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Women in Leadership

Careers, Challenges, Entrepreneurship, Women in Business, Women in Leadership Impostor Syndrome Prevalence In Professional Women And How To Overcome It In my work as a career and leadership coach and consultant for mid- to high-level professional women, I’ve been stunned at the degree to which highly accomplished women frequently struggle with feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt, low self-confidence and confusion... Read More

Best Work/Best Life, Breakthroughs, Challenges, Women in Leadership How To Earn More With Powerful Shifts In Mindset And Behavior Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Supporting Today’s Workforce” Every day in my work as a career and leadership coach, I speak with professionals who offer terrific products, services, and programs that are a cut above, but they are failing... Read More

Advice, Amazing Career Success, Careers, Challenges, Leadership, Women in Business, Women in Leadership Leading Hollywood Executive Producer Shares How Covid-19 Has Shaped Entertainment And Her Leadership Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Women, Leadership and Vision” As we’ve seen these past months, the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted so many industries, some of which may potentially be able to recover, while others may continue the struggle... Read More

Careers, Challenges, Leadership, Men vs. Women at Work, Women as World Leaders, Women in Business, Women in Leadership How Women Leaders Are Rising To The Unique Challenges They’re Facing From The Pandemic Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Women, Leadership and Vision” While the impact of the global pandemic is far-reaching and hitting millions of people throughout the U.S. in different ways, research has shown that women are more likely than men to say... Read More

Advice, Knowing Yourself, Leadership, Thought Leadership, Women in Leadership You Won’t See Truly Great Leaders Engage In These 5 Behaviors Part of the Kathy Caprino’s series “Today’s True Leadership” In the past eight years of writing this blog, and in my work as a career and leadership coach and podcaster, I’ve had the opportunity to interview hundreds of inspiring... Read More

Careers, Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Knowing Yourself, Living Real, Women in Leadership The Raw Truth That We Refuse To Face About Women, Power and the Workplace Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Women, Leadership and Vision” As many of my readers know, I had an 18-year corporate marketing career that was very “successful” on the outside, but entirely unsuccessful on the inside. I faced a myriad... Read More

Advice, Amazing Career Success, Close Your Power Gaps, Finding Brave, Women in Business, Women in Leadership, Yes I Can Thinking 7 Damaging Power Gaps That Keep Professional Women From Reaching Their Highest Potential Part of Kathy Caprino’s series “Accessing The Most Powerful You” In the past 15 years of coaching and training professional women around the globe, I’ve seen firsthand that thousands of women have spent years building careers they thought would... Read More

Breakthroughs, Empowerment, Leadership, Women in Leadership If You Don’t Believe Gender Bias Exists, Read This (and If You’ve Faced Gender Bias, This Will Help) Gender bias is real. Here are some new, concrete strategies to address it. Read More

Empowerment, Kathy Caprino, Leadership, Support for Change, Women in Leadership The 6 Core Reasons Women Aren’t Advancing to Leadership Roles The 6 core reasons why women remain stuck at 16% of senior corporate leadership, and what to do about it. Read More

Advice, Breakthroughs, Careers, Inspiration for Change, Marketing Support, Women in Business, Women in Leadership How to Avoid the 7 Worst Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make Struggling in your small business? See if these 7 serious marketing mistakes sound familiar to you, and if so, take action to correct your course. Read More

Kathy Caprino, Leadership, Men vs. Women at Work, Women in Business, Women in Leadership Busting the Myth That Women Are Less Ambitious Than Men I’ve heard over and over in the past several years frequent reference to the idea that professional women aren’t as ambitious as men. Disappointingly, I even heard Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook (whom I deeply admire) mention this reported... 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, 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

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

Breakthroughs, Careers, Challenges, Kathy Caprino, Women in Business, Women in Leadership Do America’s Employers Really Care about Women’s Issues? Last Thursday, I had a wonderfully powerful meeting with three inspiring colleagues who are authors affiliated with the publisher of my book Breakdown Breakthrough – Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Each of these folks has a breadth of knowledge and diversity of experience... 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