Cindy Watson
Cindy is on a global mission to reframe success and leadership, moving away from stale-dated competitive models to a new leadership paradigm of collaborative growth and empowered high performance. Her patented Art of Feminine Negotiation and HERsuasion programs are taking the business world by storm.
Cindy is a highly sought-after TEDx and international speaker, negotiation expert, consultant and coach, known for her passion, commitment, deep caring, and ability to inspire. Drawing on 30 years as a high profile social justice attorney, as a coach, she empowers women to unleash their feminine power and become the best version of themselves. Cindy inspires her clients to dig deep to rediscover their true purpose and take charge of their lives.
Her book, The Art of Feminine Negotiation: How to Get What You Want from the Boardroom to the Bedroom is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today best seller. It’s changing the way people define success in business and in life, recognizing feminine strengths as powerful secret weapons rather than liabilities. Cindy wowed at TEDx Ocala when she gave her talk: Rise of the Feminine Voice as the Key to Our Future, opening the dialogue about the high cost of unconscious gender bias.
Whether you're looking to up-level your personal performance and outcomes or seeking to turbo-boost your team, Cindy delivers.
Latest Articles
The Empathy Deficit: Negotiating Connection in a Polarized World
We’re living in polarized times. It’s not just political debates or social media arguments. It’s at family dinners. In boardrooms. Between friends. Even within ourselves. Lines get drawn. Opinions harden. And suddenly, connection starts to slip away—not because we disagree, but because we’ve forgotten how to disagree with
Negotiating Mother’s Day: Not a Hallmark Holiday
Celebrating Mother’s Day without my own mom is still new to me. After years of watching her slip further and further away—first physically, then mentally, as dementia and Alzheimer’s slowly stole the woman I knew—her absence now feels both quiet and deafening. Even before she passed, I had already started grieving. Losing someone in fragments is its own kind of heartbreak.
Negotiating with Your Future Self: Setting High Aspirations for Personal Growth
Negotiation is a skill that permeates every aspect of our lives. We negotiate with others, with our circumstances, and though not talked about as much but perhaps most importantly, with ourselves. How can we take control of this last aspect to enhance our life? Have you ever considered the concept of negotiating with your future self? It’s a powerful tool for personal development. It goes beyond merely setting goals; it involves engaging in a dynamic dialogue with the person you aspire to become.
Negotiating Tips to Stop Us Being Fools on April Fool’s Day
April Fool’s Day has just passed. Some people love it, while others hate being made the fool. Regardless of what side you come down on, there are some valuable tips we can learn from April Fool’s Day that will serve us on this auspicious day each year and well beyond. In fact, some of the things that will up-level our April Fool’s Day experience will also allow us to negotiate our best lives, both personally and professionally.
Understanding the Impact of Shame and Guilt on Negotiation
Do you recognize how shame and guilt impact on your life? We all experience both emotions. We often try to ignore them, hoping they might simply disappear in the process – or at least fade into the background. Denial is rarely, if ever, an effective strategy. This is true in life, and in our negotiations.
Negotiation Lessons from a Corrections Crisis Negotiator: the key is leaning in to the feminine
In the male-dominated world of corrections, where strength and authority are often the currencies of power, Jane Korosi’s story stands out as a testament to the power of feminine negotiation. I had the pleasure of interviewing Jane on my Art of Feminine Negotiation podcast. With experience in a maximum-security facility for male offenders, Jane’s journey is a masterclass in navigating tough environments with grace, resilience, and strategic thinking.
From Parenting to Power Plays: Sharpening Your Negotiation Edge
When we think about negotiation, we often picture boardrooms, contracts, and high-stakes deals. But what if I told you that some of the most powerful negotiation lessons come not from the corporate world, but from the realm of parenting? After all, the daily dance of guiding, influencing, and sometimes persuading our children is, at its core, a series of negotiations. There are valuable lessons to learn here.
Negotiating with Compassion: How to Effectively Communicate with Someone Who is Bipolar or Schizophrenic
Negotiation is an art—a delicate dance between asserting your needs and understanding those of others. But when you’re negotiating with someone who is bipolar or schizophrenic, that dance becomes even more intricate. In these situations, it’s not just about getting what you want; it’s about engaging with empathy, patience, and respect.
Negotiating Past Empty Nest Syndrome: Embracing the Next Chapter
All my kids have flown the coop. My daughter moved into her new digs in the city last weekend and the boys both moved out shortly before that. It’s been a strange adjustment. There’s an unsettling quiet that I’m not used to yet. I know I’m not alone in this bittersweet transition. Every parent deals with empty nest at some point.
10 Hot Tips to Negotiating Past Confirmation Bias in Our Personal Lives
In today’s global world, we’re more connected than ever before. Yet, despite this interconnectivity, we often find ourselves entrenched in our own beliefs, seeking out information that confirms what we already think we know. This is the essence of confirmation bias – a powerful force that shapes our perceptions and interactions. We’re seeing this kind of bias play out on stages around the world today. If you’re being ruthlessly honest with yourself, I’d wager that you’re guilty of acting out based on your own confirmation biases. I know I am.
Negotiating Past Family Trauma
Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s close to many of our hearts but often swept under the rug: navigating past family trauma. Whether it’s from past hurts, childhood experiences, or ongoing family dynamics, trauma can sneak up on us and impact our lives in unexpected and destructive ways. Are you open to explore how we can understand, address, and ultimately heal from family trauma to become better negotiators and, more importantly, happier and healthier individuals.
Negotiating a New Nationalism: Embracing Empathy, Collaboration, and Growth
With both Independence Day and Canada Day in our rear view mirrors this week, it got me thinking about nationalism and national pride. In particular, I was contemplating how the principles of the Art of Feminine Negotiation™ could be invoked to create a new kind of nationalism – one that embraces empathy, collaboration and growth over old competitive models that don’t serve us.
