As a leader, there are times when it’s best for you to take a stand, to be certain, to explain and to defend your actions. There are times, however, when it’s best to be curious and explore. These leadership lessons from music director, Marin Alsop, show you when and how.
We are advised to lead with a compelling vision. But where and how do you find your vision, or does IT find YOU?
Diverse abilities are yesterday’s disabilities. Context is the difference maker that turns a “disability” into a talent. Autistic adults, for example, make great…
We are wrong to pay so little attention to the space in between. The space in between paints beautiful sunsets. The space in between leads to intention.
Recently, I got to play Oprah in a corporate version of her former show. The audience included women who aspire to the C-Suite, their mentors
In the final 48 hours before the big mentoring event for women, we made a decision that changed everything. This is how we discovered, almost by accident, the secret formula to getting more men advocating for more women leaders.
What is the one thing leaders need to know to ignite and sustain transformation? When offered a choice between the path to evolution and the path to stagnation, people will choose….
It’s not always helpful for women managers to understand people so well. Sometimes it interferes with getting the job done, particularly when the job involves delivering tough messages. So why do women burn so many emotional calories and how do we stop?
This is my great aunt Celia with her husband, my great Uncle Jake. As a young woman Auntie Celia emigrated from Russia to the U.S. She served as domestic help to a family member. She was not formally educated. She was wise, wise enough to leave them a ladle of memories.
Professor James MacGregor Burns, presidential biographer and leadership expert, walked the usual path towards his office in the political science building. On this day, however, he turned towards the psychology building, where he didn’t teach. What secrets did psychology hold to understanding how transformational leadership happens.
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