Careers

Advice, Amazing Career Success, Breakthroughs, Career Growth, Careers Should You Include Volunteer Experience On Your Resume? Part of the series “Creating Your Own Career Breakthrough” As a career and leadership coach, part of my work involves helping professionals uplevel their LinkedIn profiles and resumes to share the most compelling information they can about their work, values and... Read More

Careers, Finding Brave, Following Your Dreams, Inspiration for Change, Most Powerful You How To Make A Successful Career Change At 40 As a career and leadership coach for the past 16 years and working with thousands of midlife professionals around the world—and through my own career change twenty years ago—I’ve witnessed virtually everything you can imagine regarding the do’s and... Read More

Breakthroughs, Career Growth, Careers, Close Your Power Gaps, Communication, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Finding Brave, Impact, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Most Powerful You, Women in Leadership Want to Improve Your Executive Presence? Answer These 3 Questions Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Becoming The Most Powerful and Impactful You” Recently, I was working with a very bright and accomplished mid-level female client (let’s call her Terry) around building her executive presence. We had an intriguing conversation... Read More

Breakthroughs, Career Growth, Careers, Knowing Yourself, Leadership, Management, Personal Growth, Professional Growth, Training The Worst Mistakes New Managers Make That Hurt Their Teams And Cultures Along with what my research has shown are the 7 most damaging power and confidence gaps that professionals face, there are 5 big blunders mistakes new leaders and managers make, despite their commitment to their own success and that of... Read More

Advice, Amazing Career Success, Careers, Challenges, Inspiration for Change, Leadership, Professional Growth, Support for Change, Thought Leadership, Women in Leadership How To Assess Poor Managers In Your Organization And Train Better Ones Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Today’s True Leadership” Recently, I was interviewed by Radhika Panjwani for the Canadian newspaper The Globe & Mail, exploring the topic of why promoting your star employee into a managerial role may not be a good... Read More

Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Communication, Empowerment, Impact, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, Men and Women, Most Powerful You The ‘Barbie’ Movie Missed the Mark for Me – Did It Work For You? I saw the ‘Barbie’ movie on July 23rd, and I have to admit, while it’s had fantastic success, I came away disappointed and felt the movie really missed the mark for me. As one who lives, breathes and coaches/trains... Read More

Advice, Careers, Leadership, Professional Growth, success, Support for Change, Thought Leadership, Women in Leadership Employees Now Expect Empathy In The Workplace, But Half Aren’t Getting It Part of Kathy Caprino’s Series “Today’s True Leadership” In the past several years, with the deep challenges that the COVID pandemic presented, along with economic hardships, extreme demands at work and at home, workforce reductions and more, it’s become... Read More

Careers, Leadership, Support for Change, Wellness at work Key Steps Organizational Leaders Must Take To Ensure Pay Equity Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Building Workplaces That Work For All” Employee pay is typically one of the largest expenses on a company’s income statement and a critical factor in an organization’s overall level of productivity, engagement, retention, and ultimate... Read More

Advice, Careers, Communication, Empowerment, Personal Growth, Professional Growth Being Highly Sensitive Is A Superpower – Here’s How To Leverage It Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Becoming The Most Powerful and Confident You” In today’s society, being viewed as “highly sensitive” can lead to being demeaned and considered less effective or “valuable” in the workplace. Negative terms such as “overly-emotional”... Read More

Careers, Inspiration for Change, Wellness at work Why So Many DEI Programs Are Failing And How To Improve Them Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Building Workplaces That Work For All” Much has been written and researched of late about the importance of implementing and integrating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training and programs into organizations, to support the... Read More

Advice, Careers, Job Search, Professional Growth Key Steps To Retaining Your Executive Job In Today’s Highly Competitive Market Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Building Your Best Career In Today’s Changing Times” As many of us have heard in the news during the past months, fears of a looming recession are mounting and millions are facing financial challenges that have... Read More

Advice, Amazing Career Success, Best Work/Best Life, Careers, Challenges, Feeling Your Best, Work You Love, Work-Life Balance Why Burnout Is An Epidemic Now And 3 Powerful Ways To Address It Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Living and Working Better” Every day, we hear in the media that the experience of burnout has become overwhelming for many people around the world. I’ve personally heard from so many friends and clients sharing sentiments... Read More

Advice, Amazing Career Success, Best Work/Best Life, Branding, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Following Your Dreams, Knowing Yourself, success, Work You Love, Work-Life Balance How To Create Your Legacy And Sell Yourself Through Your Personal Brand Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Living and Working Better” Today, building a “personal brand” is something we hear about regularly in the media and in leadership, entrepreneurial and professional growth circles. But figuring out exactly what our personal brand... Read More

Best Work/Best Life, Career and Life Satisfaction Survey, Careers, Challenges, Communication, Decoding "The Secret", Impact, Inspiration for Change, Inspiring Thoughts, Most Powerful You, Personal Growth, Professional Growth, Wake Up Calls, Wellness at work, Work-Life Balance Quiet Quitting—What Is It And Where Do You Stand On It? Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Becoming The Most Powerful You, To Live and Work Better” As you may have read, there’s a powerful new viral trend and movement emerging, referred to as #quietquitting. As reported in NPR recently, a TikTok video... Read More

Advice, Amazing Career Success, Career and Life Satisfaction Survey, Careers, Professional Growth, Support for Change, Wellness at work The Top 5 Things You Should Never Do At Work Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Building a Better, Happier Career Today” Years ago, I built an 18-year corporate career in publishing and marketing that appeared “successful” on the outside, but on the inside, it was anything but. I rose... Read More