Leading for Success

Career

3 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on August 1, 2024

By allocating more time for reflection, we can create opportunities to leverage our learning, expand our leadership, and leverage our success.

By allocating more time for reflection, we can create opportunities to leverage our learning, expand our leadership, and leverage our success.

Persuasion

10 Tips for a Persuasive Presentation

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on May 11, 2024

Persuasive presenters embrace and extend empathy to understand their audience and make choices about substance and style to create an audience-informed communication experience.

Persuasive presenters embrace and extend empathy to understand their audience and make choices about substance and style to create an audience-informed communication experience.

Leadership

Where Leadership Lies: 8 Leadership Myths That Hold You Back

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on April 12, 2024

Are you allowing leadership myths and limiting beliefs to hold you back? Here are 8 leadership myths debunked, freeing you up to express and grow your leadership.

Are you allowing leadership myths and limiting beliefs to hold you back? Here are 8 leadership myths debunked, freeing you up to express and grow your leadership.

Leadership

10 Tips for Successful Negotiation

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on April 1, 2024

Negotiation is an everyday life and leadership skill—yet many people view negotiation negatively and try to avoid it. Here are 10 tips for negotiating with success.

Negotiation is an everyday life and leadership skill—yet many people view negotiation negatively and try to avoid it. Here are 10 tips for negotiating with success.

Perfectionism

Use Your Superpowers to Navigate the Perfectionist Paradox

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on January 1, 2024

Work smarter, not harder, and have more impact as a leader by learning from and leveraging all your performance experiences, including the positive.

Work smarter, not harder, and have more impact as a leader by learning from and leveraging all your performance experiences, including the positive.

Leadership

Navigating Leadership Transitions: From Expert to Leader

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on October 2, 2023

Are you a leader still identifying as your former role? If you suffer from "identity foreclosure," these 3 tips can help you inhabit your leadership role.

Are you a leader still identifying as your former role? If you suffer from "identity foreclosure," these 3 tips can help you inhabit your leadership role.

Career

Impactful and Inclusive Communication

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on July 3, 2023

To communicate with the greatest impact and influence, we need to expand our communication repertoire and bring in nuance.

To communicate with the greatest impact and influence, we need to expand our communication repertoire and bring in nuance.

Leadership

Leading Through Communication

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on April 19, 2023

Communication matters—and it's not just about the words you speak. Here are five key communication strategies to take your leadership to the next level.

Communication matters—and it's not just about the words you speak. Here are five key communication strategies to take your leadership to the next level.

Leadership

Rewriting Women’s Leadership Narratives

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on March 6, 2023

Unhelpful narratives can hold women back from leading. Disrupting those narratives can give us more access to, and meaningful participation in, leadership.

Unhelpful narratives can hold women back from leading. Disrupting those narratives can give us more access to, and meaningful participation in, leadership.

Hedonic Treadmill

The Hedonic Treadmill of Professional Development

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on February 5, 2023

Do you really need another course? To stimulate your growth, try appreciating who you are and what you already have so you can leverage your resources and target what you need.

Do you really need another course? To stimulate your growth, try appreciating who you are and what you already have so you can leverage your resources and target what you need.

Self-Talk

Manage Your Inner Critic with Curiosity and Compassion 

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on November 7, 2022

Your inner critic can hold you back. This 3-step process could help.

Your inner critic can hold you back. This 3-step process could help.

Mindfulness

Leading Yourself With Self-Compassion

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on October 12, 2022

It’s important to integrate the tenderness and fierceness of self-compassion. Here’s how to use this learnable skill to lead yourself and others.

It’s important to integrate the tenderness and fierceness of self-compassion. Here’s how to use this learnable skill to lead yourself and others.

Perfectionism

Embrace Your Imperfection

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on July 14, 2022

Does perfectionism suffocate you? These strategies can help you embrace imperfection without compromising on excellence, results, or your mental health.

Does perfectionism suffocate you? These strategies can help you embrace imperfection without compromising on excellence, results, or your mental health.

Intuition

Deeply Generous Listening Takes Practice

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on April 13, 2022

Listening is a vital skill requiring conscious practice. Deep listening and generous listening make deep connections, allowing speakers to feel truly heard and seen.

Listening is a vital skill requiring conscious practice. Deep listening and generous listening make deep connections, allowing speakers to feel truly heard and seen.

Career

The Leadership Myth That Holds Women Back

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on March 21, 2022

Explore—and challenge—the limiting belief that "my work should speak for itself."

Explore—and challenge—the limiting belief that "my work should speak for itself."

Career

Visibility Traps at Work and How to Avoid Them

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on February 15, 2022

We all need visibility to leverage our work and our contributions, but there can be drawbacks. Use these coaching questions to help you navigate potential pitfalls.

We all need visibility to leverage our work and our contributions, but there can be drawbacks. Use these coaching questions to help you navigate potential pitfalls.

Productivity

When Doing is Your Undoing: Toxic Productivity

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on January 22, 2022

Toxic productivity is bad for our mental health and relationships—and can itself be unproductive. Here's a better approach.

Toxic productivity is bad for our mental health and relationships—and can itself be unproductive. Here's a better approach.

Leadership

Don’t Just Curate, Create and Narrate Your Story

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on December 11, 2021

Collecting and presenting data and others' stories can convey a message, but sharing personal experience has powerful value and is part of stepping into leadership.

Collecting and presenting data and others' stories can convey a message, but sharing personal experience has powerful value and is part of stepping into leadership.

Coaching

Don't Let Rigid Sequencing Hold You Back

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on November 20, 2021

It is limiting to believe you need a particular thing to happen before you can achieve what you want.

It is limiting to believe you need a particular thing to happen before you can achieve what you want.

Leadership

Self-Limiting Narratives That Box Us in and Helpful Rewrites

Palena R. Neale Ph.D, PCC on November 6, 2021

Sometimes we need to rewrite the unhelpful stories that can leave us stuck in order to achieve the outcomes we want. Some simple rewrites can go a long way.

Sometimes we need to rewrite the unhelpful stories that can leave us stuck in order to achieve the outcomes we want. Some simple rewrites can go a long way.