Office Politics: Reframe Your Attitude
Consider this – politics is not a dirty word. Yet this word brings up negative feelings, emotions and sometimes fear. Many try to ignore office politics when it happens, pretending it does not exist. But…
Critical Leadership Skill : Political Savvy
Although political savvy is a crucial leadership skill, too few organizations build on it. While organizations invest heavily in leadership development and executive coaching, too little time is spent teaching politics…
Office Politics 101 : Building Mutually Beneficial Coalitions
Many people consider politics—especially office politics—a scourge, a blight, something to avoid as much as possible. But return to the original Greek meaning of the term “politics” and what you…
Cost of Career Inequality
Talented women leaving the firm - puzzling? Not really, the fact is women or men not moving ahead will leave. Nothing new there. Yet, employers continue to wring their hands,…
Boards – Here We Go Again – Too Few Creeping In..
On Boards : The problem is the solution and begins with changing the questions and moving away from out-dated paradigms and mental roadmaps regarding what constitutes leadership and sound business acumen.
What’s In A Name / Brand?
Whats your story - managing brand and perceptions wisely!
Caught in the Middle
Caught in the Middle: The truth is most organizations struggle mightily to retain talented mid-career women. The New York Times reports that even Norway (poster country for board diversity) faces these same challenges, too few women in line for the C suite
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Asian Women Leaders: Engines of growth
Asian Women Leaders - the real engines of growth, if organizations figure out how. Researchers contend that women in Asia are moving into management positions in greater numbers. While true for some countries, others lag far behind particularly in the executive suite.
Diversity Scorecard: 7 Steps to a Perfect Score
7 Steps to a Perfect Diversity Score - Stop focusing on policy and diversity spreadsheets, and better address individual and employee segments, acknowledging that the dearth of executive-level women significantly impacts the bottom line. And, ‘What does the talent we seek (and currently employ) want and need? How do their wants and needs drive their level of engagement and the organization’s bottom line?
One Conversation That Matters : Bias Awareness
Bias: Have A Consequential Conversation - because - no one sees the world the same way you do
Board Room Quotas & Midlife Crisis
The visible lack of diversity is fuelling the quota debates- but why do we keep looking in the same places, examine the same things, only to return lukewarm solutions?
Bias Awareness on the Rise- Walmart Lawsuit
Walmart law suit shines light on performance reviews and bias awareness