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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

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, 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, 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, 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

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, Breakthroughs, Kathy Caprino, success, Support for Change, Tips for Empowerment Get Over Yourself and Get Going Hi Friends – happy to share that More.com published my piece “Get Over Yourself and Get Going” today – about the secret sauce to real, heartfelt and authentic success. I’m not talking here about the kind of success that... 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, 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

Advice, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, Marketing Support, success, Women in Business Why Million-Dollar Coaching Promises Should Make You Leery “It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” – Winston Churchill These past few years I’ve been connected with literally dozens of coaches who... Read More

Advice, Breakthroughs, Following Your Dreams, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Levels of Disempowerment, Powerful Self-Marketing, success, Women in Business 7 Reasons You Hate Marketing – And How to Learn to Love It In ramping up my marketing consulting work with women consultants, practitioners, and entrepreneurs these past months, I’ve heard these words over and over: “I hate marketing.” or, more specifically… “I hate promoting myself.” It’s an amazing thing to observe... Read More

Breakthroughs, Careers, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, success The “Secret Sauce” to Your Success Lately I’ve been focusing a good deal on “success” in my writing and workshops, and this month I had a startling realization: “Success” is a concept and an experience that is utterly intimidating to many women. In my experience,... Read More

Advice, Careers, Challenges, Empowerment, Following Your Dreams, Inspiring Thoughts, Kathy Caprino, Living Real, success, Support for Change 5 Top Mistakes to Avoid in Your Career Reinvention After spending nine years reinventing myself from a miserable and chronically ill corporate VP to women’s career and executive coach, marketing consultant, author, speaker and women’s work-life expert, I’ve made a good number of huge mistakes and missteps that... Read More