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Born Leaders

A recent survey has revealed that feminine traits were more likely to be strongly linked to leadership.  The words chosen were:  empathetic, communicative, reasonable, loyal, flexible, intuitive, patient, passionate, selfless and plans for the future. Compare your own leadership style and the style of your managers or boss to these words.

Don’t be a Sap

I was floored reading an article in The Week recently called Recharting the Flow of the Maple’s Sap. I read that for the last bizzillion years real maple has been tapped from the bottom of a tree because it was believed that sap flows downward.  “It’s just always been done this way, ” says a…

Engagement or Divorce? More on Change

I was doing some reading on successful ways to make change in an organization.  Engaging with influential peers and non-leaders is a great place to start.  According to an article from Training & Development Magazine (April 2011, by author, Phaedra Brotherton) employees are often skeptical of proposed changes, and downright distrusting of firm leadership until…

Get Ready for Change

Look up and out and learn about other business – the best medicine for being more comfortable with change. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”  Charles Darwin Time and again, I have witnessed resistance to corporate changes.   Is it human…