During a break at the conference where I had just spoken on “Connection, Empathy, and Leadership Presence,” a man from the audience told me this story…

The popularity of training and development programs for project team employees is constantly growing. Two-thirds of educators say this is a top priority in their organization.

After years of research and coaching executive women and entrepreneurs alike, I discovered that almost every woman who is looking to grow her career or business all share the same BARRIER. The repercussions from this one barrier create stop signs, slow driving, wrong turns and fender benders along the route to get to their desired destination. Sometimes women just stop driving, which is why many women are opting out during the time of the Great Resignation. A new program created by Her Circle Leadership for coaches and HR training managers is designed to address women’s challenges.

Courage is under fire in Ukraine. Margareta Kull, founder of Kull Leadership in Sweden and author of the new book, The Courageous Leader, dissects the internal thought process of the most courageous leaders and how Ukraine's President Zelensky exhibits it, and inspires his followers - the Ukrainian People - to also show amazing courage.

On this national holiday, we celebrate the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an American hero. How can Dr. King help you become a better leader and entrepreneur? Here are a few lessons we've learned from Dr. King that inspire us to keep his dream of moral and cultural change alive.

Leslie Grossman, women's leadership advocate and founder of Circle Leadership, and Christine Merser, CEO of Blue Shoe Content,  show up at the Circle Leadership podcast table with three picks for the strongest Women Leaders of 2021. You may be surprised at their picks with some controversy, too.  Among the women leaders discussed are Sharon Bowen, new Chair of the Board of NYSE; Amanda Gorman, poet and activist;  and Liz Cheney, Congresswoman and member of the House Select Committee.

I know. Some of you are saying: ‘How can you call 2021 a resilient year when it was 365 days of pandemic?”