May 19, 2013

The Real Reason Marissa Mayer Should Catch Flack

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The same week Yahoo! rescinded teleworking policies for its employees, Best Buy did the same. Many pointed to the fact that Yahoo!’s working mom CEO got flack when Best Buy’s working dad CEO didn’t as unfair for gender inequity reasons. While I suspect that unfortunately Marissa Mayer was a better criticism target because she’s a [...]

Research Says: Behind Every Woman The Men Are Helping Achieve Work-Life Balance

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  Title: Women And Men Make A Great Team When The Woman Make It To Senior Roles Study: Behind Every Great Woman (Bloomburg BusinessWeek 2012) Finding: Many powerful women are receiving significant help – to the point of social role reversal – more and more often to help them achieve work-life balance. InPower Insight: Work-life balance [...]

10 Reasons to be an Empowered Manager

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Why it’s worth it to take your management skills to the next level, as a manager of people I’ve been conducting training on manager/employee communication for years. In one class last year I heard the same phrase over and over and it really struck me. “What I don’t want to happen is ________” When it [...]

The Power of Vulnerability

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Note from the Editor: The staff of InPower women is taking some time off this week, as we hope you are, so we are reposting this popular post you may have missed. Happy Holidays! As an advocate for the underserved in her community, Gloria is recognized as a true leader. She’s smart, resourceful and has [...]

Vulnerability Management: Required Course for Leaders?

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I was having dinner with a friend, a very successful consultant, whom I hadn’t seen for quite a while. As we munched on a Caesar salad, I talked about my research on successful women. “I asked myself, what did these women, from many walks of life, share in common?” I told my friend. “What I [...]

2013 Goal-setting Strategies for Work-Life Balance and Productivity (Part 3 – Video)

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January 1st is coming fast!  If you’re like most of us, you’re knee-deep in year-end closing reports, next year budgets, family holiday planning and… stress! Work Life (much less balance!) at the end of the year is just crazy – largely because we’re scrambling to meet so many goals we set for ourselves (and those [...]

2013 Goal-setting Strategies for Work-Life Balance and Productivity (Part 2 – Video)

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If you haven’t started thinking about your goals for next 2013, you better get cracking!  In this three part video series, and December webinar on the subject, we’re evaluating what makes a good goal statement – the kind that is more likely to be achieved! Simple goal statements like “in 2013 we will increase revenues 10%” [...]

Goal-setting Strategies for Work-Life Balance and Productivity (Part 1 – Video)

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2013 is right around the corner so it’s time to start evaluating our work-life balance success for 2012 and start setting goals for next year – professionally and personally. In this three part video series, and December webinar on the subject, we’ll look at ways to format and set goals that will make them more achievable! [...]

Research Says: Unlocking the Full Potential of Women in the U.S. Economy

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  Study: Unlocking the Full Potential of Women in the U.S. Economy (McKinsey Consultants, 2011) Finding: Retaining and promoting women in middle management is a key leverage point to helping women reach their full economic potential. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not affiliated with InPower Women. Our Research Index includes [...]

Research Says: If You Want The Top Job, Learn The Interview Techniques

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Study: Why you didn’t land the top job (CBS News, 2011, Weisul) Finding: Many job seekers at all levels don’t understand what the hiring managers are actually looking for in the interview process, and because of this they tend to emphasize the wrong characteristics and traits. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was [...]