“We need braver leaders and more courageous cultures,” author of Dare to Lead, Brene Brown concludes. Brown has amassed an impressive data base of...
Talk to Me: How to conduct an informal 360
As the year winds down, it’s important to review how you are doing in relation to goals you have set, professionally and personally. A great way to ...
What is Resiliency?
Guest blog by Laura S. Scott, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, CPDFA When members bring challenging issues to our confidential Key Women’s Leadership Forums, they ...
Do What You Love and You’ll Never Work a Day in Your Life
Holly’s great grandmother, Bess, was a baker. With the untimely death of her husband, Bess needed to work to support her young daughter. She, her br...
Set Your Mind on Growth
One of the keys to building confidence is making mistakes and even failing. You learn from taking risks especially if some don’t work out. Challengi...
When I Say NO, I Feel Guilty
Some are able to say “no” to a request or opportunity and feel good about it. “This just isn’t the right fit for me” or “I don’t have th...
When Perfect Isn’t Perfect
by Laura S. Scott, Key Women’s Leadership Facilitator As a reformed perfectionist, I understand the appeal of perfection. Whether it’s the aes...
Being #2 is Great!
As the Founder of the Key Women’s Leadership Forum and a Tampa based executive coach, I was delighted to hear that Tampa was rated the No. 2 city fo...
What Do You Want?
We negotiate daily. Whether it’s to define the scope of a project, close a sale or agree to who picks up who when soccer season starts. Negotiating ...
Many Professional Women Wrestle with Expectation Anxiety
It takes tremendous courage to perform well, even when you are scared. For professional women, this can be especially difficult. Sergeant Lorain Preva...
New Skills for Leaders Now and in the Future
A key factor that separates good leaders from great leaders is the ability to be an agile learner. Learning agility is a competency which describes a ...
Ask Gracefully, But Ask
I recently attended the Waves of Change Women’s event honoring former Tampa Mayor, Sandy Freedman and Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET (sold to Vi...