Constructive Feedback Is A Gift
Last week I was asked by the New York Times to submit a draft of an Op-Ed piece on The Politics of Promotion. Needless to say, I was honored and worked diligently for two and a half days to complete an article I thought worthy of submission. In my quest for...
The Lessons I Learned From Burning Myself Out
This past week I hit a wall. Exhausted from traveling, speaking, and book events, I couldn’t put a pen to paper. The thought of opening my computer and trying to write something that others would find interesting or valuable was beyond my capacity. What happened? My...
New Survey Reveals Top Concerns For Professional Women
Women's Success Coaching recently conducted a survey to better understand the challenges that professional women face in the workplace today. The results of the survey reveal that the top concerns are the potential for advancement at their current company, increasing...
Working With A Coach Helps Ambitious Women Get Ahead
The GPS has become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives. With our handy GPS, we don’t have to worry about how to reach our destination. The GPS guides us with step-by-step instructions. If we take a wrong turn or get off track, the GPS quickly recalculates and...
9 Ways to Manage Your Boss
More often than not, I hear from my clients that they have great relationships with their team and their colleagues, but don’t know how to manage the relationship they have with their boss. This could be due to a variety of reasons. Maybe your personalities clash....
Is There Joy In Power?
What is your relationship to power? Do you embrace your power? Deny it or try to hide it? Women, despite their ambition, have a very complicated relationship with power that affects their ability to stay the course to reach executive positions. According to a recent...
Why Having a Sponsor is Important for Women and How to Get One
Having the right sponsor can make a dramatic impact on your career advancement. It’s such a powerful relationship that I have included it in the political toolkit in my book, The Politics of Promotion: How High Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead. In fact, I call...
True Feminism is about Equality for Both Men and Women
According to Teresa Younger, the CEO and president of the Ms. Foundation, it’s a new day in the conversation around where women's voices are socioeconomically and politically. On the grassroots side, women and their impact within communities has always been there. In...
5 Questions You Need To Answer To Manage Your Reputation At Work
Sometimes we are so focused on the best way to pitch ourselves and talk about our accomplishments that we don’t realize that the way we show up at work each day speaks louder than words. It’s important to understand that your leadership potential is evaluated not only...