My blog last week posed a theoretical situation to all of you about a woman who was very excited about an idea she had to move a stale project forward for her department. She shared her idea with a colleague at lunch and the colleague ended up presenting the proposal...
Sometimes ideas come to me at the strangest times, like when Im taking a shower, at 2 am when I cant sleep, or when I’m driving my car. But when a great idea comes along you know it right away, right? This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. As I was driving...
The ability to communicate effectively and confidently has a dramatic effect on our ability to advance our careers. Yet many of us fall into the trap of using weak language that sabotages our efforts to present ourselves with authority and confidence. I would just...
Women DO ask for promotions and raises but they still lag behind men in compensation and position. The latest Catalyst study, The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All the Right Things Really Get Women Ahead?, dispels the myth that women are not proactive in...
If you have an interest in advancing womens leadership in the corporate sector or perhaps advancing your own career, you should read McKinseys latest report, Changing Companies Minds about Business. This important report speaks to the fact that there has been little...
The news last week featured the results of an interesting research study from University of Ontarios Ivey School of Business, Cornell University and University of Notre Dame. Basically, the study demonstrated that men who were highly disagreeable at work earned 18...
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