An Imperative for Organizations: Attract & Retain Talented Women
The talent war is heating up in spite of continuing high unemployment. Organizations, like yours, are competing for high potentials with the right skills. The changing demographics are having a...
View ArticleGet Serious Jack Welch
It came as no surprise that the women attendees and Jack Welch clashed at the recent Women in the Economy Conference sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. What was surprising was that his wife was...
View ArticleWomen Driven to Success: Yes, you CAN have it all!
Women are doing dishes, diapers and million dollar deals. I’ve interviewed fifteen fabulous successful senior level women for my next two books, Roadmap to Success with Deepak Chopra and Ken Blanchard...
View ArticleCould Trust Have Changed Groupon’s Problems?
Add the book, The Speed of Trust, to the top of your reading list. Written by Stephen M.R. Covey (son of Stephen Covey who unfortunately recently passed away), it is full of sage advice and great...
View ArticleTrick or Treat Leadership
Over the years, I have consulted and coached many senior leadership teams and provided them feedback from employee focus groups. It occurred to me that the comments fall into two “Halloween”...
View ArticleThe Struggles of a Working Mother
I have been reading the amazing autobiography of Golda Meir, the first female Prime Minister of Israel. While it was written in 1975, the dilemma of motherhood still echoes some truth. She writes that,...
View ArticleWhat Can Corporate Leaders Learn From Nick Saban for Success?
In the corporate world, Nick Saban would be hailed as a very successful and coveted leader. He grew the Alabama football program from a $6.1 million dollar profit in 2006 (before his arrival) to a...
View ArticleThe Missing Component of Wellness Programs
The Atlanta Business Chronicle (February 15-21, 2013) recently published the results of Atlanta’s Healthiest Employers; companies that are standard-setters for healthy workplaces. The survey collected...
View ArticleWhat is ALL?
Be careful what you ask for. You may get it in ways, perhaps, that you did not imagine…unless you have clarity. During World War II, the fictitious Rosie the Riveter, persuaded women that they could be...
View ArticleLean In…Good Advice but…
There is more to success than understanding corporate politics and learning the requisite skills to move up the leadership hierarchy. Yes, you need to understand and develop those skills but until you...
View ArticleWomen are getting plenty of advice but what about men?
Paige Craig, Angel Investor, recounted a story about almost not investing in a company because the founder was pregnant. Fortunately, he did some reflection on his original thinking and did invest. His...
View ArticleWomen Mentoring Men Mentoring Women
My good friend and colleague, Chip Bell, along with Marshall Goldsmith have just published a book about teaching leaders how to mentor. It is a great primer for how leaders can take off their...
View ArticleThe Future is Now: Seven Recommendations for Leadership Success
In 2002, a colleague, Chris Gilliam, and I wrote a white paper about what big and small companies can learn from each other. During the research phase, we surfaced the book, Rethinking the Future by...
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