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...
Forbe’s Top 100 Websites for Women
Wow! Women's Success Coaching was chosen as one of the TOP 100 websites for working women. I am thrilled and extremely honored to be a part of this awesome list of websites and blogs. The authors of the Forbes article, Meghan Casserly and Jenna Goudreau, state: No one...
If You Don’t Raise Your Hand, You Won’t Be Called On
If you don’t raise your hand, you won’t be called on and maybe that’s a good thing; a good thing, that is, if you want to remain invisible and safe. After all, when you raise your hand, you are risking public failure. When you raise your hand, you are sending a...
Does Your Nose Get Out of Joint?
Yesterday I attended a meeting for a local organization and we were discussing business as usual when a colleague of mine made the comment that someone’s “nose was out of joint” because of a certain interaction that had occurred earlier in the week. That got me...
If You’re Stuck, You’re Going Nowhere
A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed Libby Gill on my Head over Heels Radio show about her book, You Unstuck: Mastering the Rules of Risk Taking in Work and Life. Reflecting on that discussion this week, I realized that there are so many ways we get stuck in our...