This month we asked men we respect, men 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 I think our contributors have created the best-yet issue of NOW. This month it’s really true. Once again.
If 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.
I cut and sharpened my business choppers at a Fortune 50 company where I learned how to grow my credibility and power over time… and how to lose it over night
We are in an era that is redefining both feminine and masculine. Women are learning it is okay to be,,,,, and men are learning it is okay to be…..
Jeffrey Pfeffer has written a practical and very useful guide, complete with success stories, on how people attain and maintain positions of power in traditional organizational settings. It’s a book worth reading despite its flaws, which include:
If an author’s ability to make the reader think, marks a good book, then Margaret Heffernan has written one.
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.
“Who among us will lead the way in taking less so that together we can be more?”
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…
The mark of inspiration continues to grow long after words are spoken and deeds are done.
