I love you business women, and I appreciate your ability to overcome challenge-after-challenge even while wearing high-heels in an environment that is overrun with Oxfords. It’s… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2019/04/empowered-women-playing-brilliantly-business/
The times are ripe for women to lean into their strengths and realize all their business dreams. And yet, we can’t afford to ignore Red Flags popping up along the journey. Are… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2019/03/3-career-red-flags-women-need-recognize/
The sea change occurring in business today presents exciting, boundless career horizons for women. Right now, we stand on the brink of all women have worked so hard to achieve,… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2019/02/not-all-professional-storms-are-forecast/
Businesswomen with soaring careers practice recreating themselves regularly. It appears the combination of a vision and the desire to grow is part-and-parcel of those who are… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2019/01/welcome-2019-who-do-i-intend-be-year/
The views of Nancy Frederick's blogs represent her own and not necessarily the views of IWLC. I stand as a one in five statistic of the sexually abused women in America.… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2018/11/dont-count-me-metoowoman-even-though/
The views of Nancy Frederick's blogs represent her own and not necessarily the views of IWLC. Yes. A single thought can make or break your career. I know it seems like some crazy… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2018/10/did-you-know-single-thought-can-destroy-career/
The views of Nancy Frederick's blogs represent her own and not necessarily the views of IWLC. Without question, it's complicated being a woman executive—particularly a successful… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2018/09/woman-when-will-we-be-more-enough-business/
As I a strategic coach, I am involved in the ups-and-downs as well as the in-betweens of an executive’s career. In the midst of rough spots, a common tendency in women is to beat… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2017/04/mindful-monday-breathe-you-already-are-you-dont-have-prove-yourself/
When women feel they are not achieving their aspirations, they look to shore up their skills. The assumption is that they must be lacking something. Frustrated they often go back… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2016/11/mindful-monday-great-career-inside-out-pursuit-especially-women/
An executive shared the difficulty she had getting agreement from the male leaders in her organization. As part of the coaching, I suggested a check-in with a male mentor was in… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2016/10/mindful-monday-interpretation-alarming-gender-divide1/
In your career, you’ve demonstrated competency, yet you feel as though you’re slogging through wet sand all day long. No recognition has come your way. No promotion. You’re still… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2016/06/mindful-monday-branding-yourself-and-raising-influence-your-organization/
In this faster, more hyper-connected competitive world of business, it is not enough to lead from the isolation of only what you know and what your organization knows. Today’s… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2016/04/mindful-monday-crossing-borders-biggest-predictor-success/
Over the last 30 years, I have coached thousands of amazingly talented women. They shared with me their hopes and dreams as well as their disappointments and frustrations. One… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2016/03/mindful-monday-where-would-your-career-be-if-you-had-not-listened-bad-advice/
There has been a flurry of recent articles sounding a cautionary alarm for women. It appears some of the words we use—more often than men—are harming us at work. Shannon… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2015/08/mindful-monday-cautionary-heads-women/
If you have a job and you’re good at it, 2015 is the year to ask for a raise, according to CNN Money. The unemployment rate is the lowest since 2008. The quit rate (employees… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2015/07/mindful-monday-salary-gap-whats-woman-do/
No matter where I travel around the country or what industry sector I am working in, universally executives are troubled by the lack of time they have. I bet you are facing the… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2015/05/mindful-monday-womens-innate-giftmultitasking/
Let’s take a moment to contemplate what the typical career journey looks like and reveal how to avoid the pitfalls where many women stumble! Success early in your career relies… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2015/04/mindful-monday-avoiding-career-pitfalls/
How great of a listener are you? Do you think you are pretty good—or even excellent? A study of over 8,000 people found that virtually all of the respondents believe they… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2015/03/mindful-monday-un-rewind-able-moments-listening/
Recently, on CBS News This Morning, Geena shared some staggering statistics regarding women in media. The male to female ratio for speaking parts is 3:1. What is absolutely… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2015/02/mindful-monday-if-women-see-it-they-can-be-it/
In our last "Mindful Monday," I discussed three of the five tips that will help women succeed in corporate America. Today I examine the final - and maybe most important - two… https://www.wlcglobal.org/blog/2015/01/mindful-monday-final-tips-getting-ahead-corporate-america/