Part II of "Infusion of the Feminine Element in the American Workplace" (Part I posted on August 14, 2012) "If you think you would exercise it ethically, don’t disdain power. You must embrace it as the essential currency for making things happen." – Kim Campbell, former prime minister...
About a month ago, I started putting an appointment on my calendar each week called “Time to Think.” Don’t laugh. Stay with me for three minutes… When do you make time to just think? Devoting dedicated, uninterrupted time to think about your business strategy, debrief learnings...
“Nothing, arguably, is as important in the political economy of development as an adequate recognition of political, economic,and social participation, and leadership of women.” – Nobel Prize laureate economist Amartya Sen I just finished reading Why Women Should Rule the World by Dee Dee Myers. Although this New York...
Some consider visioning to be a fluff exercise rather than an effective personal or business development strategy. After all – in both our personal and business lives – we spend the majority of our time working ‘in it,’ rather than ‘on it.’ However, dedicating time...
I'm pleased to be co-presenting a workshop with Liz Summers, my good friend, colleague, and President of Advancing Leadership Consulting. She is one of the most wicked smart and talented business women I've had the pleasure of knowing and working with – which makes her...
When a nonprofit organization experiences a leadership transition, hiring an interim executive director can be the most logical and positive action its board can take. Leadership change is an increasingly common aspect of nonprofit organizational life. Multiple studies reinforce the impending turnover of top leadership in...
In a feature article of The Nonprofit Quarterly – The Inclusive Nonprofit Boardroom: Leveraging the Transformative Potential of Diversity – authors Patricia Bradshaw and Christopher Fredette shared highlights of a study they conducted of Canadian nonprofit organizations examining how they made sense of diversity, and...
I had the pleasure last week of organizing and moderating a panel presentation to Greensboro’s Women’s Professional Forum: “Navigating Your Career with Intention: knowing when to make a change and having the courage to leap.” Michelle Clark, Laurelyn Dossett, and Kathy Ridge came together sharing...
Earlier this week, I attended the meeting of our local Triad Coaching Connection and the presenter offered this poem below entitled "Autobiography in Five Short Chapters" by Portia Nelson (from her book "There's a Hole in My Sidewalk"). I thought I would share it here...
During a staff meeting one day, one of my employees passed out paper bags – the kind you packed your lunch in as a kid. She sat a big box in the middle of the table and lifted the lid. Inside, it was filled with...