There comes the moment in a woman’s career when you realize: being good isn’t good enough.
Maybe you get passed over. Or you discover that the departmental fool is earning as much as you. (I remember that one.) You’re feeling underappreciated, perhaps even invisible. Despite the outstanding outcomes, the extra miles, the collegial contributions, your career has stalled.
The thing is, there are job skills, and there are career skills. Being good—even great—at...
There has been a lot of ink (and pixels) devoted to “what to wear,” but not so much about “how to sound.” No matter how impressive a woman exec may appear, a weak or tentative speech style will betray her journey to the C-suite.
In preparation for taping my first audiobook (Do-Over! How Women Are Reinventing Their Lives), I undertook voice coaching with Pamela Christian PhD, a former colleague of...
I love the title of Jane Horan’s book, because it captures my impulse for starting up Women Advance as an online career accelerator for younger women: “I Wish I’d Known That Earlier in My Career.” The subtitle, “The Power of Positive Workplace Politics,” captures one of the five career accelerator skills around which I’m building the site curriculum: social capital, networking, power, politics. Different words, same meaning:...
When I met Heather Ladage five or six years back, she was circulation and marketing director of the Austin Business Journal, and it was easy to see that she was a rising star. I admired her talent, her energy, and her generous spirit. She’s someone you want to spend time with, and learn from. So I wasn’t surprised last month when Heather was named publisher of ABJ, after the retirement of...
I can't resist sharing this story with you. It's by "Mary," a coaching client who's developing her platform as a rock star tech exec to become an industry thought-leader. After you read it, you'll know why she's destined to write a best-selling biz book!
"While at a conference recently near our Corporate HQ, I was called into an important high-level meeting. My colleagues in finance were quite worried about the...
“It’s so easy to get distracted by what other people think, do, or say. But they don’t live your life. You need to know what you want and who you are, and you have to convey it to others quickly so that you shine at first impression.” --Christopher Bailey, chief creative officer, Burberry
At a recent executive breakfast I facilitated, I began by asking everyone to share the name of a woman...
