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Celebrate with me!
I just signed a contract with a major publisher to publish a book for high-achieving women based on my research and the Burden of Greatness.
I'll share pieces of the pages with you as I go along. I know I'll use some of these posts. Please comment whenever you feel the urge when share thoughts with you; I could use your insights.
Thank you for your support.
How to get people to respect you, really
I just taught a great leadership class in Guatemala. Yes, they were impressed by my credentials and accomplishments and how many listings came up when they Googled my name. In the end, this isn't why I got great scores on the evaluation. It helped to gain their attention. To sustain it, I had to do something else: care about them.
I cared enough to teach them. I cared enough to look
Are Women Dumb about Math?
Boston University journalism professor Caryl Rivers wrote an article this week (WomensENews, March 9) about two Harvard grads who want to see all speech and anti-harassment codes banished at the university. They claim that firing the Harvard president in 2006 for saying women are inferior at math was detrimental to the "robust culture" of free speech on campus.
The truth is, then president Larry Summers had long
It’s not all about the winning
I live in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the Arizona Cardinals football team. Karl, my life partner, is from Philadelphia. We went to the playoff game this weekend. He wore his Philadelphia Eagles hat. At the end of the game, there was a pile of cups, not all completely empty, that Cardinals fans threw at him. Where's the love man?
We like rooting for the winning team and harassing the "others." I
Will you forgive me?
Sorry if you wanted to hear my ICF presentation. I was so happy when I figured out how to link audio to my blog posts that I didn't read what formats it would accept. If you want a copy of the presentation, respond to this post and I will email it directly to you. Another reminder of when my enthusiasm, and impatience, give me trouble.
I would love to share a
How to Stop Worrying
Lately, the topic of conversation has been discussing how bad the economy is going to get and debating when the sky will surely fall. So why do we worry so much more than spend time being grateful for what we have? It's primal, and men worry differently than women.
THE TENDENCIES: In my last post, I told you that women use both sides of their brains more than men when they
Time to be recognized
Thank you to all the coaches who showed up in my session at the ICF conference to hear about my research on the current generation of high achieving women in the workplace. My heart pumped wildly as over 200 women raised their hand declaring they are a part of this somewhat misunderstood and mostly mismanaged generation. When I defined who they are and how they differ from the generation of
Quit Fixing to Get Results
Recently, a very frustrated client complained, “I tried my hardest to help my team. They just don’t get it. I only want them to succeed.”
I know her pain very well as a painful lesson I had to learn. It wasn’t until I fully experienced the power of true coaching that I understood the distinction between serving and fixing those we live and work with.
As a high achiever, we
How to Change the System
One of the greatest pains for achievers is the length of time it takes to change inefficient processes, if they get changed at all.
Gary Hamel gives some suggestions for renegades to make changes in his book, The Future of Management. Here are some ideas:
Instead of launching a major change program, design a couple of low-cost, low risk experiments
Women Aspiring to be Models
I was passionately explaining to my boss the virtue of my grand idea and my frustration with the executive team for not “getting it.” He took my hand, patted it and said, “Dear, you can quit fighting now. You’ve made it.”
I pulled my hand away from him and gasped. His truth had taken my breath away.
He added, “I know fighting helped you get where you are today. And now it’s
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