Posts Tagged ‘strong women’
#15 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Are You Too Emotional as a Leader?
#15 – Are You Too Emotional as a Leader? I think it’s pretty ridiculous that society suggests showing emotion is a sign of weakness. I believe it’s actually courageous because it tells others you are comfortable and confident in who you are. I mean we’re humans, afterall, not robots. But let’s be clear: I’m not…
Read More#14 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: The Myth of Ease in Leadership
#14 – The Myth of Ease in Leadership When you hear the word “ease,” do you think of a lazy person who is not on their toes? Or do you think it’s a pot of gold at the end of a hard-working, problem-solving rainbow? What if I told you ease is a mindset? It’s not…
Read More#13 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Chasing Specialness and Other Forms of Validation
#13 – Chasing Specialness and Other Forms of Validation We’re living in a “specialness” epidemic; the desire for attention, respect, even adoration. It can lead us down a career path just to find it. Being seen as special isn’t just a goal, it’s a need, but it’s not an intrinsically motivated one. It’s driven by…
Read More#12 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Inner Bias as a Leader and How To Dissolve It!
#12 – Inner Bias as a Leader and How To Dissolve It! We humans love to judge, and there are two different biases we hold: descriptive and prescriptive. In this episode we’ll be looking at prescriptive bias and how women are expected to behave as leaders (good lord do people have opinions!). When women don’t…
Read More#11 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: You Don’t Want to Admit It: You’re Overwhelmed and Want to Bolt
#11 – You Don’t Want to Admit It: You’re Overwhelmed and Want to Bolt As a female leader, overwhelm is probably not foreign to you. The mountain feels too high to climb, yet you feel pressure to get to the summit—pressure from others, but also from yourself. And the dictator in your head says you…
Read More#10 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: You are Amazing, Strong and Courageous Every Time You Fall Off the Horse
#10 – You are Amazing, Strong and Courageous Every Time You Fall Off the Horse You could have raised yourself. You did not want to raise yourself, but it seemed the most logical step in what you needed to do to make it through childhood. Very few people understood you, although you might not have…
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