High-Achieving Women Reclaiming Our Relationship With Power
What’s wrong with women’s empowerment? Nothing and everything. At its best, women’s empowerment programs are an organizational (or social) recognition that cultural barriers diminish women’s chances to succeed and make an attempt to counteract those forces to give women a better chance. Why? Not just because it’s the right thing to do from a social [...]
We all have a power story. In 2009 I was working in international business development for an education company. I was working 60+ hours a week covering meetings from Singapore to Dubai. I was stretched beyond my comfort zone in all aspects of my life (knowledge, skills and sleep), but I loved the challenge and [...]
Beyond the Golden and Platinum Rules, in our crazy busy world the one rule everyone should follow daily above all is, “Don’t be a jerk.” When I am frustrated, under pressure or running late, I masterfully rationalize my “jerky” behavior. I act as if my needs are more important than anyone else and I am [...]
As I was taking a walk down memory lane the other day and remembering my teen years, I realized that many of us are acting like teenagers. Remember how we thought we were invincible back then? We did stupid things like drive too fast, drink too much and play with fire. We’re lucky to be [...]
By: Jennifer Miller I like working with men, I really do. Of my clients and colleagues, the gender mix is evenly distributed. Over the years, I’ve become accustomed to being the only woman in a room full of businessmen and have never felt excluded or diminished. When I read the vigorous (and occasionally venomous) debates [...]
by: Tanvi Gautam Climbing the corporate ladder is a competitive affair—just as competitive as football, basketball, swimming, or whatever your favorite sport may be. Just like in the world of sport, the key to winning is to make the most of your opportunities and to avoid mistakes. That’s why the cardinal sin of letting others [...]
It is a well known fact in human psychology. We only see what we believe. I was speaking a few years ago on a panel of C-suite women about how to achieve career success. One woman in the audience asked: “How did each of you shatter the glass ceiling?”. Every single one of us on the [...]
Am I a feminist? My whole, half century life as a professional, a wife, a mother of two and now a women’s leadership advocate I’ve never had a comfortable answer to this question. While this might seem odd since I now run a women’s site, I know more women who feel this ambivalence about identifying [...]
We hear a lot about the anxiety people feel during these uncertain economic times, when long-held systems are breaking down and new ones are not yet visible. A discomforting chaos comes along with these breakdowns, but we can also see them as breakthroughs, where an opportunity for a new, stronger order can emerge. In that sense, it’s [...]
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Any Grizzlies in Your Office?
Let’s say you came to work this morning and there was a 700-pound grizzly bear by the copy machine. No, I’m not talking about Herb from accounting. I’m talking about an actual frickin’ bear. You’d get the hell outta there, right? Of course you would because this is a classic fight-or-flight scenario. And while I’d [...]