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Knowing When—and When NOT—to Negotiate

January 25, 2017 By Lisa McKale

Knowing When—and When NOT—to Negotiate

We’ve all heard the expression, “Never start a war you can’t win.” Or on a more practical level: “Pick your battles.” Which, it turns out, is something successful women do to our advantage most of the time. Women are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: Assertive, career advice, decision making, negotiating, Strategic thinking, success, women

When YOU’RE the New Boss: Keys to Starting on the Right Foot

December 21, 2016 By Lisa McKale

When YOU’RE the New Boss: Keys to Starting on the Right Foot

It’s important to start off on the right foot with a new boss. And if you’re that new boss, it’s up to you (at least in part) to make the inroads to getting to know your team. First impressions count—but you’ve been up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: Assertive, Boss, career advice, feedback, leadership style, Supervising

No Sweat: Channel Pressure to Face Difficult Situations

December 7, 2016 By Lisa McKale

No Sweat: Channel Pressure to Face Difficult Situations

Ever feel your heart beating wildly, or blood pressure pounding in your head? Believe it or not, that’s a good thing. Women can harness pressure to spur action, prompt decisiveness and reinforce their own confidence in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Assertive, career advice, confidence, decision making, leadership style, pressure, Strategic thinking

Effective Negotiating: Why Women Have an Edge

November 16, 2016 By Lisa McKale

Effective Negotiating: Why Women Have an Edge

Meet people where they are. That should be your motto to approaching any negotiation situation, says Beth Fisher-Yoshida, PhD, CCS, Columbia University Director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: Assertive, Career development, confidence, conflict, leadership style, negotiating, relational

Speak (Up) Now, Or Forever Hold Your Career

October 5, 2016 By Lisa McKale

Speak (Up) Now, Or Forever Hold Your Career

How many times have you left a meeting mentally going over what was said—and realize a really important point was totally overlooked? “Darn, I should have brought that up! Now, no one is going to realize it could be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: Assertive, Career development, Communication, confidence, Gender Equality, leadership style

Do Women Leaders Ask Too Many Questions?

May 5, 2016 By Lisa McKale

Do Women Leaders Ask Too Many Questions?

One mark of a good leader is a willingness to question. Successful women know we don’t have all the answers (at least not right away!). Outside input is invaluable when you’re at the helm of a profitable business or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication Tagged With: Assertive, Communication, confidence, decision making, feedback, leadership style, mistakes

Do Women Need to Think Twice in the Workplace?

October 13, 2015 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

Do Women Need to Think Twice in the Workplace?

Scenario #1: You enter a male colleague’s office to discuss a sensitive matter, and he pauses to think before shutting the door for privacy. “Let’s open the window shades so that others know what we’re doing in here” he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Featured Home Tagged With: Assertive, body language, empowering, Gender Equality

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