Do You Need to Fake it to Make it?
Do you know that low self-esteem can sabotage your career success? In a recent article in Forbes Woman, author Laura Sinberg states that people with low self-esteem often unconsciously sabotage their careers. Sinberg quotes Lois Frankel, PhD, author of Nice Girls...
Ice Cream Melts and Three Other Marketing Tips for Summer
This week’s guest post is by Jamie Eslinger, a friend, colleague and fantastic marketing coach. Jamie “Sling” Eslinger loves to make consumer brands shine. As the founder of MarketingTiara she also coaches entrepreneurs and marketing mavens to be brilliant. We all...
The Language of Power
In her book, No Ceilings, No Walls, author Susan Colantuono says: As essential as it is to understand the business of business, it is necessary but insufficient. You not only have to have business strategic and financial acumen, you must also be able to demonstrate it...
How to Be a Thought Leader
Last week I attended a panel discussion at Barclay’s in New York City on the topic of How to Be a Thought Leader. The panel included Nicki Gilmour, CEO of The Glass Hammer, Carol Hymowitz, Editorial Director of Forbes Woman, and Barbara Jones, of Editorial Director of...
What Do You Do When a Door of Opportunity Opens?
There has been a lot written recently about women’s innate ability to lead. One reason that is consistently mentioned is that women are more risk adverse than men. Many thought leaders believe that because women are more cautious, they make better decisions. I believe...
The Invisible Promotion
Harvard Business Review published an interesting article recently, "Are You The Victim of An Invisible Promotion?" by Ron Ashkenas. The post poses some direct questions to the reader about whether or not your role has changed significantly in the past six months and...
Celebrating My Independence
I've had family and friends say to me that I'm independent to a fault. Is there such a thing as being too independent? I left corporate America six years ago to start my coaching business and I've never looked back. Sure, there have been challenges; plenty of...
Ditch the Pitch: A Presentation for Professional Coaches
Here is my presentation for BusinessforCoaches, a UK organization that supports professional coaches worldwide with professional development activities. Ditch the Pitch Presentation for Coaches
A Lasting Friendship
Decades ago at a small women's college in New England, a group of girls met and formed an incredible friendship. Those thirteen girls had no idea at the time how strong their friendship was and how it would last and, in fact, strengthen through the years. We called...