Tamara Thorpe

The Millennials Mentor

3 Steps to Inspire Trust, Respect, and Confidence

Are you taken seriously? One of the biggest challenges young leaders share with me is the struggle to be taken seriously. Knowing how to establish your credibility with your team, especially when they are older, has proven to an uphill battle. Do any of these sound familiar? You share … [Read more...] about 3 Steps to Inspire Trust, Respect, and Confidence

What is Mutual Mentoring? And it’s benefits?

Bonnie came into my life when I was just 15 years old, and Debbie when I was almost 30. On the surface, these two women are seemingly quite different; Bonnie is a soft spoken free spirit, who is compassionate and open. Debbie is a firecracker; she is driven and passionate, and swears like a … [Read more...] about What is Mutual Mentoring? And it’s benefits?

How to Create a Shared Vision

I have an idea! I have had so many ideas. Ideas for innovation. Ideas for change. And I think most of them were pretty darn good. But not everybody has liked my ideas. Sound familiar? Getting buy-in for new ideas, change, and innovation can be tough. When people aren’t interested, you are … [Read more...] about How to Create a Shared Vision

How to Craft Your Leadership Identity

I’ve never been more embarrassed then the first time I asked for a raise. I walked into that meeting 100% confident that my skills, contributions, hard work and dedication were worth more money.  And I left that room with a lot more shame and humility. Not only did I get an emphatic “NO”, but … [Read more...] about How to Craft Your Leadership Identity

Remember to KISS: 5 Steps to Keep it Super Simple

We have a tendency to over complicate things when most of the time the best solution is the simplest one. Just last month, I was woken up by a beeping sound in my kitchen. Half asleep, I wandered downstairs and found that my fancy European refrigerator was flashing and beeping. I pushed all the … [Read more...] about Remember to KISS: 5 Steps to Keep it Super Simple