article thumbnail

Advancing Women in Tech: Executive Nancy Wang’s Forward-Thinking Nonprofit

Success

She also founded, in 2016, a nonprofit membership organization , Advancing Women in Tech, which “accelerates careers and addresses diversity gaps in leadership.” The organization, for which she now serves as board chair, has helped more than 40,000 people to date via mentoring and training materials delivered via Coursera.

2016 262
article thumbnail

Change Is Hard—Here’s How to Influence People to Get on the Same Page

Success

Skills or motivation? As my fellow PeopleResults partner Kirsten Jordan always says: “Skills + Motivation = Behavior Change.”. Let’s look at skills and motivation a bit more. Is a lack of skills preventing change? Skills are the ability to do something well. The skills are completely different.

Skills 265
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Build a Library Worth Having

Success

My mentor, Earl Shoaff, got me started on mine. Here’s a mindset to guide you as you begin: Your library needs to show that you’re a serious student of life, health, spirituality, culture, uniqueness, sophistication, economics, prosperity, productivity, sales, management, skills and values of all kinds. Think and Grow Rich.

article thumbnail

SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Female entrepreneurs , CEOs and community leaders who mentor and support young women provide invaluable guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their ambitions. Experienced women who guide and nurture the aspirations of the next generation play a pivotal role in ensuring a more gender-inclusive future.

2024 263
article thumbnail

Choosing Excellence Every Day

Office Dynamics

I absolutely loved Joan Burge’s article, Core Admin Skills Always Need Improving ! The principle she discussed of renewing and improving core skills is closely related to what Steven Covey calls “Sharpening the Saw”: the deliberate improvement of our tools to help us become more effective. Lay the Foundation.

Mentoring 200
article thumbnail

What Kind of Leader Are You: A Fixer, Fighter or Friend?

Success

If you’re a coach, consultant or mentor to a Friend-type leader, the best way you can help is by holding them accountable for accepting the reality that it’s lonely at the top—whether that’s in the CEO seat or as a leader of a team within a larger organization. Copyright 2016 by Jonathan Raymond. Do you know what I mean?”.

Mentoring 318
article thumbnail

Lots of new speakers added to the Virtual Summit

Practically Perfect PA

Robyn runs the popular The Art of Minute Taking course at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, where it was the top Professional and Executive Development course for 2015 and 2016.She Minute taking is a much sought after skill in organisations. VACT Limited were named as the “The Best VA Training Provider – 2016”.

Mentoring 150