Women to Women: Catalyst or Cat Fight?
While shopping today at one of my favorite stores in one of my favorite departments, I came across a saleswoman who had something to say. It wasn’t what I was expecting. She told me that she disliked working with women and found them to be back-stabbing, conniving, jealous, manipulative and generally untrustworthy. No matter how much I was tempted to disagree, or try to persuade her otherwise, I held my tongue and let her talk. This, unfortunately, has been her experience over a long career in the public service sector before retiring out of frustration and now working for minimum...
Read MoreYou are Bigger than You Think
Thankfully, this post is NOT about weight or body issues. This is a post about the real you – the one that is at your very core. The one that is connected to all others. The one with infinite potential and ability to do what the ego deems impossible. Your true authentic self. It’s an awesome thing – this thing called YOU. It is infinite. It is powerful. It can change the world. So, what do you think about that? Does the idea of being powerful scare you, excite you, or both? Personally, if I am being completely honest, it both scares me and excites me. I like this...
Read MoreMeet Jill: Another Amazing Woman Changing the World!
See that gorgeous smiling woman standing at the bottom of the stairs (right above the red baseball caps)? That is my friend, Jill Santa. She is an amazing woman who is making a difference. I met Jill at a coaches collaboration meeting with several other iPEC graduates in Scottsdale. Jill started the program just this month to become a professional certified coach. The coaching community and the world is fortunate to have this amazing woman stepping forward to make a difference. Here is her story: “For years I read articles about the plight of orphans and poverty-stricken people...
Read MoreMeet Lilia; Compassionate, Action Leader!
We need more strong, compassionate, intelligent and action-oriented women in leadership. Anyone who has met me for longer than five minutes knows that this is my passion. I spend the majority of my professional life in the circles of women who are changing the world, so, it is no surprise that I am often introduced through mutual connections to amazing women who aspire to bigger leadership roles. Today was a particularly special meeting for me because the person I got to spend the morning with isn’t only aspiring to be a great leader, she already is one and she is reaching out for...
Read MoreMaking a Difference
I didn’t start out doing big things. I grew into them. Walking 60 miles for women with breast cancer as co-captain of an amazing team didn’t happen overnight. Going to China for six weeks to facilitate women’s leadership wasn’t done on a whim and without ten months of preparation first. Running a full marathon in Alaska for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research happened one step at a time, over five months of training. The end results were big events that drew attention, but the real difference was made along the journey. How did I get started? I cared about the...
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