One lesson I have learned with certainty from decades of leading in Corporate America and coaching senior executives is this: leadership at the highest levels is a marathon, not a sprint. Building a meaningful and enduring career requires more than delivering strong results—it requires the ability to sustain your performance, influence, and well-being over time. […]
Women and AI: A Leadership Moment We Can’t Miss
Is AI becoming mainstream in your company? Is it shaping how you do your work? As AI rapidly morphs how work gets done, it opens the door for women to redefine their roles in organizations. In the past, many talented women mistakenly focused on execution rather than influence. This behavior often limited their career mobility […]
Leadership Development and Coaching Are Key to Leader — and Employee — Engagement
Figuring out how to boost employee engagement is a top leadership concern — yet the numbers show we’re collectively going backward in workplace engagement worldwide. The 2025 Gallup “State of the Workplace” Report shows that global employee engagement has plummeted still further, from already low engagement last year to now just 21% engagement in 2025. […]
Top Takeaways from a Women in Leadership and Learning Participant
My latest podcast featured an interview with Brenda Harvey, Managing Director of IBM Industrial. Piggybacking off of SHAMBAUGH Leadership’s new “Women Rise” research on women in the pipeline, Harvey and I talked about everything from the factors that are still holding women back in the workplace, to the importance of self-advocacy and how to develop a stronger […]
Women’s History Month: New Research on Women in Pipeline
As we celebrate Women’s History Month in March, SHAMBAUGH Leadership has been busy conducting a research initiative regarding women in the pipeline. This study of more than 500 women examined women throughout the pipeline in different stages of their career, from early, to mid-level, to senior-level executives. A key finding of SHAMBAUGH Leadership’s Women Rise Research […]