Wondering How to Start the Year Strong? Start from a Position of Strength

January 22, 2022 by leader 12 0 0

We just turned a fresh new page on the calendar, and we are ready to take on the new year. As leaders, specifically female leaders, a new year has us wondering how to start the year strong. Here’s what I see happening with a lot of women in...

Overcoming The Biggest Challenges for Women in Leadership: Communicating Clearly and Effectively on a Male dominated Team

November 22, 2021 by leader 99 0 0

Women in leadership face different obstacles and challenges than their male counterparts. According to a Pew Research Center study, 43% of Americans agree that women in leadership positions are held to a higher standard than men. So those...

How to Delegate with Intention: A Key Skill for Women in Business Leadership

September 24, 2021 by leader 220 0 0

How to Delegate with Intention: A Key Skill for Women in Business Leadership “It will get done faster (and better) if I just do it myself!” “Even when I explain in detail how to do it, it isn’t done right.” I don’t want someone to...

What Does it Mean to be Resilient?

August 19, 2021 by leader 329 0 0

What Does it Mean to be Resilient? – Putting the 3 R’s of Resilience to Work There is a popular misconception within leadership circles that hard situations require an even harder response. Good leaders respond to challenge with a steely...

Want to Become an Intentional Leader? Do These 4 Things.

August 1, 2021 by leader 293 0 0

Have you ever worked for an excellent, intentional leader? If you have, you probably experienced higher employee engagement – a positive emotional connection to your work and workplace. This engagement generally leads to more productivity and...

Who Is Leading Best?

July 29, 2021 by leader 816 0 0

Where I see leaders with fundamental awareness and #authentic appreciation for the emotional and physical toll that #socialdistancing and shelter-at-home is taking, is where I am see the greatest stories of connected and...

Good Leadership Means Asking This Important Question

June 28, 2021 by leader 299 0 0

How do you define good leadership? There are obviously a number of traits that make a good leader, but I think all leaders should be focusing more on asking one simple question. “What can I do to support you?” It’s not a complicated question, but...

Is Your Mindset Holding You Back?

June 2, 2021 by leader 1182 0 0

Leadership Mindsets are key ingredients to successThe wrong mindset might be the very thing holding you back from achieving your potential. It doesn’t matter what specific goals they set for themselves – career change, job shift, promotion...

Executive Coach & Mentoring for Pros

May 24, 2021 by leader 307 0 0

Real Pros Need an Executive Coach Why do real pros need an executive coach? I was talking to one of my executive clients recently about a female leader on his team. After approaching her about working with a coach, she wasn’t quite sure...

Self-compassion Strategies for High Achievers and Leaders

May 13, 2021 by leader 362 0 0

Have you ever set an ambitious goal for yourself and then failed to reach it? Instead of engaging in unproductive negative self-talk, you’ll make more progress and find more success when you learn to implement some proven self-compassion...

Are You a Resilient Leader? The Softer Side of Resilient Leadership in Hard Times

March 29, 2021 by leader 474 0 0

Resilient Leadership in difficult times As many of my executive leadership clients faced the uncertainty and adversity of this past year, they were compelled to focus more actively on building resilient leadership. Wanting desperately to be able...

Are you in the Driver’s Seat of your Career?

November 24, 2020 by leader 813 0 0

When people hear I was with the same company for 25 years, they assume I was content, complacent even…for certain, I didn’t like change. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am certain I didn’t grow my career from an entry level...