As mentioned in Sunday’s post, last week I attended the Ohio Diversity and Leadership Conference. Dee Dee Myers was the keynote speaker at the “2011 Ohio Most Powerful and Influential Women” awards breakfast. Ms. Myers is the former Clinton administration White House press secretary, a respected political analyst, and author of “Why Women Should Rule The World.” [...]
Posted tagged ‘Communication’
Tuesday Tidbit
September 13, 2011Tuesday Tidbit
September 6, 2011Continuing with inspirations shared from our 2011 Leadership Summit, this week’s Tidbit is reactions to the Ideas Worth Sharing session, our version of TED Talks. For those of you not in attendance, three presentations were given; I led off speaking about “Servant Leadership,” Dave (company founder) followed, with a story about being “Politely Persistent,” and [...]
I don’t work for Hallmark, but…
September 5, 2011Do you enjoy getting greeting cards in the mail? I do. I like pulling the mail out of the mailbox and seeing that familiar greeting card shaped envelope poking out from the bills and junk mail. I save all the cards from my kids and my husband. I have a few that I saved from my parents, especially [...]
Newslink: Leadership
August 19, 2011Q&A with Rajeev Peshawaria: Stop Bossing and Start Leading Today’s newslink is to an August 15 posting on the SmartBlog on Leadership. The interview by Derby Cox offers insights on leadership from Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO of ICLIF Leadership and Governance Centre (Malaysia) and author of Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders. Click HERE to read the full [...]
Newslink: Leadership
August 5, 2011Masculine “Norms”: Why Women Find It Hard to Reach The Top Let me begin by stating that I am generally not a fan of the commonly expressed belief that the reason more women aren’t in corporate leadership positions is entirely because of the men making the decisions. In my opinion, that statement is as sexist as the idea itself. Todays newlink, however, provides [...]
Newslink: Leadership
July 20, 2011Fostering A Culture of Dissent In our office, Kouzes & Posner’s The Leadership Challenge is the basis of our leadership model; a set of expected leadership behaviors and attitudes across all employees of the company. Today’s link is to an interview that reminds me of the importance of fostering an environment where “challenging the process” is not only [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
July 19, 2011Love, love, love this quote! A blogger friend of mine, Darren Sproat, shared this quote last week in one of his posts; I immediately knew I had to share it with my team. One more reason why it’s important to Challenge the Process! When we share the richness of our ideas with each other, we [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
July 12, 2011Since I kicked off my “summer tour” yesterday, (Monday afternoon side-by-sides in each of my departments), it seems appropriate to share some quotes about observation. A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. – Alexis Carrel All ideas come about through some sort of observation. – [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
June 21, 2011Have you ever watched a tug-o’-war? Some of you may even have been part of one. Many people think that the team with the biggest and strongest team members will automatically win. That is not necessarily true. The winning team knows that working together is the real key to success. If everyone isn’t pulling the [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
June 14, 2011What’s the difference between office gossip and rumor? Rumor is often based on incomplete communication about a situation that people may be anxious about. The missing information is then filled in, based on assumptions and story, and then circulated. Gossip, on the other hand, is generally about interpersonal relationships. It can often be malicious in nature, sometimes [...]
Recent Comments