by Julie | May 8, 2018 | Career Game Plan, Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Emotional Intelligence, Gender Equality, Goal Setting, Leadership, Pivot Point, Positive Thinking, Talent Retention, Team Building, Training
This daunting question seems to smack us in the face every few years. We want to be better and get better, and often find ourselves stuck wondering, what’s next? Having honed my craft through three plus years, supporting 100+ women through their successful pivot...
by Julie | Apr 24, 2018 | Career Game Plan, Coaching, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Team Building, Training
Now is the time that we look beyond our differences, and look at how we can support one another as allies. This means that members of diverse groups need to support one another and enlist the support of allies outside of our diverse groups. Diverse groups are...
by Julie | Mar 27, 2018 | Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Team Building, Training
I get this question from leaders often, “how do I share something with someone that they do not want to hear?” It’s a tough one as a leader. I get it. I wrestled with this endlessly throughout my career leading teams. Often, as leaders, it is our duty to share...
by Julie | Mar 13, 2018 | Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Team Building, Training
A participant, sponsor, founder, and frequent speaker at women’s leadership conferences, I have collected the best practices I have seen work first-hand. The conferences that are growing consistently year-after-year know they must not only empower, but engage...
by Julie | Mar 8, 2018 | Communication, Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Team Building, Training
Chances are you don’t even know you are doing it. Mansplaining is a real thing. It is a behavior traditionally gender socialized by men that can be described as talking down to women, or over or under explaining when communicating with women. Have you heard or said...
by Julie | Feb 27, 2018 | Communication, Diversity, Employee Engagement, Gender Equality, Leadership, Talent Retention, Team Building, Training
Male allies cannot declare themselves to be male allies, they are genuine male allies when women recognize them as male allies. I learned this from two of the very best male allies, Dave Smith and Brad Johnson, authors of Athena Rising, a guide for cross-gender...
