Tagged: leadership

48- What Mentorship Actually Looks Like

We have all heard how much mentorship matters, and that data backs it up. For example, according to the Harvard Business Review, mentees were promoted 5x more often than those without mentors, and mentors were promoted 6x more often than those who didn’t mentor. Intuitively, we all know that women with mentors are more likely to advance in their careers and move into leadership roles and there are more studies about how advantageous it is...

19- Your words have power, choose them wisely

Words have power. If you don’t believe me, consider the beginning of the following sentence: “Once upon a time…” Reading this sentence likely already set your brain in motion to hear a story that takes place in a fantasyland. Just as this sentence triggers a specific reaction from your brain, the words you use every day can trigger reactions from other people. As a future leader, you should commit to setting the standard for a...