Woman: Hold the Botox -Thicken Your Skin
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.
April 30, 2011
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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
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:
Clues that appear in groups of three foretell an emerging pattern. What was a possible future trend is about to show up as an undeniable reality.This week the following clues fell in my lap – so to speak. Care to have a peek at the emerging pattern.
Welcome to February’s Now Leadership Blog Carnival, a short edition for a short month. For the first time ever we are running a contest. More
Flummoxed. Befuddled. Speechless. How could I possibly write an overview that does justice to this collection of wonderful intelligent and thought provoking contributions that include:
* Aubrey Hepburn and the Pied Piper on film
* Sexy Frenchmen ironing clothes while wearing none
* The music of Edit Piaf
* Tom Peters reading aloud
* and more
It’s just not possible. So please find a comfy chair, grab your favorite glasses – reading, coffee, tea, wine, water or otherwise as you indulge your mind, your heart and your senses. You may enjoy an a chuckle or two as well.
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 our recent conversation Margaret Heffernan lamented, “Most women would rather spend $500 on a pair of shoes than invest in their professional development.” If we don’t make serious investments in our own careers why should others make serious investments in us?
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.
You are about to enter the mind of a woman. As more women rise to positions of power you have before you an opportunity to learn how we (or at least some of us) make important business decisions – the one’s that affect whether you get hired or whether your company wins our business.
