You are the leader and you cast a shadow in everything you do, write, or say. If you are always five minutes late to meetings, suddenly the whole company is five minutes late. If you are short-tempered, brash, or intimidating, people avoid contact or communication with you unless it’s necessary.
Read MoreAs an entrepreneur, flattery can be hard to find. Its not easy to know the difference between flattery and a compliment.
Read MoreBeing crazy busy has become a badge of honor and a message to your colleagues and friends that you must be very, very successful. WRONG!!!!
Read MoreAll women are born empowered, but along the way various things happen to erode that power.
Read MoreAlbert Einstein said, “Failure is success in progress.” So that would make our failures badges of honor; symbols of courage and bravery, right?
Read MoreWhat we say to our children early on forms them in ways we never think about as we raise them.
Read MoreHow often do we listen to someone or read something and think we understand only later to say – wow I really don’t understand – so why does it matter?’
Read MoreWe all have secrets -- ways we do things, how we make something work, or how we keep ourselves strong. Instead of gloating about our little secrets to success, we can share them with our colleagues and friends who might find them useful.
Read MoreMy phone buzzed. I looked down to see the text. “RED FLAG,” it read. A woman I’d been mentoring for the last year or so sent it.
Read MoreWomen mentoring and supporting other women is a serious passion for me and while I think we are doing better we still have more work to do. It's time to do it.
Read MoreI spent most of my career feeling like I’d been born inside out. I always had different solutions and ideas than my colleagues, and as I climbed the corporate ladder, it seemed I was always off a rung. When I did finally “make it” in the corporate world, I realized I it did not feed my soul, so I left.
Read MoreOur job as leaders is to lead, which seems obvious. But more often than not leaders fail because there is no vision or plan to share and lead from. It’s hard to get people to follow unless they really understand the destination. It’s about believing. It’s about ownership. It’s about passion for even the smallest things.
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