Not Your Dad’s Leadership Blog
Follow along for insights, reflections, tips and tools I’ve learned on my journey from workplace trauma and burnout to Feminine Leadership Coach, Self-Love Coach, and Energy Healer
(and also musings on being a millennial woman in this day and age. ☺️)
A Blog By Lindsey Maza, Founder of The Self-Love Knowing + the Not Your Dad’s Leadership Movement
Shake It Off Like Taylor Swift: Embracing Self-Forgiveness at Work
In the dazzling realm of the workplace, imagine you're the Taylor Swift of your own narrative.
The Superpower of Self-Awareness: A Guide for Women in the Workplace
Let's dive into a topic that's a game-changer in your career journey: Self-Awareness. It's not just about knowing your strengths and weaknesses; it's about owning your story and unleashing the superpower that is uniquely you.
From Burnout to Balance: Abbey’s Journey into Transformative Leadership
We can change the workplace with Self-Love.
How to Start Healing from a Toxic Workplace
After experiencing a toxic workplace, it’s easy to hold on to the anger and resentment and guilt. Which is fine. Feel your feelings. But what if you could start healing slowly but surely? Because I promise you, what’s even easier is living your life once that anger and resentment and guilt have been released.
Click to read three ways you can start healing from workplace trauma:
Finding Balance: Nurturing Self-Love and Establishing Professional Boundaries
As leaders, as employees, as co-workers, we get to model what we are accepting or not into our lives. Including our boundaries.
How to be anti-hustle culture and still get ahead
But Lindsey, what if I want that promotion? What if I want a raise? Don’t I need to “hustle” to do that?
I hear you. And, yessss, but mostly no.
Truth is, there is a sustainable way to hustle.
Here are five ways to practice sustainable hustling. (Is that real term? Did I just coin it?)
What bringing your whole self to work really means
I recently heard this term… bring your whole self to work.
And while I like the sentiment, as someone who put her WHOLE identity into her work. It didn’t seem like a sustainable practice in the long run.
So, I thought, there has to be a way we can still be authentic at work, without bringing our whole selves there, right?
Here are three ways to bring your whole self to work, and keep your dignity.
Secrets to Success for Crushing Your Next Interview
Tips for crushing your interview!
And no they aren’t “research the company” and “prepare questions for the interviewer.” :)
Why Practicing Self-Love is Important and Necessary as a Leader
Think of your career as a house. Your beams are soft skills. The floors, roof, doors, windows are your hard skills.
But there is something underneath the house. Supporting the foundation… and that’s Self-Love.
Dear Leader: You don’t always need to know the answers!
This is for all the ambitious, perfectionist leaders out there.
I used to rather run out of a room than admit I didn't know something.
Now I look at vulnerability as a strength, not a weakness.
It took a lot of Self-Love practice, and it's still something I need to consciously think about. But I feel more empowered when I am vulnerable.