about the first half of my parenting life – the half where they...
View ArticleBehind Closed Doors – Avoiding the Corporate “Snowden Effect”
Edward Snowden’s revelations of what the National Security Agency (NSA) knows about us have gotten us talking about the role of secrecy in a free society. This is an important conversation, despite the...
View Article3 Leadership “Truths” Women Should Ignore
Leadership advice runs rampant on the internet, which is fine because most of it comes from a place of wisdom and reflection. If you’re a woman aspiring to lead, however, there is one tiny problem with...
View ArticleCo-opting the Power of the Toxic Boss
I just read a great article by Richard Boyatzis detailing the brain science behind "emotional contagion." I find this particularly interesting in the context of corporate culture, having observed some...
View Article6 Lessons Learned on the Work Life Jungle Gym
Sheryl Sandberg contributed many valuable insights to professional women in her book, Lean In. The one that hit me most squarely was her analogy of a career as a jungle gym instead of a ladder. Truer...
View ArticleWomen in Leadership: Lessons From Motherhood (Part II)
Earlier this year when my youngest son graduated high school I celebrated with a blog post about motherhood and what I’ve learned about leadership by being a parent. Readers had a lively discussion on...
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