Careers, Empowerment, success, Women in Business
The Top 8 Skills Professionals Need to Master, and Haven’t
What traits make a successful professional? And what are the key behaviors, actions and thinking processes necessary to build a career that is rewarding and meaningful and meets your needs and wants over the long arch of your professional... Read More
Tag Archives: Kathy Caprino
Advice, Breakthroughs, Careers, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Women in Business
Why You Stay in a Career You Hate
Are you desperate to change careers but can't fnid the way? You're not alone. Here are the top 8 reasons people stay in careers they hate, and the one choice to make if you want to change. Read More
Advice, Careers, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Leadership, Support for Change, Women in Business
Don’t Chuck Your Career Before You Take These Steps
Thousands today are miserable in their jobs and careers. Before you chuck yours, make sure to take these six critical steps that will address the real, root causes of your unhappiness. Read More
Careers, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Women in Business
The 7 Reasons Women Don’t Talk About Success
As a career and executive coach dedicated to the advancement of women, it’s not often these days that I’m surprised by women’s behavior. I know women – especially midlife ones – quite well, or so I thought. But I’ve... Read More
Feeling Your Best, Kathy Caprino
A Holiday Wish and Musical Gift
As Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year are happily upon us, I would like to wish you and yours a beautiful holiday season, and a New Year full of joy, peace, and prosperity. I deeply appreciate being in community with you, and receiving... Read More
Advice, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, success, Yes I Can Thinking
How to Make – and Fulfill – New Year’s Resolutions That Change Your Life
New Year’s Resolutions are promises we make to ourselves about a future vision we wish to achieve, but we often (dare I say “almost always”) lack the strategy, commitment, focus, and accountability to make them a reality. Here are five... Read More
Kathy Caprino, Leadership, Men vs. Women at Work, Women in Business, Women in Leadership
Busting the Myth That Women Are Less Ambitious Than Men
I’ve heard over and over in the past several years frequent reference to the idea that professional women aren’t as ambitious as men. Disappointingly, I even heard Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook (whom I deeply admire) mention this reported... Read More
Advice, Careers, Kathy Caprino, Leadership, Marketing Support
How to Avoid the Top 5 Public Speaking Mistakes
On Wednesday, I posted an article on my Forbes blog called: “Why So Many “Experts” Are Terrible Speakers: Top 5 Public Speaking Mistakes.” I was as suprised as anyone when this piece went viral. Over 110,000 folks viewed the... Read More
Careers, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, Small Business, Work-Life Balance
How Remote Working Can Save Your Career (and Your Life)
I spent 18 years in corporate life building a career as a senior marketing, research, and product management professional. While a good portion of that time was exciting and fulfilling, in the end, my corporate life culminated in devastating... Read More
Careers, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Leadership, success, Women in Business, Women in Leadership
Why There Are So Few Women on Fortune’s “40 Under 40” List
Fortune Magazine just released its “40 Under 40” list – a collection of the brightest and best innovators, leaders, “disrupters,” and job creators in the world under 40. These folks are truly changing life and work as we know... Read More
Advice, Careers, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino
Before You Ask Someone for Free Help, Reconsider
I’ve been utterly floored this past month by the volume of requests I’ve received for FREE help from complete strangers, and by the nature and content of these requests. The bulk of these requests have come in from readers... Read More
Breakthroughs, Kathy Caprino, social media, Uncategorized
What I Learned From Writing about LinkedIn on Forbes.com
On September 13, I posted an article on Forbes.com about LinkedIn. I covered what I felt were the 8 myths about what LinkedIn can (and can’t) do for your life and your career. At that time, I was a... Read More
Advice, Breakthroughs, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, success
10 Essential Ways Being More Positive Enhances Your Career and Your Life
As a former corporate executive, then trained marriage and family therapist and in my career and leadership coaching work, I’ve researched for over 17 years what makes some people highly successful interpersonally and in business, and others doomed to... Read More
Advice, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Empowerment, Men and Women, Wake Up Calls
10 Ways to Be Better, Not Bitter Through Deep Challenge
Working as a therapist and career coach over these past eight years, I’ve seen what life can do to people. I’ve observed deep trauma and crisis, such as when a beloved spouse abandons his/her family for another lover, exclaiming... Read More
Breakthroughs, Following Your Dreams, Kathy Caprino, Support for Change, Wake Up Calls
Why Midlife Rocks Your World
I was speaking today with a wonderful client of mine – let’s call her “Carol,” who shared a story about her views of midlife BEFORE she had arrived in midlife, and then what happened when her 40’s came. She... Read More
Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino
The Top Six Reasons People Want to Leave Their Careers
(Thrilled that this piece was published on Forbes.com last week!) As a career and executive coach, I’ve spoken with hundreds of professionals who’ve shared some version of, “I really want to leave my job and change my career, but... Read More