STEP UP & INTO POWER
TweetFor the past year we’ve been asking professional women
about their relationship to power.
- How they define it
- What strategies they use to earn it
- Which ones work well and which ones don’t
- What they use their power to achieve, and more
We are excited to share what we learned and equip more women to step up and into power. An overview of our report ... Read more »
Book Review: Willful Blindness by Margaret Heffernan
TweetWillful Blindness is anything but. Margaret Heffernan, with eyes wide open, tells us the more we are willing to see, the more we become. In fact, long term health of the organizational is directly related to the leaders’ willingness to see what’s in their blind spot.
A few words of caution before you buy the book. Willful Blindness may bring about ... Read more »
A Word or Two About Change
Tweet“Fingerprints,” he told me “The people on the team need to get their fingerprints on it.” Hearing these words, I knew they had achieved the change.
This conversation took place six years after Ace (not their real name) launched an effort to move from transactional to relationship based sales. The change would begin from the inside out. Before employees care about ... Read more »
Souls are Paid to Learn at Zappos: Chapter 1 Part 3
Tweet“Pursue growth and learning,” is fourth on the list of Zappos’ ten core values, and the shoe seller walks the talk. Zappos employees are paid for mastering new competencies. They receive an incremental raise for becoming certified in any one of the company’s 25 skill sets, and employees choose which competencies to master. They can learn to run a customer service ... Read more »
Cracking the Glass Ceiling Requires Uncommon Practices
Tweet The Glass Ceiling Hasn’t OpenedDespite 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 »
Zappos: How the Corporate Cobbler Finds the Right Souls (Chapter 1 Part 2)
TweetFor the introduction to this series click here.
For Chapter 1 Part 1 – An interview with Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO and author of Delivering Happiness click here.
To read about the origins of Corporate Soul click here.
To become a member of the Corporate Soul Movement click here.
The Architect Builds a Culture of “We”When Tony Hsieh joined Zappos as CEO he vowed that ... Read more »
