Followers have suggested that I explain why I haven’t posted or tweeted for months. The reason is that I’m writing a book for McGraw-Hill and it’s consuming every waking hour outside of my normal coaching and speaking assignments. The book is titled THE CEO DIFFERENCE: How to Climb, Crawl, and Leap Your Way to [...]
Learn MoreMy blog is to help you master four C’s that no true leader can be without: Confidence, Communication, Craftsmanship, Co-worker collaboration.
I want to help you get ahead without giving up your life. The blog material is what I present in my “best leadership practices” keynote presentations and what I coach my clients in — which caused Conde Nast Portfolio magazine to describe me as “one of the top five executive coaches to have on speed dial.”
Debra Benton
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A woman in a hurry is not the image you want to portray. A woman on a
mission yes, but not a woman on the run.
Some good advice I learned from my mother, a successful entrepreneur, was “slow down to get things done.” Sometimes she’d say, “if you keep working so hard you’ll never get ahead.”
Early [...]
If you want to positively stand out from your colleagues do your job exceptionally well but take on part of your boss’s job too.
If you choose well as to what part of your boss’s job to do, you’ll create tremendous job security for yourself, accelerate your learning, be seen as the ultimate team player, and [...]
You, not human resources, your boss, a sponsor, parents, or search firms control your career. The biggest, costliest, and most avoidable mistake you can make in your life is not managing your own destiny from the start of your career – and continuing throughout.
It’s not just about doing good work and having a ready [...]