Positively Powerful

"Back in the day" the transformational trainer would float or charge confidently to the front of the room with the elevation that knowledge, dedication, and vision brings. Then he or she and would stand and with utmost seriousness, let us know that it was time for a new way of thinking. Of course we all [...]

Fans of The Secret , What The Bleep , Positively Powerful People, training, speaking, living The Great Life (Great Life videos ), or any attitude shifting, life enhancing, profit generating, advanced skill set, or connected interest, there is a new transformational "kid on the block" that has [...]

I received this message from my daughter and thought that you might appreciate it.
I’m creating a new kind of workshop for women called, “Positively Powerful Women Celebrate!” and Karen’s writing inspired me to keep going for my dream no matter what. My dream began when I spoke before a very influential group of women [...]

Why this event? Because it is time that outrageous women celebrate their spirit. “My dream to have this event began when I spoke before a very influential group of women in business and law. I asked, ‘How many of you give to yourself as much as you give to others?” Only one hand was raised. [...]

Myspace, Facebook and other social networking sites have altered how we react and interface with one another. They have begun to redefine and form a new understanding of what binds us together. Through these online programs, diversity may be occuring out of view and is none the less, right under our noses.
There is evidence that [...]

I just came back from one our of military bases teaching interpersonal skills critical to managers dealing with change. These men and women are managers of civilian employees. One of the participants has been in the service since she was 17 and is about to leave to join the civilian workforce. What a talented and [...]

I spotted the “Potty Parity” term researching the disparity between women’s salaries and that of men. Chart: 2005 Census Statistics show great income inequity between the sexes among all races. White males for example made 48% more than white females. 
This info doesn’t compare earnings of all women and all men. What’s included are full-time, year-round [...]

Every thing new under the sun was created by someone with a dream, a really curious problem solving woman or man who looked into a blank space, a no-thing, and saw a reality there that no one else did — or at least had in her or his generation — and then decided to take a risk and do [...]

This quote is from Sir Randolph Fiennes, a professional adventurer who has been called the ‘world’s greatest living explorer’: he’s spent thirty years circumnavigating the globe, and ran seven marathon’s in seven days…internationally: “The voice telling you to stop must be treated with suspicion. “ Think about it.
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Authority vs. Leadership

We often think that by giving someone the authority to produce progress that we will have progress. When there is progress, leadership at some level is involved. When there is no progress, then what we have is authority which is fearful, lacking in imagination and often suppressive.
It is reasonable to think that if [...]