This month’s carnival features elephants, astronauts, several family acts and a king & queen duet. The finishing touch includes just a dash of x-rated language.
21st Century Leadership…Lessons from Julie Payette
Gwyn Teatro at You’re Not the Boss of Me says the 21st century leader must effectively manage across borders; collaborate for optimal results; and build strong connections with others, among other things. Gwyn introduces Canadian astronaut Julie Payette and her perspective from outer space, as one example of such a leader. A short video demonstrates what Gwyn has in mind.
A Revealing Look at One of the Dirty Words of Business
Tanveer Naseer reveals low levels of trust among employees for CEOs. He looks deep into the research to find trust is higher for female CEOs and provides insight as to why. Have hope, he also says there is something all leaders can do to improve trust.
Facebook’s He-Leader She-Leader Duo – Together They are Saving the Company
Anne Perschel at Germane Coaching & Consulting (that’s me) reviews the combined strengths of the dynamic duo at the helm of Facebook as a premier example of what a HE-Leader and SHE-Leader can accomplish together.
I’m Mad as Hell
Chrysula at Work.Life.Balance. is bringing on the elephants – the ones that every one sees but no one discusses. Well Chrysula has called them out. She thinks the men vs. women thing is the wrong conversation and we should be talking about these elephants instead.
Do Feelings Have a Place in Business?
Jane Perdue at Get Your Leadership Big On has a strong opinion on this one. She starts with the following conversation
“I don’t consider your blog a business blog,” he said.
“Why not?” she inquired.
“Because you write about behaviors, relationships and understanding yourself. Those aren’t business topics,” he explained.
Goodness, how insightful!
Top 10 Female Icons
Lindsay Samuels of librarysciencedegree.org provides a needed resource for women, their coaches, mentors, managers and guides – a list of characters who when faced with challenges do not swoon, faint, or wait for Prince Charming to make things better. Instead they take care of business themselves.
A New Kind of Leadership
Dave McQueen at Simply Magnificent hopes that someday when people are asked to name leaders who are their role models, they will think of women too and he makes the case for why this should be so.
Who are Better Leaders? Moms or Dads
Roberta Hill over at Eclectic Change asks a trick question and turns to her own family history for the answer.
How Could I Not Believe
Paul McConaughy, at FURI, real life manager and leader, reflects on what he learned from women, notably those in his own family, about leadership.
Does Size Matter? A Question for Women Biz Owners?
Cherry Woodburn, Bordeless Thinking, takes issue with the Wall Street Journal article entitled What’s Holding Back Women Entrepreneurs? She argues that business size is not the only measure of success and makes it clear that women have valid reasons for not becoming too big.
Heart felt thanks to all our friends and colleagues who have contributed to this month’s carnival. You are each among the best colleagues we could hope for. Thank you. Together we are doing this NOW.
P.S. There were other excellent submissions. We’d like to have included each and every one but committed to make the cut at ten and are keeping that promise. We hope that all of you will continue to submit in the future.