Empowerment

Breakthroughs, Careers, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, Marketing Support, Uncategorized, Women in Business Are Your Values Keeping You From Earning More Money? Last week, I had the immense pleasure of conducting a coaching training course for the CT Women’s Business Development Council. I shared the day with an amazing, inspiring group of women who work throughout Connecticut and are heart-committed to... Read More

Books, Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Support for Change, Women in Business The Myth of Career Bliss: Why Chucking Your Career Doesn’t Solve Your Problems I’ve spent eight years working with individuals to achieve successful professional growth, change, and reinvention. I know a good deal about the process personally too, as I’ve traversed a number of diverging career paths over the past 20 years,... Read More

Advice, Careers, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Leadership, success, Women in Business, Women in Leadership The Wrong Kind of Help – Six Key Traits of “Help” that Hurts As an empowerment researcher, I’ve studied for eight years what constitutes “helpful” help versus advice or counsel that diminishes and demeans, or sends you in the wrong direction. The sad news is that thousands of so-called “helpers” in our... Read More

Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, success, Tips for Empowerment, Uncategorized The Top 6 Reasons People Want Out of Their Work I’ve recently become immersed in executive search work through my new role as Marketing VP for Synergy Partners USA – a specialized executive search firm based in Wilton, CT. I’m loving the new work — it helps me be of service both... Read More

Careers, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Leadership, success, Women in Business Mandating Women at the Leadership Table: Why the Time is Now I’m thrilled that Forbes.com in partnership with 85 Broads published my piece today on “Mandating Women at the Leadership Table: Why the Time is Now.” This issue is vitally important to American businesses and to both men and women. ... Read More

Breakthroughs, Careers, Empowerment, Featured, Kathy Caprino, Leadership, Men vs. Women at Work, success, Women in Leadership The Seven Key Traits of a Great Leader In the past several months, I’ve immersed myself in the process of understanding more about what makes a truly great leader in the corporate world. I’ve also explored the current research and thinking about women’s leadership styles and approaches... Read More

Advice, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, Small Business, Uncategorized, Women in Business Why “Good” Marketing Advice Can Lead You Astray A significant number of my awesome coaching and consulting colleagues and friends across the country have shared with me in the past year that they’ve hired outside marketing help with disappointing (or disastrous) results. Despite finding “experts” who seem... Read More

Advice, Breakthroughs, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, success Why We Find “Make Money Quick!” Promises Such a Turn-off In speaking to many of my coaching and consulting friends in the past few months, I’ve noticed that the folks I’m most connected with — those with whom I share the most emotional, spiritual and behavioral common ground –... Read More

Books, Breakthroughs, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Wake Up Calls Brush Those “Haters” Off Hello! How’s your week going? Great, I hope. Personally, I’ve had a few hard knocks this week from several people who indicated they’d like to offer constructive feedback, but then proceeded to tear down and put down. Helpful or... Read More

Breakthroughs, Careers, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Women in Leadership Three Critical Success Steps for Professional Women In the past several years, I’ve had the great pleasure of coaching and partnering with some amazing women in the U.S. – senior managers and leaders in Fortune 500 companies and non-profits who absolutely love their work, relish their... Read More

Breakthroughs, Careers, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Kathy Caprino, Small Business, success, Women in Business, Women in Leadership Top 10 Things I Love About Running My Own Small Business I saw a neat HARO (@helpareporter) query today asking for the top things folks love best about running their own small businesses. It felt SO good to think about this question, and to bring again to my heart and... Read More

Advice, Challenges, Empowerment, Featured, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, My 52 Mistakes Mistake #3 – Letting the “Pendulum Effect” Rule My Life Hi Friends, Happy to share my latest vblog on my Mistake #3 – Letting the “Pendulum Effect” Rule My Life – another installment of My 52 Mistakes. This mistake is all about waiting too long to make change, resisting... Read More

Breakthroughs, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Yes I Can Thinking A New Kind of Year Hello and Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were lovely, and you feel refreshed and excited about the New Year. What a challenging year 2010 was for so many, including me. In thinking about what I would like... Read More

Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, success, Women in Business Why Asking for Money Is So Hard I’ve been watching my clients – and myself – this past year around the experience of charging fees, asking for payment, suggesting folks re-enroll in our programs, etc., and here’s what I’ve found… Very few people like asking for... Read More

Advice, Breakthroughs, Careers, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, Powerful Self-Marketing, Wake Up Calls What To Do When Speaking About Your Work is Hard This week, I had a fascinating marketing coaching session with a woman who shared with me her difficulty in speaking about her work. She revealed that, every time she discusses what she does for a living, one of two... Read More

Advice, Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Marketing Support, success, Uncategorized, Wake Up Calls The 12 Hidden Crises of Entrepreneurial Women Several years ago I conducted a yearlong research study with over 100 working women across the country about professional crises in women and how we can reclaim our lives to overcome them. I was astounded by the findings, and... Read More