Archive for the Business

Note: my male readers may need to look at the bigger picture.
On Monday I scheduled a must-needed eyebrow waxing before leaving to speak in New York. The woman I normally go to, Olga, wasn’t available at the time I wanted. Her replacement assured me she was trained in the same manner as Olga and could [...]

A client recently asked me how to she can enjoy waking up and going to work when she knows that as soon as she can, she is going to move on to something new. One of the most difficult parts of making a career move is to avoid feeling like a lame duck at work [...]

I heard a great story on NPR’s Talk of the Nation about the storytelling skill of Ernest Hemingway. When asked if he could write a story in six words, he came back to his challenger the next day with these lines , “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Although the story you see when [...]

Thanks to reader Maggie Voelker for sharing this link to an interview with Kattie Kay, co-author of the book Womenomics, on why women are faring better for jobs during the recession.
http://tiny.cc/rCNLN
Unfortunately, the interview emphasized that women get less pay and are more flexible. They touched only briefly on the importance of having a balance of [...]

Here’s a powerful way to help people accept change: Let them whine and complain. Encourage the steam to be released in an organized setting. Help people identify what they think they are losing so they can move through it instead of suppress it.
One of the best experiences I had working with organizational change was in [...]

I am attending a marketing workshop. Although there are signs that the economy is at least flattening out if not turning around, the room is still full of negative and scared energy. Obviously, we can’t control the story of our lives. Yet we can control the mood of the main character.
When it comes to business, [...]

One of the ways of coping with this economic crisis is to have an “eye for gratitude.” A recent study found female-owned companies faring better than male-owned businesses due to resilience. This means they focus more on what they have instead of what they have lost. A good way to shift your mindset is to visit a 2nd or 3rd world country. When you can shift your mind to appreciating what you have, you will find what you need to succeed.

On the way to the Houston airport, the taxi driver told me that he didn’t know until a few years ago that Washington, DC was not in Washington State.
I would not have judged this man to be uneducated or even inarticulate. He was a well-dressed, white, 57-year-old American man born and raised in Houston. If [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]