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How Women Can Embrace Their Power
Note from the Editor: The staff of InPower women is taking some time off this week, as we hope you are, so we are reposting this popular post you may have missed. Happy Holidays! I’d like to banish...
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Leadership, Healing & Gratitude
By: Lyn Boyer Last week, I was honored that the renowned Lolly Daskal asked me to co-host her weekly #LeadFromWithin Tweet Chat. We selected the topic of healing, which apparently struck a chord with...
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Put Your Stress Into Words
Three years ago I began my master’s degree in positive psychology. My classmates and I, new to each other, were waiting for our first class to start. Everyone was a little anxious because one of us...
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Five Steps To Ask For What You Want – Powerfully
“Women Don’t Ask”. Ask for what you want – it’s the topic of a book and it’s often an unfortunate reality that keeps many of us from reaching our goals. In my executive coaching work, some of my...
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Soap vs. You: A Leader’s Guide to Branding
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...
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Do You “Fake It” to Succeed? (Video)
The higher you go in any organization, the more the leadership culture tends to solidify around you. This increases – or decreases – the chances that you’ll fit in. Too many fast trackers see this as...
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Are Women Really Sorry? Why Should They Be…Sorry?
By: Sharon McDermott How many times do you catch yourself saying the words, “I’m sorry”? “I’m sorry” when you bump into someone, when you are walking through a doorway, when your handbag is sitting on...
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The Next Evolutionary Step: The Power of Circle
We hear a lot about the anxiety people feel during these uncertain economic times, when long-held systems are breaking down and new ones are not yet visible. A discomforting chaos comes along with...
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Am I a Feminist? Yes, and…
Am I a feminist? My whole, half century life as a professional, a wife, a mother of two and now a women’s leadership advocate I’ve never had a comfortable answer to this question. While this might...
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Forget the Glass Ceiling. Look for the Sweet Spot
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...
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Claim Credit For ‘Your’ Work
by: Tanvi Gautam Climbing the corporate ladder is a competitive affair—just as competitive as football, basketball, swimming, or whatever your favorite sport may be. Just like in the world of sport,...
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What’s The Worst That Could Happen When You Speak Your Mind?
By: Jennifer Miller I like working with men, I really do. Of my clients and colleagues, the gender mix is evenly distributed. Over the years, I’ve become accustomed to being the only woman in a room...
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Don’t Cope With Stress, Neutralize It
As I was taking a walk down memory lane the other day and remembering my teen years, I realized that many of us are acting like teenagers. Remember how we thought we were invincible back then? We did...
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The #1 Rule for Effective Leadership (at Home and at Work)
Beyond the Golden and Platinum Rules, in our crazy busy world the one rule everyone should follow daily above all is, “Don’t be a jerk.” When I am frustrated, under pressure or running late, I...
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Mind Over Medicine: Exercising Your Power To Extinguish Burnout
We all have a power story. In 2009 I was working in international business development for an education company. I was working 60+ hours a week covering meetings from Singapore to Dubai. I was...
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What’s Wrong With Women’s Empowerment?
What’s wrong with women’s empowerment? Nothing and everything. At its best, women’s empowerment programs are an organizational (or social) recognition that cultural barriers diminish women’s chances...
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Any Grizzlies in Your Office?
Let’s say you came to work this morning and there was a 700-pound grizzly bear by the copy machine. No, I’m not talking about Herb from accounting. I’m talking about an actual frickin’ bear. You’d get...
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9 Steps to Changing Careers and Getting the Life You Want
There are two questions I get asked most frequently when I meet new people and tell them my story. The first is, “Why did you decide to leave law?” and the second is, “How did you make the change?” I...
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I’m Not Balancing Work and Life And I Feel Great
by: Inge Geerdens Photo Credit: Free Digital Photos Being a female entrepreneur has its upsides, but also its disadvantages. Like having to find an answer to the question I – contrary to my male...
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Female Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Business Success
By: Lee Washington Being an entrepreneur is all about empowering yourself to create a business that’s right for you. It’s about facing up and rising to different challenges, overcoming the...
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