Earlier today I was interviewed by Eric Pennington on his Epic Living Podcast. You can listen to the recorded podcast directly by clicking on the play button here on the left. My interview commences at 11 minutes into the podcast.
In the podcast I discuss my current role and experience (11:00), the importance of education for [...]
Eric Pennington, author of Waking Up in Corporate America, has a popular show, Epic Living Hour, on BlogTalkRadio each Friday. BlogTalkRadio takes the radio show format and brings it online — so you can listen live or download the show to play back on your computer or on your iPod. But one of the best [...]
After reading the Wall Street Journal’s Top 50 Business Gurus some time ago, I asked the question Where Are the Women Gurus?
The insightful Wally Bock provided a very interesting, two part answer. Firstly, he checked his personal bookcase and noted that of the 50 or so business books he has/is in the process of reading, [...]
In the cut and thrust of our everyday work lives it is easy to overlook the achievements that you amass each and every year. It may be a new product launch, you may win an award or it may simply be the completion of a long project. Whatever your achievement is, it is important that [...]
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Tom Davenport writes a blog over at Harvard Business Online, called The Next Big Thing. His latest post talks about the Wall Street Journal’s Top 50 Business Gurus that I wrote about here, and responds to the criticism around the lack of women represented in the list. And while this [...]
I read an interesting quote today that highlights just how much progress we have made in our collective thinking about women in leadership positions. The quote, from a rather interesting source was in regard to the consideration of the appointment of a woman to the Supreme Court of the United States. The respondent, our 37th [...]
Tom Davenport recently published a list of the Top 50 business gurus for the Wall Street Journal. The Top 5, measured in terms of Google hits, media mentions and academic citations were:
Gary Hamel – leading strategy guru and author of Leading the Revolution
Thomas L Friedman – New York Times columnist and author of The World [...]
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According to the Department of Labor, women represent 46% of the labor force. Forty percent of women work in management, and interestingly, women accounted for 51% of all workers in the high-paying management, professional, and related occupations. However, at senior and executive levels the situation does [...]
This past week, I had the good fortune to attend the 19th Annual Conference of The Professional BusinessWomen of California conference. According to the organization, “The annual conference is PBWC’s main forum for women leaders to mentor and role model, foster upward career mobility and gain instant access to a large network of other [...]
Without question, we all strive to do the very best that we can. And, it probably goes without saying, that, to a large extent, we are limited only by our own capabilities. Be it singers, actors, athletes or even students, from a very early age, prodigies often make themselves known to those around [...]
