I believe leadership is about making things possible. Leaders see potential, possibilities, and connections. They align resources, remove barriers, provide inspiration and motivation, and, when necessary, provide the direction needed to make things and ideas – big or small – a reality. Leaders make { Read More }
Followership: “Of the Utmost Importance”
“Followership is of the utmost importance, but which has been far too little considered.” These words were written by an early management scholar, Mary Parker Follett, in 1929. Nearly 100 years later, this critical aspect of leadership remains “far too little considered.” It seems self-evident that if { Read More }
Leadership Credo
I was once asked to write a leadership credo. Upon re-read years later, it still fits for me and I still believe in it. I believe leadership is about making things possible. Leaders see potential, possibilities, and connections. They align resources, remove barriers, and provide inspiration and motivation { Read More }
The best management (and life) lesson I ever learned
Early in my career I enrolled myself in all kinds of leadership, management, and supervision training, seminars, and classes. I had been promoted internally and was learning on the job. I'm grateful for the team I was leading for their patience, my colleagues for their mentorship, and my boss for his trust. I { Read More }
Ten guidelines to define with your team
My favorite part about working is leading a great team. I've been fortunate to work with some of the smartest, strongest, and most creative team members around. We have accomplished incredible things together, and truly enjoyed the process. It wasn't always easy. A great team is filled with talented, { Read More }
My post on Huffington Post: We all fit the profile
This year I am serving as a national spokeswoman for Go Red for Women, and in that role I was asked to contribute an article to the Huffington Post. As I thought about what I wanted women — and everyone really — to know about heart disease, I landed on what is perhaps the most […] The post My post on { Read More }
Backstage with the Real Women
Last June I spent three days in Los Angeles being dressed up and made up and interviewed and photographed as one of the Go Red for Women Real Women. I took all these photos and then kept them under wraps for months as the release of the “Class of 2015″ was embargoed until late September. […] The post { Read More }
Keeping it real
Have I got a story to tell you. It’s one I couldn’t talk about for a while — embargoed they say in the PR business. But now it’s released and official and real: I am a 2015 Go Red for Women national spokesperson. One of the “Go Red for Women Real Women, Class of 2015.” […] The post Keeping it real appeared { Read More }
13 Ways to Make Your PowerPoint Good (or at least not bad)
PowerPoint is at once beloved and beleaguered, but I think PowerPoint is either "good" or "bad" depending on the person using it. It can work for you, but you have to know what you are doing. (For a humorous example, check out this redesign of the infamous NSA slides.) These are some of my design rules and { Read More }
What I didn’t see coming
I left my job three years ago because our life was simply untenable -- two demanding jobs, two kids, running a business. It was just too much, and something had to give. And I wanted that something to be my job. I wanted my turn at home. When our older son was three, my husband was laid off. Having been { Read More }