Setting Healthy Boundaries
A boundary is a figurative line an individual draws that makes the limits of what they will and won’t tolerate. Healthy boundaries directly improve your…
Communication
Empowering Women in the Hybrid Era: 4 Proven Strategies for Leadership Success
Fostering high-quality women’s leadership opportunities should be a key goal for many organizations, especially those that are trying to bring diversity to their management teams.…
Be Assertively Nice
When I was approached to put together a presentation on “Break the Niceness Cycle: Assertive Communication Strategies for Women,” many thoughts flooded my mind. I…
Getting it Done – How to Clearly Communicate Your Professional Goals
If you have a goal in mind, organizing your plan privately is only part of the path to success. Just because you have your eyes…
Difficult Conversations Made Simple
“Difficult conversations do not just involve feelings, they are at their very core about feelings.” – Douglas Stone Let’s face it, most of us…
Identify Your Influence Style and Maximize Your Impact
Have you ever found yourself suddenly motivated or inspired by someone else and thought, “how did they do that?” You’ve probably conjured a person in…
Winning Negotiation Skills Women Have Had All Along
Let’s Do an Experiment Go into any search engine and type in “business negotiation” – you’ll learn a lot about negotiating contracts, getting the best…
Listening: A Vital (Yet Often Overlooked) Leadership Skill
Did you ever walk into a meeting and wonder who’s the best leader here? Probably it’s not the person doing the most talking – but doing the most…
The Most Effective Ways to Say ‘I Don’t Know’
Quick guess: What are three of the hardest words for any successful woman to say? Is your first thought, “I don’t know?” If so, you’d…
We are Women, Not Girls
For most of my professional career I have been on a mission to get both men and women in the workplace to refer to females…
