May is the month dedicated to the feminine. We celebrate Mother’s Day in May each year and recognize women who have been mothers either biologically...
Assertiveness – A Double Edged Sword
Katy Mims was my friend and mentor—and next-door neighbor—for over 20 years. Katy was a fifth-generation Floridian who started out as a journalist...
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions – Are you suffering from over-choice?
“I don’t want to even think about what to eat for dinner – if I have to make one more decision, I’ll scream!” Amy exclaimed as she shared wi...
Do What You Love – The Rest Will Follow
It’s easy to let life happen and dampen our dreams. For many, it’s even harder to dream at all now because of the uncertainty of what will happen ...
An Equal World is an Enabled World #EachForEqual
Women still lag behind men in a variety of ways. For every dollar a man makes a woman makes significantly less, for example in the US a woman makes ab...
The Board Question: To Serve or Not to Serve?
I attended a program on Women on Boards: Actionable Strategies to Increase Gender Diversity in the Boardroom sponsored by Women Executive Leadership (...
Confidence: The Secret Sauce
Confidence is one of our most sought-after traits, in life and in business. Confident people accomplish what they want to get done without excessive a...
Timing is Right for Women to Seize Success and Lead
(Excerpt from Mary’s New Book: Seizing Success: A Woman’s Guide to Transformational Leadership) Order Your Copy Now Make no mistake. Our time is n...
Does Gender Bias Exist? #BalanceForBetter
On average, women get interrupted three times more in conversations than men. If you are a woman and attending a meeting remotely, the number goes up....
A Real Life Wonder Woman
In learning about others in business, it’s not uncommon to come across some outstanding athletes. That being said, I didn’t think I was hearing Su...
Purge Perfectionism
I was invited to speak at Raymond James’ Women in Capital Markets Conference in January of this year. I was excited to hear that Claire Shipman was ...
Act First, Don’t Overthink
Women are less confident than men and have a tendency to second guess themselves more often. In their book, The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Ka...