With all the articles and events around women’s issues in the last year, women still lag behind men in pay and seats on corporate boards. According to Fortune.com, only 24 S&P 500 companies have women COO’s. As to pay equity, the often-quoted statistic that women earn 80% of what men earn has changed little over the last few years. […]
Leadership is serious business. Leaders take care of weighty issues and solve important concerns. They want people to recognize the significance of their causes. Their missions and strategic objectives are posted on their walls and seared into their brains. I am not in the least minimizing the need for mission statements and worthy goals. In […]
Knowing how to align your physical body with your words and emotions in different situations helps you as a leader to navigate the roles you assume every day. Some situations call for openness to connection. Others call for lightness, nurturing or control. The second position of power and influence I will discuss in this series is […]
Phil was frantic. He was a manager in a mid-sized bank, and a recent meeting with his director was very unsettling. Phil recognized that employees in his department sometimes seemed to ignore his comments, and the quality of their work continued to decline. However, he was not prepared for this meeting in which he learned that unless he […]
Leaders are usually judged by how many followers they have. If you follow Twitter or Facebook pages, the number of followers is often used as an indicator of success. However, an important goal of leadership is to create more leaders and to nurture and provide support of those who are inclined to follow. Nalph Nader […]
You have decided you want to move up in the organization and now you know all the players. You have the passion and the drive, but you wonder if you are coming across as the leader you know you can be. Sometimes you think decision makers are not taking you seriously. Before you look further, […]
