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ON LEADING AND BE-ING HUMAN

Category: Leadership

Facebook’s He Leader She Leader Duo

Shame on you New York Times for a recent headline referring to Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s best friend and further identifying her contributions are “touchy feely.” Get with the program, relationship skills ARE business skills. Watch Sheryl on TEDWomen as she talks about why there are so few women in top leadership roles and what we can do about it.

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Book Review: What Goes on Inside Our Heads

What if leaders, managers and human resource professionals could understand what’s going on inside people’s heads? What if teachers and parents had access to this same information? Brain science has new answers about what’s going on up there, and John Medina makes this knowledge accessible in Brain Rules.

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What’s Missing in the Halls of Power?

I advocate passionately, cajole, humor, argue, push, and do whatever else is needed to give the feminine perspective a seat, preferably three, at tables where important issues are considered and decided. Why? Because it’s what’s missing,

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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. ….So why not have two – a he leader and a she leader?

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