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Personal Growth

Career and Life Satisfaction Survey, Career Growth, Careers, Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Leadership, Personal Growth How To Assess If Our ‘Career’ Problems Are More Than Professional Issues So often, the challenges we face in our professional lives are not just 'career' issues - they're more deeply rooted in who we are as a person and how we've developed. Here's a look at how to assess if... Read More

Breakthroughs, Career Growth, Careers, Empowerment, Most Powerful You, Personal Growth Stop Searching Aimlessly For Career Passion – You Won’t Find It That Way Searching aimlessly for career passion won't get you there. It takes empowered, confidence-boosting action and mindsets, and self-awareness. Take these steps this month to move forward with more clarity, confidence and courage toward an ideal career direction you'll... Read More

Generosity

Close Your Power Gaps, Empowerment, Knowing Yourself, Personal Growth, Professional Growth 3 Steps To Being More Generous and Giving Without Feeling Used and Resentful Do you feel chronically exhausted and drained in your work and in the process of offering support to others? If so, these three steps will help you feel more generous and giving without experiencing burnout and resentment. Read More

Advice, Career Growth, Communication, Empowerment, Feeling Your Best, Knowing Yourself, Living Real, Personal Growth, success, Support for Change, Wellness at work 10 Ways That Increasing Positivity Expands Your Success In my first 18 years in the working world, I can say that I hadn’t developed much self-awareness or self-mastery, and when I faced difficult challenges, I wasn’t sure how to proceed. I’d see all around me a great... 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

Close Your Power Gaps, Communication, Leadership, Personal Growth, Professional Growth 7 Traits of Leaders Who Uplift Rather Than Diminish Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Today’s True Leadership” In the leadership development work I do with mid- to high-level professionals, we begin by focusing on how to help each individual lead his or her own personal life in more... 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, Best Work/Best Life, Career and Life Satisfaction Survey, Challenges, Empowerment, Personal Growth, Work-Life Balance 3 Key Ways To Begin Overcoming Deep Perfectionism And Self-Doubt Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Living and Working Better” Perfectionism is a trait that many millions of people around the world demonstrate and experience. It can be productive at times, but also, on the flip side, it can be very... Read More

Communication, Empowerment, Impact, Job Search, Kathy Caprino, Knowing Yourself, LinkedIn, Marketing Support, Personal Growth, Powerful Self-Marketing, Professional Growth, Resources, Uncategorized, Women in Business, Work You Love 5 Things Your LinkedIn Profile Reveals About You That You Don’t Want It To Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Becoming The Most Powerful and Confident You” In my work as a career and leadership coach, writer and executive trainer, I spend a great deal of time on LinkedIn. I review hundreds of profiles... Read More

Best Work/Best Life, Challenges, Most Powerful You, Personal Growth, Professional Growth Are You An Anxious Achiever? Turn Your Fears Into Your Standout Strength Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Becoming The Most Powerful and Confident You” During this Spring season, we are encouraged to bring into focus key issues around both stress awareness and mental health, and are reminded that signs of depression and anxiety... 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

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

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, Best Work/Best Life, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Feeling Your Best, Finding Brave, Inspiration for Change, Knowing Yourself, Personal Growth, Support for Change, Wake Up Calls, Wellness at work, Work-Life Balance 6 Toxic Behaviors That Repel People and Opportunities: How To Tell If You’re Engaging In Them Part of the series “Becoming The Most Positive You” In my line of work, I hear from hundreds of new people each month, and I often connect with professionals in a public, open way but privately as well. Through... Read More

Close Your Power Gaps, Communication, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Leadership, Personal Growth, Women in Business, Women in Leadership Vulnerability In Leadership – Why It’s So Needed and How You Can Expand It Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Today’s True Leadership” The concept of vulnerability has been explored in hundreds of different ways in the past years, relating to social and cultural learning, organizational growth, leadership, professional and personal success and connection... Read More