Summer is the perfect time to reflect, relax, recharge, and destress. It’s also a great time to THINK. I was reminded of the value of taking time to think while reading the book The Navigator’s Compass: 101 Steps Toward Leadership Excellence, written by my colleague and friend, David O’Brien. It’s the perfect companion to a [read more]
I’ve just returned for a one-week intensive training course called the Women’s Campaign School for Women at Yale University. I was one of 78 motivated women that made up the 21st class of this leadership program. The Women’s Campaign School at Yale University is a non-partisan, issue-neutral, leadership program, whose mission is to increase the number [read more]
Last week, I spoke at the University of Connecticut’s School of Business, as part of their Leadership Speaker series, which was made possible by a Target® Stores grant. (Thank you Target!) My talk was entitled: Everyday Leadership: Motivating the Leader in You. After the talk, one of the savvy students asked me whether I thought [read more]
Michele Norris, host of NPR’s All Things Considered, addressed over 1,500 motivated leaders and supporters of the YWCA of the Hartford Region today at the Connecticut Convention Center. As the keynote speaker for the YWCA’s 15th annual In the Company of Women luncheon, Ms. Norris advised the people in the room to take their vitamin [read more]
In these days of overseas outsourcing and large layoffs, I start to wonder whether there’s any meaning in the old adage “Your People are Your Greatest Assets.” Perhaps we are replaceable by technology and people willing to work harder for less money. Here’s a motivating thought from one of my favorite thought-leaders Seth Godin, who [read more]
A lesson in crisis management We can all learn from Toyota’s current public relations disaster. It could happen to any one of our organizations. No one is immune from mistakes on a grand scale. Successfully managing through costly and publicly-visible problems requires leaders to have a particular skill set and mind set. It’s called crisis [read more]
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christine Harvey is on a mission: Transition into the civilian working world. I first met Chris Harvey at the 2009 Business Women’s Forum in Hartford, CT. It was hard not to notice her commanding presence and radiant energy. She is what I call a “motivated leader.” We have since networked together [read more]
You Can Always Go Flip Hamburgers…but should you? Here’s some sound advice for highly experienced, out of work professionals from Nancy Anton, Voice on Recruiting. Download her full article Taking an entry level job just to get back to work “I often hear people in transition say, ‘I guess I could always go back to [read more]
Having the last word. It is often believed the he who has the last word, holds the power; the final bit of leverage in the dispute. Yet, it is often our last words that we regret the most deeply. The words of anger spoken to a loved one that become our last words due to [read more]
It is often believed the he who has the last word, holds the power; the final bit of leverage in the dispute. Yet, it is often our last words that we regret the most deeply. The words of anger spoken to a loved one that become our last words due to tragedy. The words of [read more]
