A colleague who requires you to be less so they can be more, is not a colleague worth your investment. Don’t be fooled. Your ego is not too big. Your colleague is too small.
Emerging global conditions are a flashing neon sign that calls for a PARADIGM SHIFT. Women can and are critical to making this shift. But first we will need to move into power, but there is a careful and paradoxical dance required. Read about the shift and the dance…
Read about and order some of my favorite books about women leaders and women in business.
Clues that appear in groups of three foretell an emerging pattern. What was a possible future trend is about to show up as an undeniable reality.This week the following clues fell in my lap – so to speak. Care to have a peek at the emerging pattern.
If an author’s ability to make the reader think, marks a good book, then Margaret Heffernan has written one.
“How do I get the people who work for me to be more curious?” asks Karen, the CEO of a health insurance company.
Flummoxed. Befuddled. Speechless. How could I possibly write an overview that does justice to this collection of wonderful intelligent and thought provoking contributions that include:
* Aubrey Hepburn and the Pied Piper on film
* Sexy Frenchmen ironing clothes while wearing none
* The music of Edit Piaf
* Tom Peters reading aloud
* and more
It’s just not possible. So please find a comfy chair, grab your favorite glasses – reading, coffee, tea, wine, water or otherwise as you indulge your mind, your heart and your senses. You may enjoy an a chuckle or two as well.
Smoke filled conference rooms with fist banging, object throwing, and a lone woman or none at all were norms at the outset of my business career. Despite some changes, professional women’s groups participate in a chorus of head nods when I speak of the times…
In our recent conversation Margaret Heffernan lamented, “Most women would rather spend $500 on a pair of shoes than invest in their professional development.” If we don’t make serious investments in our own careers why should others make serious investments in us?
You are about to enter the mind of a woman. As more women rise to positions of power you have before you an opportunity to learn how we (or at least some of us) make important business decisions – the one’s that affect whether you get hired or whether your company wins our business.
We help you master the “most difficult” things.