Women: What’s Up with the Question Mark Love?
TweetAllow Me to Introduce…Myself?My name is…Anne?
I am a confident professional woman worth…knowing?
And I am asking why women end their statements as if they are questions? I seem to be doing it…too?
Ladies, what’s up with the question mark love? I can’t think of many better ways for women to further dis-empower themselves.
Please…stop?
Oops. That was a mistake.
Stop!
That was better.
Five Experts – Question Marks ... Read more »PARADIGM SHIFT and THE PARADOX of POWER
TweetPreamble: As you read this post, please be mindful that I believe both men and women, The Masculine and The Feminine, are required to lead for and into a future we need and one we must pursue. This post, and many others, emphasize The Feminine and women, because it and we have been missing from the leadership equation ... Read more »
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 »
NOWLeadership May Edition: “Why Women?” What He Says
TweetThis month we asked men we respect who are leaders and early adopters of NOWLeadership (although they may name it differently) to talk about why they believe integrating feminine and masculine is the way forward and why we need women to lead along with men. Every month we think our contributors have created the best-yet issue of NOW. This month ... Read more »
Why Women by Eric Peterson
TweetWhy I Advocate for Women
I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t an advocate for women leaders and encouraging traditionally feminine leadership attributes. This may be related to my tendency towards styles that favor the feminine over the masculine as indicated by every personality assessment I’ve taken, from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to the Predictive Index to the Enneagram to ... Read more »
Why Women by Adam Quinton
TweetMost Guys Don’t See It
Guys generally do not “get it”. Indeed on a whole host of questions, for example “Is there discrimination in the workplace?” the answers by gender are very different. Men see no problem at all or much less of a problem than women do. Therefor an appeal to advance more women based on a moral perspective will ... Read more »
Leading With Paradox – Notes from a Feminist’s Son
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She was obsessed with fairness
A woman of great certainty who saw the world in black and white.
Later in her life she asked me to teach her about gray.
He was gentle, sweet and unreservedly supportive.
Tony Schwartz
His mother, Felice Schwartz, founded Catalyst, an organization that expands opportunities for women and business using each to promote and evolve the other. You ... Read more »
Good Reads By About and For Professional Women
TweetOne of My Favorites
Based on research with successful women, Sally Helgesen brings to life the extraordinary talents of women. I had one regret about reading this book… I wish I had written it. Helgesen puts into print the promise women are capable of delivering. I have both seen and experienced it. Hear the power of your own voice ... Read more »
Woman: Hold the Botox -Thicken Your Skin
TweetIf I had a magic wand or the hands of a plastic surgeon, and I have neither, I would grant professional women a thicker layer of skin. This added dermis would prevent us from wasting hours, sometimes days, recovering from negative feedback, off-side looks, slights, and words heard behind our back, that penetrate a woman’s thin skin. Thicker skin would ... Read more »
Power – How to Build it Over Time & Lose It Overnight
TweetI cut and sharpened my business choppers at a Fortune 50 company where I learned how to grow my credibility and power over time
and then learned how to lose it overnight.
Surviving and Thriving in My Fraud Job
Bored and not earning enough money as a teacher, I decided to head for the fertile ground of the high tech industry which was ... Read more »
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