Inspiration for Change

Career Coaching, Career Growth, Careers, Change Careers, Inspiration for Change, Professional Growth What To Do First When You’re Considering Career Change When you are considering making a career change or pivot, there are several key steps that are necessary to take, to begin the process effectively and ensure success in a new direction. Read More

Advice, Career and Life Satisfaction Survey, Challenges, Inspiration for Change, Leadership, Personal Growth, Professional Growth How To Reduce And Resolve Conflict In 3 Key Ways As many of us are seeing firsthand, we’re living in a time of divisive politics and widespread conflict, and this strife is impacting how we’re showing up in our jobs, careers and with colleagues. Leaders and businesses are increasingly concerned about the... Read More

Careers, Challenges, Inspiration for Change, Support for Change Rising Use Of Artificial Intelligence Is Fueling Anxiety In Business The expanding use of artificial intelligence in business today has many people experiencing greater fear and anxiety over their futures. Recent research has shown that mental health of employees has been impacted, with the American Psychological Association’s 2023 Work in America Survey revealing that close... 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

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

Advice, Inspiration for Change, Leadership, Professional Growth, Thought Leadership, Wellness at work How Leading From The ‘Inside Out’ Transforms Lives, Work Cultures And Businesses Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Today’s True Leadership” Leaders today are facing numerous unprecedented challenges that are requiring them to adapt in ways that many, if not most, are not yet prepared or trained to do. Just a few of... 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

Communication, Inspiration for Change, Knowing Yourself, Most Powerful You, Personal Growth, Professional Growth, Support for Change, Tips for Empowerment, Uncategorized 7 Things Never To Say or Do When Someone Shares They’re Going Through a Terrible Time Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Bringing Compassion Forward In Life and Work” Have you ever been going through a very difficult time in your life, and you begin talking about it with friends, colleagues or family members, only to... Read More

Inspiration for Change, Knowing Yourself, Living Real, Most Powerful You, Professional Growth, Tips for Empowerment, Wake Up Calls, Wellness at work, Yes I Can Thinking Bringing This One Word To Mind Can Instantly Generate More Joy and Gratitude Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Becoming The Most Confident and Powerful Version of You” Each year in early January, I decide on one key word or “theme” for the coming 12 months – a theme that represents a quality,... Read More

Advice, Impact, Inspiration for Change, Inspiring Thoughts, Leadership The Human Side of Innovation: Key Traits of True Innovators and Innovative Organizations Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Today’s True Leadership” People have written about and discussed the concept of “innovation” at organizations extensively over many years. Interestingly, there has been an overly keen emphasis on a set of prescribed steps that... Read More

Advice, Brave Up, Breakthroughs, Feeling Your Best, Inspiration for Change, Inspiring Thoughts, Knowing Yourself, Most Powerful You, Personal Growth, Tips for Empowerment 5 Core Beliefs That Lead Us To Resist Facing Reality Instead Of Changing It Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Becoming The Most Powerful You” In speaking to a friend this week who is dealing with an extremely narcissistic boss, something became even clearer to me than ever before: When we’re in an unhealthy, manipulative or... 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, Inspiration for Change, Inspiring Thoughts, Work-Life Balance Forget Time Management: Use Anti-Time Management To Get To Your Real Goals Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Living and Working Better” If you do a Google search of the term “time management,” you’ll see thousands upon thousands of entries, including everything from skills training programs, varying definitions, explanatory videos, books, apps,... Read More