Statistics, like these just shared by Google, show that many companies still lack diverse leadership today. 

The most common reason mentorship partnerships fail is because the relationship is NOT mentee-driven. When the expectation or assumption is that the mentor is the one managing the relationship, the mentoring partnership is already in danger.

Many attempts to start mentoring relationships fail repeatedly, both for individuals and companies, and we know why.

Do you think you are ready for a mentor, yet feel a little overwhelmed or intimidated about finding one? Have you tried establishing mentoring relationships before that have gone nowhere? 

Companies know that mentorship works, and companies know that their people are looking for mentoring. Yet organizations of all sizes fail time and time again to create successful, strategic mentoring programs, and we know why.

In my career, I was an executive before the phrase Executive Presence was coined. You either had that job title or you didn’t, and moving up in the organization was based on bottom-line performance and who you knew.

Now that you have a plan you like, (which is probably an integrated plan), you need to work it!

In the wake of the #MeToo movement it is understandable that men may feel a heightened sense of fear or anxiety when working with female colleagues.

Many of us have worked for corporations, served on boards, published articles and books, started businesses and spoken in front of thousands of people for decades – and we still feel anxiety before an important meeting, a new client workshop or stepping behind the podium.

We have heard for years about how important it is for leaders and companies to establish core values to provide cultural direction. Yet it's easy for values to seem like meaningless jargon …

For Mothers’ Day 2013, Tiara International coaches shined the spotlight on their mothers in recognition of Mother’s Day. These influential women who shaped our lives provided us with incredible stories.

Mother's Day did not begin as a greeting-card-industry holiday. Mother's Day in the United States was created in 1908 by Anna Reeves Jarvis to honor the memory of her own mother