Our Final Installment in the “Sabotage” Series is about Embracing the Intrinsic Feminine Energy within you! 
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Reminder, readers we are hosting a free call Wed. March 28 @5:30 EST to answer all of the questions you have about navigating the business world as a woman or enlightened man! This is completely free and meant to inspire and support you in any way In Our Shoes can. As you know, the mission here is to launch you to success wherever that may be. Even entrepreneurs can benefit from this wisdom. We hope to meet you there! For those in Europe – we’d love to host a call that works for you as well. Please email me: Marisa@InRShoes.com and let me know what times work best! Everyone – invite your colleagues, friends, partners – this will be an empowering session you won’t want to miss!
Sabotage Teleconference will be held Wed. March 28 @ 5:30 EST!
Laura L. Brown: So many women grew up with role models of women putting on a “mask” when they went to work – and they expended a ton of energy trying to act like a man at the office. We know now that is not only ineffective, but it is counter productive on so many levels.
- It is exhausting to keep up a façade, and we aren’t truly even good at it.
- It disconnects us from our internal voice and source of wisdom.
- It gives others the impression that we are not authentic.
- It undermines our confidence, and weakens us.
The fine line we are expected to walk requires us to act like a woman, but not too much like a woman, right?
Be smart, productive, effective, but not emotional. Be a decisive leader, but don’t “mother” your team. Be a woman, but not completely.
The key is to be grounded in your intrinsic energy as a woman while understanding how to function in the world of men in business. This combination will give you the confidence to remain centered and strong, to know your value.
Returning to Source
– engaging your natural feminine energy will support you on your path to success.
The natural, innate skills and strengths of being a woman are interconnected with each other, and using them successfully relies on you integrating them – confidence, clarity, kindness, positive languaging, stepping into your power, being calmly responsive, not taking things personally, communicating effectively – if you apply this knowledge to your interactions, you will experience drastically different results at work.
It’s time women own the fact that companies with more women in higher level positions perform better. We belong at the top!
Past research on the attributes society associates with ‘being feminine’ show that the most important qualities for women are being thin, nice and modest.
That means if women want to play it totally safe, we have to be willing to stay as small, quiet, and attractive as possible.
We all know that is not only unrealistic, but it is also extremely unacceptable.
And besides, playing it safe is not being authentic!
Being true to ourselves and bringing our best selves into the business world demands that we are authentic in every sense of the world, and we should expect nothing less of ourselves and each other.
It’s time to ask yourself, how in touch are you with your inner self, with all the invaluable skills and abilities that you possess as a woman?
And how are you tapping into these skills to support your personal and career growth?
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