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How to Leverage Your Network When You Don't Really Want To

Nicole Provonchee

5 min

How to Leverage Your Network When You Don't Really Want To

This article is part of a series of blogs around the Five Behaviors Standing Between Women Leaders & Greater Success. This article dives deeper into Career Limiting Behavior #2: Failure to Build Networks You Actually Use. I love the book title "Your Network is Your Net Worth." What I love about the phrase is that it captures the point that your network is not only about how many people you know, but also the rank and influence of those within your network. There are a number

The Very Best Email Newsletters for Working Women

Nicole Provonchee

2 min

The Very Best Email Newsletters for Working Women

I recently took the advice of a very smart productivity consultant and did an audit of my email inbox. Turns out, I get a lot of crap I don't need. It also turns out that I receive a few email newsletters that I very MUCH need. As an executive coach to successful professional women and their teams, knowing the latest and greatest info on what is working (and not working) for women in today's workplace is key. If you are like me, you don't have infinite time to read it all. So

Are You Holding Yourself Back? How to Get Out of Your Own Way.

Nicole Provonchee

3 min

Are You Holding Yourself Back? How to Get Out of Your Own Way.

Earlier this week, I was lucky enough to meet with over 200 women at the Women in Business luncheon of Williamson, Inc., the Williamson County Chamber of Commerce. I talked about how you can change the one behavior standing between you and greater success. (You can check out coverage of the speech here.) For many professional women, the answers may include: Time Management Holding Boundaries Perfectionism Lack of Structure Desire to Please Overvalue Expertise (thinking we hav

The Powerful Work/Life Benefits of Clarity

Nicole Provonchee

3 min

The Powerful Work/Life Benefits of Clarity

Spending the past 20 years in communication-centric roles have taught me many important lessons, including the power of Clarity. These hard earned lessons around Clarity (and supported by numerous academic studies) have found their way into my work with clients. Two key themes fuel my coaching approach: Clarity and Alignment. In coaching, Clarity brings two valuable results to clients: Clarity creates a road map. If we know what we value, we can craft a life that allows us to

Why it Pays to Self-Promote
(aka The Tiara Is Not Coming)

Nicole Provonchee

5 min

Why it Pays to Self-Promote (aka The Tiara Is Not Coming)

This article is part of a series of blogs around the Five Behaviors Standing Between Women Leaders & Greater Success. This article dives deeper into Career Limiting Behavior #3: Eschewing Self-Promotion. Kimberly*, one of my clients, is a brilliant fundraiser. Working many late nights and long weekends, she pulled off one of the most talked about events of the year. She secured an impressive number of celebrity guests for the event, landed her event on all the right social me

Considering A New Job? Do This First.

Nicole Provonchee

5 min

Considering A New Job? Do This First.

Nashville is booming. We are experiencing job growth that outpaces almost every other city in the nation. This is a great time to be in a job search in Nashville, right? Well, maybe. Over the past few years, I have worked with dozens of individuals who are trying to decide if they want to move up or out of their current role. Additionally, I have worked with a number of senior-level leaders that were downsized as companies have tried to reduce middle and upper-management rost

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY: Five Behaviors Standing Between Women Leaders & Greater Success

Nicole Provonchee

6 min

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY: Five Behaviors Standing Between Women Leaders & Greater Success

I call them Career Limiting Behaviors. These are the behaviors that get in the way of being named to lead the next big initiative, finally hitting a target salary number or landing the next big promotion. My experience working with emerging and existing leaders has taught me that men and women both have barriers that stand between them and success. However, exactly what stands in the way can offer differ for women. My personal and professional experienced-informed conclusion