Understanding the 4 Styles of Decision Making (For Your Big Life Decisions)
You can think of decision-making styles as something similar to personality types. But instead of telling you about your personality, it is a tool to give you insight into how you process your decisions. The goal is to help you recognize your strengths and weaknesses so that you can become a stronger, more confident decision maker.
3 reasons bricolage helps you accomplish goals
Bricolage is a fun and fancy word that essentially means "to make do with what's at hand". What makes it special is that the root word of bricolage means "to tinker" and so the idea is that tinkerers are always creating and innovating in a playful way.
Why “bricolage” is a word you need to know as a creative
Bricolage is the positive state of 'making do with what's at hand'. Instead of focusing on the resources you lack, bricolage forces you to rely on your breadth of knowledge and skills to create something new--something unique to you. It is at the heart of creativity and innovation.
Why "strong women" labels can hurt all women
The rhetoric used in conversations of female strength often promotes the idea that there are some strong women, rather than promoting the truth that all women are strong. I want to see this change.
How easy are you to "read"? What judgeability is and why it matters
A "judgeable" person is someone who is easy to perceive accurately and is less likely to be misunderstood. Someone who is judgeable is open, transparent, and easy to read, as opposed to someone who is closed, hard to read, and enigmatic.
Communication breakdown: How misunderstandings happen and what to do about it
While misunderstanding might seem like one of those things that doesn’t require a definition I believe there’s benefit to it. For example, it reminds us that misunderstandings take place on a two way street. So often when we feel misunderstood it creates feelings of isolation. We tend to retreat because we feel unknown or unseen.
How to have civil conversations in tense times
We’re all tired of the shouting, polarization and unwillingness to listen that dominates our current politics and news. But what’s worse is how these things are seeping into our culture’s own communication practices.
How to make a good first impression and why it's worth all the effort
First impressions - a concept we all know so well. Just thinking about making a good first impression probably brings on feelings of stress and anxiety. The situations that create first-impression scenarios tend to be high-stake already. It's no wonder we feel pressure at the thought of needing to appeal to others when we're already nervous.
Why you think people are paying more attention to you than they really are
The spotlight effect is when we overestimate the amount of attention people give to our outward appearance or behavior. It creates a climate that misunderstandings can thrive in. There are very real consequences in our day-to-day life, and professional opportunities alike, if we don't keep the spotlight effect in check.
What is the transparency illusion and how does it lead to misunderstanding?
The transparency illusion is the belief that what we think, feel, desire, and intend is obvious to others. We feel like we're expressing more than we truly are, so we don't make as much effort to communicate as clearly as we should. Transparency illusion often takes place when we feel uncomfortable, insecure or vulnerable.
Are self-help books for women a path to changing society?
Would you be surprised to learn that many of the female business books that are popular today are quite similar to those that were popular in the 60s? I sure was surprised when I learned that! From an academic perspective, the conversation around women and business has already evolved enough that there are different 'periods' to describe the differences.
Why vision boards actually help you achieve your goals
Vision boards have been the topic of a few conversations I've had recently. I always thought of vision boards as a fun, inspirational craft. Mod Podge and magazine scraps came to mind quickly, but I didn't see vision boards as the intentional mindset tool they can be.
Why experts and CEOs can make intuitive decisions
Many experts and successful business people attribute at least partial credit for their success to intuition. This sounds fancy. A bit magical or whimsical even. Intuition is something that’s difficult to wrap our head around, and therefore it can easily be the end of a discussion.
Understanding the good and bad of intuitive decision making
Intuition gets a lot of credit for leading people to make healthy, aligned decisions. There is a lot of talk in health and wellness circles about intuitive eating, exercise and self care. But does the data behind intuition-based decisions align for bigger life decisions?
How personality influences leadership self-efficacy
Personality has a big influence on how you view yourself and the way you respond to situations. Because of this, it also largely influences our Leadership Self-Efficacy - or our belief in our own leadership abilities. In this episode of Feminine Foresight, we look at the Big Five Personality Theory traits and discuss how the positively, or negatively, influence Leadership Self-Efficacy.
What is self-efficacy and how does it relate to leadership?
Efficacy is all about ability, or effectiveness. It means the ability to create or produce a desired outcome. Self-efficacy, then, refers to your own ability or effectiveness in a given situation. But like many other words that start with the 'self' prefix (self-esteem, self-consciousness, self-awareness, etc.) it has more to do with your self-beliefs than reality.
How to offer empathy when it feels too hard to relate
Even the most naturally empathetic people can experience burnout with empathy. Our desire to demonstrate empathy can easily be overloaded by responsibilities, negativity, or our own internal struggles. We tend to think of empathy as an innate trait, something we have or don't have. But new research suggests otherwise.
How feminine style rhetoric can go wrong
Feminine style rhetoric has excellent advantages for bringing a group together around a central goal. It's an effective style of communicating because it draws upon commonalities and unifies people based on shared understanding. So, if those are the strengths of feminine style rhetoric, what happens when the opposite occurs?
What is feminine-style rhetoric?
'Feminine style' doesn't mean 'women do this'. It's broader than that. Feminine style indicates that the characteristic traits of the style are softer, group focused and collaborative. Rhetoric is the artform of communicating and persuading an audience. Rhetoric is the thought and planning about how information is structured and presented for optimal impact.
How to use your words with integrity
How to use your words with integrity - My top 5 tips to help you preserve truthfulness and become a leader people will trust! In this episode of the Feminine Foresight series, I challenge you to think about the integrity of your own words.