The World Doesn’t Need Nicer Women. It Needs More Women Leaders
Dr. Lois Frankel, an internationally recognized expert in the fields of workplace behaviour and female empowerment, and the president of Corporate Coaching International, launches the newest edition of her groundbreaking book, Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office,...
Resilience in the Age of AI
The conversation about AI dominates the workplace and it gets louder every day. It’s about productivity.It’s about job loss.It’s about efficiency.It’s about speed. What it’s rarely about is cognitive endurance and the silent pressure leaders are facing with constant...
The Leadership Bubble: Why We Surround Ourselves With Similar People – And Why It’s a Problem
According to science, the first things our brains notice about a person are their race and gender. Not because we’re bad people, but because our brains have evolved to put things in categories for survival. Similarity comforts us; difference can feel uncertain....
Unapologetic Ambition: Why we celebrate women’s ambition at the Olympics but quietly penalize it in the workplace.
Every four years, women are allowed to say something radical out loud:I want to win. And every four years (or lately every two plus one), we witness the Olympics giving us permission to embrace and honor the grit and determination to win that we’re usually taught to...
Your Brain Wasn’t Designed For This Much Bad News
I admit I need help. I’ve always been a bit of a news junkie. I watch news on TV. I read it online and follow many of my colleagues here on Substack who comment on it daily. But it’s become too much. With the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the ongoing...
Finding Purpose Can Be A Career Advantage in Midlife
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about what I learned from interviewing 244 badass women for my podcast, Badass Women at Any Age. One of my big takeaways, was how these women found their purpose by overcoming life’s challenges, whether it was a divorce or loss, an empty...
The Algorithm is Not Neutral: What Generative AI Gets Wrong About Women, Work, and Leadership
Generative AI is quickly becoming embedded in how companies recruit, evaluate, and promote talent. Employers are turning to these tools hoping technology will finally solve one of the most stubborn problems in the workplace: how to make fair, unbiased decisions about...
What I Learned From Interviewing 244 Badass Women
Last week, I posted the final episode of Badass Women at Any Age. Two hundred and forty-four interviews. Hundreds of hours of conversations. And one overwhelming feeling: deep gratitude. When I launched this podcast, I wasn’t trying to define what it means to be a...
The Introverts Advantage in Office Politics: Quiet Influence, Strategic Visibility, and the Power of Being Politically Savvy
Just this morning, as I was discussing writing this article with a friend, the conversation naturally turned to what personality types we each were. I could not classify myself as either one and subsequently came to the conclusion that I’m what’s called an ambivert....