Archive for July, 2009
The Rule of 3 – Ignore at Your Peril
The Washington Post sees the light. A recent article, Fixing the Economy: It’s Women’s Work (see below) reports that businesses with at least 3 women in top leadership roles out pace the competition by a wide margin. After hearing about the Rule of 3 during one of my public speaking engagements several years ago, Kevan Norris of Wellesley Partners wrote, “Business leaders who do ... Read more »
Leading Change: Lessons from the Sandbox
A group of young boys and girls playing at the beach demonstrate an important lesson on leading change and provide a solution to a client’s dilemma with a longstanding problem of gender politics in the workplace. The change lesson – legislated change works so long as someone stands guard. To shift attitudes and behaviors demonstrate the value of the change for those who are doing ... Read more »
Leadership and Gender – Why It Matters and How It's Changing
Introduction
This is Part 1 of a two part series. The first segment highlights why gender matters in leadership and how gender based obstacles to enjoying success in leadership and in life are changing. Part 2 addresses the three most important things women can do to earn top leadership roles in business and remove these barriers. The series is based on a conversation with Linda ... Read more »