How Does Your Audience Listen to You?
Read Your Audience Know How They Listen to You (As seen at BizCatalyst 360) - As a small business owner, I am always in sales and marketing mode. Maybe you can…
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My Mother, My Mentor
Mother’s Day 2016, I found myself thinking about my mother, who passed away two years ago, this week. I miss talking with her. For more than 25 years, we used…
Five Strategies To Strengthen Your Mentoring Program
...From my latest article for BizCatalyst360 In the beginning you had such high expectations for your corporate mentoring program. But the results may not be all that you had hoped…
Mentoring Partners Fully Engaged?
You’ve given them the tools, are they using them? Do they meet regularly? Are they producing the anticipated results? Is your program a showcase for excellence? If your answers to…
Are Companies Doing Enough to Retain and Prepare Women for Leadership?
The answer is: probably not. After all, when we look at what is happening right now in the C-suites, we see women are still under-represented. Here are the facts: Women…
10 Tips On How To Be A Great Mentoring Partner
Entrepreneurs and women on the career track tell me over and over that one of their primary desires is to have a great mentor. I’ve discovered that great mentoring…
Conversations That Lead to Breakthroughs
We’re all so crazy busy, it’s hard to find time to meet with your mentor, boss or colleagues to talk in depth about the challenges you’re facing. Learning to have…
Actionable Feedback – The Only Kind You Want to Give or Get
“Great job!” “Atta girl!” “Way to go!” "YES!" It feels so good to hear those words, most of the time and for about 30-60 seconds. One reason this…
“Effective mentoring for your star performers will create new possibilities and levels of performance that will positively impact the bottom line.”
“Effective mentoring for your star performers will create new possibilities and levels of performance that will positively impact the bottom line.” From my interview at MO.com - How I started Odyssey Mentoring & Leadership, my take on the distinction between competent and great leadership and I shared one of the mentoring stories from my upcoming book, "Aspire to Go Higher: Get a Mentor, Be A Mentor," due out at the end of August.
The Anointed vs. The Victim’s Unit
"Women have been over-delivering for decades and watching men who do less consistently be given more opportunities for advancement,” is what I told writer Bob Calendra of Human Resource Executive…