Archive for 'Women in Leadership'
How to Choose Your Child’s Neurosis
It is the obligation of every parent to provide their child with material for future therapy.
I have supplied Baby Boy aka Jordan with a long and substantive list. So don’t worry about your son or daughter having to do without. Baby Boy has enough to share.
When he was young I decided to choose the area of his future neurosis. I ... Read more »
How She Tweets. How He Tweets?
Over the course of my life on Twitter I’ve collaborated with a number of people. They include:
@thehrgoddess – Jane Perdue, research on how professional women perceive and use power
@SusanMazza – workshop proposal
@MarionChapsal – top secret project
@CherryWoodburn – @Chrysula @JenniferVMiller – contributors to the top secret project
@DorothyDalton – small group testing the viability of a business
@MarciaReynolds – guest ... Read more »
What’s Missing in the Halls of Power?
I spent many a lecture in graduate school waiting for the sages to utter pearls of wisdom. It happened twice, and both times the statements were profoundly simple. Marv Weisbord spoke these words a long time ago and I remember the essence but not the exactness of what he said. I’ve added my own experience to the mix as well. ... Read more »
Book Review – Senior Leadership Teams: What it Takes to Make Them Great
Ruth Wageman’s book is the only one I’ve come across that addresses leading teams of leaders and the unique attributes of the organization’s most senior team. Over the course of a ten year study of such teams around the globe the authors found only 25% were outstanding based on performance and increased capability over time. Senior Leadership Teams presents a ... Read more »
Do We Need a King & a Queen – A He-Leader & A She-Leader?
In today’s complex world a singular go-it-alone leader won’t suffice. He or she cannot possibly understand or focus on each and all the critical issues. Setting priorities doesn’t help when everything in the web of inter-related factors is equally important.
The President Can’t Do ItConsider the Obama administration. Before assuming office the country entered an ... Read more »
Cracking the Glass Ceiling Requires Uncommon Practices
Despite the number and variety of programs for women at large corporations such as Deloitte and Touche, General Electric, Procter and Gamble, American Express, etc. the number of women in top leadership roles at major U.S. companies remains relatively unchanged in recent years. For the most part these programs address such things as hiring and developing ... Read more »
Women in Leadership: At the Cross-Roads (written by a man)
Laura J. Daley , a savvy business woman, turned me on to a terrific well-written article about the future of women in large corporations and the future of corporations if they don’t succeed in getting more women to top leadership roles. Andrés Tapia, Hewett’s Chief Diversity Officer and Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader says more women in leadership ... Read more »
Harvard Asks “Why So Few Women CEOs?” and Publishes the Answer
The Numbers
Meg Whitman is the only woman in Harvard Business Review’s landmark study ranking the 100 best performing CEOs. Of the 2000 companies examined only 29 were headed by women. HBR then posted an article asking “Why so Few?” My reply appeared in the March print edition. The full text of the response appears below.
This Discussion Needs to be Reframed
What ... Read more »
Amazing – Women of the World at Work
See this awe inspiring show of women around the globe doing what we do.
The Gender Agenda – from The World Economic Forum at Davos
Watch the world’s business leaders make the case for more women in leadership roles. It will take a few seconds for the debate to begin.
SHARE YOUR VIEWSWho was most convincing? Why?
How do conversations and decisions change with more women in the room?