#Repost: This week’s episode of DEI After 5 is special for me. I had the honor of sitting down with my coach, L. Michelle Smith, MS, ACC, CPEC, where we delved into the power of positive psychology and mindset shifts, discussing how happiness and positive emotions can lead to success in both personal and professional realms. A few key takeaways: 1️⃣ Positive Psychology & Mindset Shifts: Positive psychology…
UPDATE: Price increases Dec 15. 2023! Save $100 by booking before then. I’m immersed in the crucible of leadership development alongside extraordinary professionals committed to sculpting their influence for more impact. 🌟✨ Embarking on a transformative journey, the opportunities are endless. You just have to take the time to consider them: 1️⃣ Perhaps you are in the throes of Return to Office, or stand resilient against the impending…
Dear friends… 🎯 Setting clear goals is the roadmap to your personal and leadership development journey. 🚀 Use the SMART framework to define objectives that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. 📈 Forming new habits is useless without a clear, related, values-based goal. It’s the way your dreams become achievable milestones. Journal Question: What is one good habit you’d like to form this month that will put…
When Andrea Williams, Chief Experience Officer at the Utah Jazz intentionally taps into positive emotion by celebrating other women leaders’ achievements, she activates three positive emotions at once: ✅Joy, because it’s contagious when you recognize someone, they typically smile and the mirror effect happens— you smile too, and both of you feel good! ✅ Pride, because if you’re invested in lifting other women up, you’ll be glad…
I’ll be signing copies of my latest book, “Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite,” in Washington D.C. on October 5th at the Executive Leadership Council’s Mid-Level Management Symposium. Join me immediately following my session, “The Power of Positive Emotion to Propel You to Better leadership,” from 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. ET. 📍 Location: Gaylord Hotel & Resort, National Harbor. Check your symposium…
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Dear friends… When I decided to write Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite, I had one mission in mind: to explore the emotional state of women of color especially Black women in the corporate realm and explore what it actually takes to weather the challenges that more often than not weed most of them out of the leadership pipeline on the way to…
There is still time to take advantage of early discounts for SOAR Women’s Leadership Academy fall cohort 2023. Aren’t you ready to get serious about your leadership aspirations? Plot your course to senior executive leadership in a way that is tailored to you. We’re opening up the application process early for the fall cohort, making it even easier for you to get the training and coaching you need…
When you’re outnumbered and singled out daily, it can kill your confidence… Even when being singled out comes in the form of a compliment. WATCH as I reassure women and women of color that even something as seemly benign as a compliment can work on your mindset in a negative way. We have to recognize the issue in order to deal with it, and many times this confidence…
Reading your colleagues’ emotions may require more than EQ. Want to communicate like a boss? Watch Coach L. Michelle discuss an insight from neuroscience that could make the difference between you reading your colleagues the right way, or failing miserably. And it requires a level up from EQ. Also, did you know that every second Tuesday, we host an interest meeting, open to anyone? If you missed today’s…