4 things to double down on as an aspiring woman leader Career PathingMy goal is to get many, many more women into leadership positions in 2023. Here’s how I’m going to do that: Narrow my focus as an executive leadership coach to specifically find and lift up aspiring women leaders Continue to go to women-focused networking conferences and connect with inspiring women doing inspiring things in the […] Read More
A manifesto for your professional growth Career PathingHere’s a painful truth about life that’s often forgotten: If you don’t choose your path, someone else will choose it for you – and it will be a path that benefits them, not you. Have you been allowing your leadership trajectory to be directed by someone else? Have you been so focused on the growth […] Read More
The Women Leaders Who Are Changing the Face of Workplace Culture in 2022 Career PathingOur tools [as feminist leaders] are art, literature, politics, philosophy, and love.” Zainab Fasiki A 2021 Catalyst study showed that “employees with highly empathetic senior leaders report higher levels of creativity and engagement than those with less empathetic senior leaders.” (Tara Van Bommel, Ph.D.) This is excellent news for employees with female leaders. Another 2021 […] Read More
Creating a Roadmap to Success for Emerging Leaders | Part One: Developing You Career PathingAwareness creates choice. As an emerging leader, you have the choice to develop your leadership skills in a way that allows you to grow personally, professionally, AND bring your team along with you. Over the course of these next three weeks, my goal is to give you the tools you need as a developing leader […] Read More
The Courageous Leader Within You – How It All Began Career PathingStarting your own business isn’t for everyone. Our journeys are all unique. Mine started when I saw a need, visualized how my unique set of talents, experiences, and skills filled that void and decided to do something about it. For 18 years in corporate America, I held sales and leadership roles. While the cubicle life […] Read More
Redefining Leadership. Slipping Through the Cracks. Career PathingOver the past year, a massive movement of workers who have made up their minds about their worth, their work, and their future have exiled themselves from their jobs to start their own businesses, do freelance work, or sometimes simply choose unemployment over continuing to suffer in a system that doesn’t pay a living wage […] Read More
What is Generative Leadership? Career PathingI distinctly remember the day I realized that the most commonly understood view of “leadership” (and, therefore, the method of being a leader) is totally wrong for most organizations. It was after yet another incredibly frustrating experience with my own leader in a corporate setting. As a standard, she was a poor communicator, had a […] Read More