Apr 5, 2018 | Career, Feminine Energy, Feminine Leadership, Feminine Power, Gender Inclusion, Women's Leadership
Feminine power, feminine leadership, and feminine energy can be confusing to many people, and by “confusing,” I mean “controversial.” For thousands of years, women have been subjugated, repressed, condescended, beaten, and burned alive merely for existing. But there...
Apr 5, 2018 | Career, Feminine Energy, Feminine Leadership, Feminine Power, Women's Leadership
What is Feminine Power? Last summer in New York, I met up with a friend. I had just finished a talk on the power of feminine energy at work, and the Google Manifesto had just been been released. As I started to relay the chaos and time pressure I endured to rewrite...
Apr 4, 2018 | Employees, Feedback, Leadership
Should I Tell an Employee I’m Proud of Her? When we were little, we had adults tell us they were proud of choices or actions. And as adults ourselves now, it’s easy to see how having found meaning in those words, we might use them with employees. But to say...
Apr 2, 2018 | Diversity & Inclusion, Feedback, Subconscious Bias
When Someone at Work Acts in a Biased Way, How Do I Bring It Up? We assume, many times subconsciously, that other people have the same information and the same priorities that we do. That is not true. So before dismissing anyone as a misogynist, a sexist, or a...
Mar 22, 2018 | Diversity & Inclusion, Feedback, Gender Inclusion, On the Job Learning, Subconscious Bias, Women's Leadership
Women make up almost half my company, but of the 18 people on our executive team, only two are women. I’ve asked if we can start a women’s leadership program, and was told it was questionable. Do women’s programs work? Or is this idea sexist? No,...
Mar 21, 2018 | Annual Review, Confirmation Bias, Feedback, Gender Inclusion, Leadership
I’m scared my female employee will become emotional if I address her performance. To some reading this statement, the idea is crazy. Women are the same as anyone else. Just tell me if there is an issue. But as an executive coach, I hear this statement over and...
