Learning to advocate for ourselves and ask for a promotion can be intimidating. The following is a story about Claire who shares how she asked for a very big promotion. The Feedback Loop Claire rose through the ranks of a male-dominated tech industry to land a position four years ago as Chief Information Officer for […]
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Shannon is a woman who is small in stature and big in personality. Sometimes being a woman has been the biggest challenge she has faced in moving forward in her career. She’s worked in male-dominated industries, like construction and engineering, where the executives and board members were always male. Being mindful about how she is
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A few months ago I received a call from a woman in a prominent leadership position who was looking for help navigating a career transition. To protect her, let’s call her Amy. She recently left her high-paying position on the cusp of being terminated. Her workplace had become so toxic that it was taking a
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My 55-year-old mom was standing in the open-air market when she started to have a breakdown. My mom is not someone to have a breakdown. She’s always been a woman who speaks from a place of strength and self-assurance. I remember when Hillary Clinton was running for president in the 2008 Democratic primaries, the mom
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We have had the honor of listening to over 50 remarkable women leaders this last year, who have faced giant obstacles and persevered with all the might and courage they could muster. To celebrate Women’s History Month, we want to honor them by sharing their stories in the women’s leadership space. These women have inspired
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We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone…and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something. Sandra Day O’Connor Today, I completed my research to become a certified women’s leadership coach. I listened to vulnerable stories from
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Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong. Albert Einstein Do you ever find yourself going straight to negative assumptions about something? When we do this again and again about a person or situation, we risk not seeing things accurately. One of my coaching clients was struggling with the false assumption that her boss no
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What would it feel like to have someone walk your career path with you, believing in you every step of the way, even during those times when all you feel is inadequate, overwhelmed and, at times, hopeless? The right mentor is there for you through the good and hard times. They know their role as
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Do you know that a majority of senior leaders “under-manage” their careers at various times as they haven’t developed a plan for their career? This lack of a plan or a vision is problematic as it sets leaders back professionally. To avoid having this set back or to course correct if you already made one,
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Are you ready to navigate a career change into your dream job or are you still letting “I’m not good enough” or “what if I fail” hold you back? To quote Dr. Seuss in Oh the Places You’ll Go, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself
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