Several of my coaching clients view me as their thinking partner, someone to help them organize their thoughts and clearly articulate those thoughts. We could all use a thinking partner, but entrepreneurs and those at the top of the organizational chart are the most in need. It can get lonely at the top. Who can [...]
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This blog post is a continuation of my look at women and MBA degrees. Part I looked at women who are currently in graduate school pursuing an MBA degree. You can read the previous post here. Did you know that women account for only about a third of graduate business students in the United States? [...]
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As a woman with an MBA degree and someone who wants to see more women in the C-suite, I read with interest an article entitled Defining Workplace Dreams for Women MBAs in the September 28, 2009 issue of Forbes magazine. The article referenced a study by Universum, a research firm focused on employer branding. Universum [...]
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Last night, the movie Slumdog Millionaire won the coveted Academy Award for Best Picture of 2008. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. The main character is an orphan who grew up in the slums of India. His education was from the school of hard knocks, so it was hard for others to [...]
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Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m a fan of the Center for Creative Leadership. One feature of CCL’s newsletter and website is called Ask CCL. A recently published Q&A deals with leadership coaching. I’m sharing it here because it is great advice and clearly explains the benefits of leadership coaching. “Question: I’ve got [...]
There was an interesting article by Marshall Goldsmith in the August 25th issue of Business Week entitled We’re All Entrepreneurs, Advice for the Young that Transcends Age. The article paints a fairly harsh picture of the current and future world of work in North America. We know that Job security and corporate paternalism are relics [...]
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I remember the advice I got early in my career. It was something like, “The thing to do is get a job with a big, stable company with good benefits and a pension and stay there until your retire.” It was pretty good advice, given the business landscape in the U.S. during the early 1970′s. [...]
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I subscribe to a great newsletter entitled Crucial Skills from the same folks who wrote Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations and Influencer (see recommended books on my Resources page). In this month’s newsletter, Kerry Patterson writes eloquently about the lessons that life experience teaches us. He reminds us that when we hit a rough patch, it [...]
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