12 Habits That Can Hold Women Back

A few of my clients have spoken recently about their desire to help younger women progress in their careers. I recommend a book "How Women Rise" that talks about 12 habits that can hold women back in their careers. The authors, Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith, share examples and practical advice to help women overcome these habits and succeed in the workplace.

1. Reluctance to claim your achievements

2. Expecting others to spontaneously notice and reward your contributions

3. Overvaluing expertise

4. Just building rather than building and leveraging relationships

5. Failing to enlist allies from day one

6. Putting your job before your career

7. The perfection trap

8. The disease to please

9. Minimizing

10. Too much

11. Ruminating

12. Letting your radar distract you