Victory Tips
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Thanksgiving is a uniquely American tradition. In Canada, it’s celebrated in early October. In the US, it’s the third Thursday in November.Over the past few years, I’ve heard a lot of […]
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Ten Reasons Why Women Make Strong Leaders
Passion—not money or promotions—is the main fuel that earns victory after victory. Resilience: You don’t fail when you trip, only when you don’t get back up. Brutal Self-Awareness: Recognition of flaws is the first step toward addressing them […]
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Book Review: See Jane Lead
See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work When Lois Frankel explained how she chose the women she wove into the content of See Jane Lead, she said, “…if a woman didn’t pass my […]
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Leadership Lesson from Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn wore slacks before they were considered acceptable or fashionable for women, didn’t wear makeup, spoke her mind, was even considered box office poison at one point in her career. She was one of the first assertive […]
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11/11/11: Veterans Day
My father was a veteran who was wounded in the war. He was an amputee and suffered from what we now call PTSD. As a first generation American, that son of Italian immigrants, never considered himself “disabled” and […]
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Assessment: Leadership Self-Awareness
As this year is coming to a close, and before the holidays begin, takes some time to focus on the new year and your next phase. Here are ten questions to get you thinking: WHAT’S NEXT?: What is […]
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Leadership and Transitions
Leadership is often about navigating transitions. November is also about transitions. For many of us the weather gets colder, and as it does, we put away the summer things and settle into new “winter” routines. By November, after […]
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Why Feminine Leadership Matters
Why Feminine Leadership Matters… If you aren’t leading your life, someone else is, and they are leading you in their direction, not yours. Annmarie Kelly More Feminine Leadership Resources:
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Abandonded & Angry
New Beginnings “My husband left me and I’m really angry. When we got married we agreed on a traditional setup – that I would raise the kids and he would earn the money. But my kids are teens […]
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Passed Over For Promotion
“I just got passed over for a promotion – again. I get good performance reviews and my boss says I’m doing a good job, but that doesn’t seem to matter. And the worst of it that the woman […]
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November Victory Theme: Leadership
What Is Leadership? You can ask twenty people and get twenty answers. All too often women seem to think of leadership as being a male characteristic related to command and control; but it isn’t. Leadership isn’t any more […]
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Breast Cancer: Don’t Ignore Warnings
Maria had a rash on her breast. She thought it was just her new bra. She didn’t think much about it, but was scheduled for her annual GYN visit, so she mentioned it to the doctor. She hadn’t […]
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