Consult Your Inner Diplomat to Resolve Workplace Conflict
If there’s one common thing that frustrates women leaders, it’s coping with on-the-job conflict. You aim to keep your department or workplace free of drama,…
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Could You Be Too Flexible? 3 Ways to Tell
What’s the highest compliment someone could pay you about your leadership style? Would it be that you’re confident? Hard-charging? A good listener? How about: you’re…
Fight Negative Energy (Before It Fights You): 6 Key Ways
Negative energy can take over fast if we’re not paying attention. And once it has a grip, it’s that much harder to break. It might…
Are You Coaching, or Fixing? Let Employees Solve Their Problems
Ever look up at the end of the week and think, Where’d all that time go?? I worked over 40 hours and I still have…
Want Answers? Make Sure You’re Asking the Right Questions
“So, what have you got for me today?” Wish you had a dollar for every time you heard that vague question from your boss? But…
Stop the Bleeding: The 4 Key Steps to Owning a Mistake
An inadvertent insult. A well-intentioned (but wrong) comment. A simple misunderstanding. We all make mistakes that can at first seem small, but can blow up…
Inside the C-Suite: Meet Marillyn Hewson, CEO, Lockheed Martin
Growing up in Kansas with a dad who worked at Fort Riley army base and a mom who was an army nurse during World War…
When YOU’RE the New Boss: Keys to Starting on the Right Foot
It’s important to start off on the right foot with a new boss. And if you’re that new boss, it’s up to you (at least…
No Sweat: Channel Pressure to Face Difficult Situations
Ever feel your heart beating wildly, or blood pressure pounding in your head? Believe it or not, that’s a good thing. Women can harness pressure…
‘Change-Agent’ Moves That Will Make You Stand Out
You’ve gotten word that there’s an opening for an upper-level management position—and you know in your gut you’d be right for the job. But, unfortunately,…
