How to Step into Enterprise Leadership Without Waiting for Someone to Give You the Mandate

Most women executives don't get a memo announcing they're ready to lead at the enterprise level. There's no ceremony, no formal handoff. The mandate you're waiting for (the one that says you're in the room now) often never arrives on its own. It must be claimed.

That claiming starts with an honest look at how you currently create value.

Notice the pattern you've built your reputation on.

Many high-perf...

Strategies to Nurture Our Future Technology Leaders

In case you missed my LIVE interview with the amazing Michelle Chianera (Chief Marketing Officer at Alludo), here are a few of the wisdom gems she shared:  

• When offered an opportunity, don’t be afraid to get uncomfortable and learn.
• Even if you lack experience, ask ‘What do I bring to the table?’
• Be willing to go through an emotional roller coaster with big decisions.
• Networking is relationship building. It’s constant and critical to mo
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Do you, anyone you care about, or anyone you influence ever feel like the effort is there but the results are not?

Maybe there is something important, but going after it doesn’t happen because "I’m not smart enough, tall enough, senior enough, pretty enough, male enough, worthy enough"...etc.? It’s been proven in science that YOU ARE ENOUGH to make progress towards anything that’s important to you. You just need the proper tools and the willingness to ...

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There is a common misconception that being world-class is reserved for the elite few. We can’t all be in the top .01% at work or in our sport, but we can learn how to think like those who are.

The result?

We start to make consistent progress at what’s important to us even after setbacks, failures and disappointments. One secret to get the ball rolling is to be at peace with getting outside your comfort zone.

According to Dr. Anders Ericsson, an inter...