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The Whole World Is Getting a Spring Cleaning.
I was never much of a housekeeper. “Shmutz,” my husband lovingly calls me while he cleans up the place. I long ago decided I’d rather spend my precious time changing the world than vacuuming it. But even I have to admit spring cleaning brings a special lightness to the spirit. This spring, in particular, feels…
Read MoreHow to know the future
Issue 49 — May 11, 2018 I attended “The Future of Everything” conference this week. Hosted by The Wall Street Journal, it featured an array of speakers as sparkling as Sarah Jessica Parker’s shoes, in short panels that provided just enough fodder to get your brain synapses firing like popcorn. Futuristic speculations are as addictive as popcorn to me,…
Read MoreNetworking When You Hate It
It’s gala season. I was getting ready to go to the Ms. Foundation’s 30th annual Gloria Awards dinner yesterday and fretting about — almost everything. What to wear. No, I can’t wear that red silk jacket that I wore the last two years again. I know everyone will be there in sparkly evening clothes and I don’t even have…
Read MoreHow to Keep Women from Leadership Parity
I once led a women’s executive leadership workshop on “Women, Power, and Authentic Leadership”. A business school professor presented just before me, so I arrived early to observe her segment. She’s a highly skilled communicator who presented terrific content. Her elegant attire and direct but modulated self-presentation perfectly mirror how women are advised to look and…
Read More3 Things I learned this week (and one sneak preview)
Did you know that only 2% of women’s businesses crack the $1,000,000 revenue mark? I learned that this week when I had the pleasure of speaking at Kristi Hall’s 2% club mastermind group. While it’s not easy for any entrepreneur to build a business, according to a study by EY, businesses owned by men are 3.5…
Read MoreWhat Makes You Happy on Your Birthday?
What Makes You Happy on Your Birthday? Issue 45– April 13, 2018 You guessed it: it’s happy birthday to me today, Friday the 13th. A day to think about what makes for happiness. For me, it’s a day to be grateful for the many gifts I’ve received all year — the love of family, an amazing husband, an…
Read MoreHow do we get to 50/50?
My husband and I were mindlessly watching a Seinfeld rerun circa 1989, the year the “show about nothing” started, when an ancient computer in one scene caught my eye. It was a tiny-screened, block-shaped desktop like the one that had changed my life when I received it about that same time. It had been sent to…
Read MoreLeadership at the Crossroads Part 3: Courage to Speak Boldly When it Counts.
Are you thinking about deleting your Facebook account in the wake of revelations about how your personal data may have been misused? I’m not. I’ll be honest. Social media is my water cooler. It came of age about the time I traded a position where I interacted face to face with hundreds of people daily…
Read More11 Top Quotes About Feedback and One Big Ask for Yours
When I went looking for a great quote about feedback. I quickly noticed how few women are quoted in collections of quotes, especially those pertaining to leadership. So then, I deliberately looked for quotes by women about feedback. Here are a few: “There are two things people want more than sex and money… recognition and…
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How to Make History Herstory
Here’s the thing about history: those with more power generally get to write it. But that’s a changeable paradigm if we think of history as a dynamic, unfolding reality rather than a static past. Not only is history subject to interpretation; history is made by intentionally shaping the future. What each of us does today…
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