Three is a magical number in life and in business. Three can agree, disagree, offer differing views. Three creates sound. Three changes the conversation. Three is powerful. Three is a network who support each others’ business initiatives. They challenge and help each other grow.
Smoke filled conference rooms with fist banging, object throwing, and a lone woman or none at all were norms at the outset of my business career. Despite some changes, professional women’s groups participate in a chorus of head nods when I speak of the times…
In November 2010 a list of nominees for “Best Leadership Blog” appeared on the internet. It included 10 white men and 1 white woman. Later that week a list of 25 Leadership Gurus appeared as well. It included 23 white men, one white woman and a man of Indian origin. I was stunned, then outraged, then hopeless and angry at myself for wishing so hard for things to be different that I lost sight of reality.
Speak up. You never know when power might just listen and do something.
The music of 21st century leader is neither feminine or masculine. It is a third sound created in the space where feminine and masculine meet. We call it NOW Leadership.
Andrés Tapia, Hewett’s Chief Diversity Officer and Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader says more women in leadership roles should be “hard-wired” into the overall company strategy. Tapia, a former journalist, makes a compelling case for increasing the number of women leaders as a strategic advantage and offers recommendations for doing so. He extends “best practices” to “next practices” so we can reach beyond where we are today.
Watch and listen as some of the world’s top business leaders talk about the need for more women in leadership roles.
Fish don’t see the water that they swim in. It is an invisible part of their world. Likewise, we do not see our see-ing, the lenses or meaning-making systems through which we perceive, interpret and act on the world around us. Unlike fish, however, occasionally we have an opportunity to see and change our lens.
Twenty years ago I was fortunate to experience a lens changing event. Instantaneously everything changed, yet nothing about the situation was different except for the way I was seeing it.
MAN RULES
WE ARE MEN.
THESE ARE OUR RULES!
PLEASE NOTE.. THESE ARE ALL NUMBERED ‘1 ‘ ON PURPOSE
Kill all the pigs. This decree was ordered and carried out by government officials in Egypt to prevent a swine flu epidemic. The decision failed to consider the informal socio-cultural system of garbage disposal nor did it prepare the masses to deal with the consequences of this change. As a result, the streets of Cairo are overflowing with garbage, and the government is dealing with massive environmental, social and political issues.
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