4 Reasons You’re Not Reaching Your Full Potential, According to Harvard
You know you work hard. You know you have value and promise and talent. And yet, at the end of the day, it continually feels as though you’re falling just shy of reaching your full potential. What gives? According to Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a professor of business...
Why Women Shouldn’t Be Victims in The Gender Pay Gap Debate – We Are Ready to Take Control
The gender pay gap has dominated the headlines recently. Eight in ten firms in the UK pay women less than men. Also, women in England with postgraduate degrees still earn less than men with only bachelor’s degrees, while salaries for graduate men are growing at a...
Why Diversity & Inclusion Programs Are Failing Us And What Works Instead
Research shows corporations are spending $8 billion annually on diversity & inclusion programs. A recent study reported diversity-department budgets at Fortune 1000 companies average around $1.5 million per year. However, despite substantial investments many...
Harvard Says Being A Super Productive Employee Doesn’t Mean You’ll Be a Good Boss — Here’s Why
It stands to reason that companies would look to their top-performing workers when seeking candidates for advancement opportunities. However, as we’ve discussed in past articles, elevating strong employees into management positions isn’t always the best reward, either...
How To Set Goals That Don’t Overwhelm Or Exhaust You
Many people mistake a goal as something that will make you run around busy and will eventually burn you out. Striving for something can be seen as negative through the lens of today's overhyped achievement culture. At DrivenWoman we talk a lot about setting and...
Why Accountability Is Crucial For Achieving Fast Results
It's one thing to set goals, most of us think we are quite good at that, but a completely different matter to actually achieve them. How many times did you move your most important to-dos from one list to another this week? How easy was it to stick to those all...
A Simple Tool To Create The Life You Really Want
Did you ever take a moment to stop and think what you really want out of life? How do you want to live and feel everyday? It's easy to run though life thinking all is sort of fine, as most things usually are. But unless we take a pause and are ready to raise our...
How I Created A Magic Environment And Finally Achieved My Childhood Dream
I almost can't believe this day has finally come - I have self-published my first novel. Hooray for me! This is the novel I’d been wanting to write since I was a child, since I was seven. I’m now 47. So what happened? Like so many other women, I carried my dream in my...
How to Be the Type of Person Everyone Wants to Know
Some people are simply a joy to be around. The conversation flows effortlessly. You laugh. You’re genuinely interested. You look forward to seeing them, and when you part ways you feel like their company was a valuable use of your time. Obviously, this...
25 Most Inspiring Podcasts For Ambitious Women
At DrivenWoman we are great fans of learning and inspiration. Often everyday life is so busy that there's no time to open a book so inspiring podcasts are a great way to immerse yourself in a wide range of topics and wisdom whilst going about your daily life. This way...