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How the Best Leaders Sell Their Ideas to Their Teams

February 20, 2017 By Lynn Varacalli Cavanaugh

As a leader, you’re tasked with making changes and coming up with innovative ideas all the time. But that’s only half the battle – the other half is getting your team onboard. After all, it’s natural for most people to resist … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Home Tagged With: confidence, decision making, leadership, meetings, Strategic thinking, teamwork

Want Answers? Make Sure You’re Asking the Right Questions

February 15, 2017 By Lisa McKale

Thinking business woman with many questions in bubbles above

“So, what have you got for me today?” Wish you had a dollar for every time you heard that vague question from your boss? But admit it, on occasion you’ve lobbed one of those inane queries at your own team. Good leaders … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication Tagged With: answers, Communication, leadership style, questions, Strategic thinking, Supervising

Weigh the Options: 4 Career Moves That Need a Pro/Con List

February 8, 2017 By Lisa McKale

It’s the beginning of a new year, and perhaps for a while, you’ve been feeling restless with your present career state. Maybe your company is mired in a promotions freeze that hasn’t thawed. Or, you’re aware of friends who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life Balance Tagged With: career advice, Career development, confidence, pro-con list, Strategic thinking, success

Knowing When—and When NOT—to Negotiate

January 25, 2017 By Lisa McKale

business partnership happy-edits

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

Inside the C-Suite: Meet Ginni Rometty, CEO, chairwoman and president of IBM

December 14, 2016 By Lisa McKale

Our “Inside the C-Suite” feature highlights women who lead the nation’s top companies. We hope it will provide practical, actionable information that is empowering and inspirational. Stay tuned for upcoming posts on other top … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inside the C-Suite Tagged With: C-Suite, career advice, CEO, Condifence, Gender Equality, Ginni Rometty, IBM, Strategic thinking, success

No Sweat: Channel Pressure to Face Difficult Situations

December 7, 2016 By Lisa McKale

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

‘Change-Agent’ Moves That Will Make You Stand Out

November 30, 2016 By Lisa McKale

You’ve gotten word that there’s an opening for an upper-level management position—and you know in your gut you’d be right for the job. But, unfortunately, so would many others you work with. So how do you stand out? For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Skills Tagged With: Career development, Change, leadership style, Strategic thinking, success

Inside the C-Suite: Meet Indra Nooyi, CEO, PepsiCo

October 12, 2016 By Lisa McKale

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an India-born, naturalized American, a business executive and the current Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world by net revenue. She hit the #14 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inside the C-Suite Tagged With: C-Suite, career advice, Career development, CEO, confidence, Gender Equality, Indra Nooyi, leadership style, PepsiCo, Strategic thinking, success, Supervising

Grace Under Pressure: 8 Critical Steps to Leading In a Crisis

August 2, 2016 By Lisa McKale

A corporate shake-up. A personnel issue that exploded. Just-announced layoffs. A hit to the company’s brand. Whatever the situation, it’s caused a crisis—and you’ve been chosen to help fix it. Successful women managers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: career advice, crisis, decision making, empowering, leadership style, mistakes, pressure, Strategic thinking

Consult Your Inner Diplomat to Resolve Workplace Conflict

July 12, 2016 By Lisa McKale

If there’s one common thing that frustrates women leaders, it’s coping with on-the-job conflict. You aim to keep your department or workplace free of drama, bickering and insubordination. But inevitably, petty encounters and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication Tagged With: Communication, conflict, diplomat, feedback, leadership style, Negotiation, Strategic thinking

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