At age 10, Elena Balasa’s father asked her what she’d do if their home in Romania burned down and she had nothing left. “I will be desperate and I will cry so hard,” Elena replied. “No,” her father said, “You will think of what you need to do so you can build a better house than before.” Starting over, metaphorically building a better house, is how Elena lives her life. Engineers, Elena and her "college sweetheart" husband began trying to immigrate legally to the U.S. in 1990—with no success. After becoming Canadian residents, in 2003 … [Read more...]
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America’s Working Women Revolution
Are American women driving a workforce revolution? Michelle McQuaid and Sara Horowitz say yes. They come to this conclusion, however, from decidedly different perspectives, using starkly different data. This causes me to wonder whether this revolution is good news, bad news, something in-between, or even ugly news for American women, families, and the U.S. economy. McQuaid: … [Read More...]
This Way to Your Voice
Ann Quasman asked me, “What would people be surprised to know about you?” Ann’s question came in the context of her WomanTalkLive5 where she asks five provocative questions of “an inspiring and fabulous woman – a woman with something to say.” I love Ann’s goal: To each day start a conversation that moves even one woman from talking to doing. But in all honesty, I didn’t feel … [Read More...]
The 5 Breaks You Need to Succeed
break·through ˈbrākˌTHro͞o/ noun: a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development; an instance of achieving success in a particular sphere or activity Notice how the buzzword “breakthrough” is everywhere? Breakthrough thinking, breakthrough performance, breakthrough earning, breakthrough conversations, and my personal favorite: breakthrough diet pills that make or … [Read More...]
Lead With Kindness: You’ll Get Better Results
What happens when we put kindness at the center of our leadership? There's plenty of hard evidence that kind leaders get better results. Emma Seppala, Ph.D, a Research Scientist at Stanford University and the Associate Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University, details several studies in Being a Kind Boss Pays Off: A … [Read More...]
Trust Your Instincts: Christina Lattimer
One of the coolest—most fearless—things about Christina Lattimer is that she lives her own advice: trust your instincts. Start a consultancy business based your own leadership model during the worst economic downturn of a century? Check. Build a global social community of like-minded "people development" souls? Check. Interview one of the most prominent business leaders (Sir … [Read More...]
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