Decision-making should not solely be a leader-centric activity. Facilitating decision-making should be. That means delegation and trust in your team members. But when appropriate decision-making falls on your shoulders as a leader, would you ever consider extending that same trust to your gut? Your instinct? Your intuition? Data-driven decision-making, engaged in through the … [Read more...]
Overlooked for a Merited Leadership Opportunity? Here’s How to Overcome the Rejection
I am curious why, if what her close aides and advisors said was true, Kamala Harris was reluctant to put her female identity as part of her presidential campaign when Hillary Clinton partly staked hers, when she ran, on being the first female president. I suppose the fact that some of Clinton's supporters were attacked as 'vag*** voters' and that she didn't succeed did not help … [Read more...]
More Women Are Getting To Sit at Leadership Tables, But Are They Empowered To Lead Authentically as Females?
I sat quietly, intending to simply observe, at a recent meeting for healthcare women executives and leaders. The discussion at hand was about mentoring emerging women leaders. One of the executives, when asked about what could be some of the challenges related to the topic, mentioned that in her opinion there were two: Those who were up there in leadership are already very … [Read more...]
3 Tips for Women Leaders to Elevate Their Effectiveness
Women face unique challenges in leadership positions. This, in part, is because we're relatively "new" in the leadership and entrepreneur space: we couldn't even get a business loan without a male family member co-signer until 1988. The other part (or, perhaps the main part) is due to a bias against female leaders. These three leadership tips aim to help female leaders elevate … [Read more...]
How to Improve Your Leadership Skills – LevelUp Leader Review
If you want to get a job in a leadership role or you want to be a better leader in your current role, then you need to improve your leadership skills. Believe it or not, these are skills that don’t come naturally to everyone. The good news is you can learn to be an impactful and effective leader. However, there are different types of leaders. You need to understand which type … [Read more...]
How to Use Storytelling to Rally and Transform
Storytelling is often talked about as a critical business skill, but where does that skill come from? For me, it was my Jamaican family, who made stories a cornerstone of my upbringing. My parents both emigrated to the United States before I was born. In fact, it was before they met each other. They first met at a bus stop in Brooklyn but didn't really connect with each other … [Read more...]
5 Psychological Barriers Keeping You from Delegating
Recently, I shared five things entrepreneurs must understand about delegation to be successful, but even after you've accepted how important delegation to your employees and delegation through outsourcing are to build your career or your business, you might not be able to do it. Delegating is hard for many people, but if you don't delegate, you'll suffer from too much stress, … [Read more...]
How Businesses Can Pave the Way for More Female Leaders
As a female entrepreneur, chief executive, and founder, I have an intimate understanding of the many hats women wear in their lives and the incredibly valuable traits they bring to the workplace, including self-awareness, intuition, empathy, influence, and the ability to manage conflicts, among others. But despite gains in overall labor force participation, the road to … [Read more...]
How Authenticity Empowers Leaders – Even Introverts
I’ve learned a lot about leadership over the years. The biggest lesson? Being authentic makes you a better leader. That means showing up as your true self at work — and for me, that means embracing being an introvert. Doing that has helped me improve the way I communicate with others, embrace new thoughts and ideas, and foster trust throughout my team. Years ago, I was part … [Read more...]
It’s Not You, It’s The System: Reframing Imposter Syndrome
Recent headlines have touted the record-breaking 10% representation of female CEOs in the top Fortune 500 companies for the first time in its 68-year history. Forbes, for example, led with New Year, New Glass Heights: Women Now Comprise 10% of Top US Corporation CEOs. But should we really be celebrating a figure like 10%? At a time when women outnumber men in college … [Read more...]