Constantly breaking the ceiling, pushing boundaries, and elevating yourself and your brand to grow your business or career can take a toll. Sometimes, you have to acknowledge you need to slow down, take a break and recharge.
Overthinking is a pretty common problem, especially with women in top level positions and high-profile reputations. Learn these very simple and yet very effective ways you can nip this unproductive habit and get on your way to doing rather than over thinking.
Struggling to find your purpose? Been working for years only to discover that your 'success isn't what you want after all? Stuck in a rut, lost your job, career on hold? Wondering where to go from here? You're not alone! Research shows that not only do teenagers struggle with finding their purpose, even well seasoned and successful female leaders can too! And I get it - I've been there! I know what it's like to work hard - achieve success and then look around and wonder, "How did I get here?". "This is not what success looks like to me now," and "Where do I go from here?" If this sounds like you, it's time to shift gears and choose to take a more courageous leadership pathway.
Social media is relevant to everyone. Savvy entrepreneurs, C-suite professionals, and top-level executives looking to get a seat at the table all need to have an impressive online personal brand. Why? Because regardless of what you do and who you are, people will look you up online. It’s just the way the world works now.
The content you produce is a reflection of what your personal brand is and who you are as an industry leader and entrepreneur. Your core message, brand values, vision, and purpose should always be present in whatever type of content you choose to put out there.
Your personal journey is all part of your unique personal brand story! It’s your foundation and real-world fingerprint that shapes and defines your true values and beliefs. One of the most important parts of building your personal brand online (and off!) is cultivating deep and meaningful connections with your key stakeholders.
Redundancy or any career transition doesn’t mean you have to accept second best! To the contrary, it means you can put yourself first by acknowledging that now is your time to Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Noticed for who you are and all that you bring to the table, leading from a position of strength and confidence.
Women in leadership positions today (CEOs, top-tier professionals, and entrepreneurs) must raise their internal bar and find new ways of thinking for the new world. So, if you want to move up the scale you must have executive presence, eloquence, a commanding and affable nature, and an “X-factor” about you.
As women leaders today, thanks to the media and internet, we have a collective voice in the conversation and a massive global platform right now to harness our power, shift mindsets and change cultures. Amazingly, times are changing and there is more focus, appreciation, demand, and respect for female leadership development across industries.
The courage and confidence you have now is a result of your journey. Embrace what you’ve been through because it led to who you are now. Use this as fuel to build a strong personal brand that highlights your strengths as a role model and vulnerabilities as a “female leader-in-progress”.
