Explore the whole story before drawing any conclusions. The truth is often more complicated than just who’s right and who’s wrong. Your mission to be a better human and better leaders: Lead by hearing all sides of the truth before assuming one person or one side is right. Be kind along your journey and remember, […]
Archive | Gender Equity
#RPCL Log Date September 29, 2017 #BeingHuman #GenderEquity #FreedomOfChoice
Have you ever been in one of those situations where you get a judgmental sideways glance by everyone around you because you have stepped out of your gender role? Why couldn’t a woman be into home improvement and building things? Why couldn’t a man like ballet dancing? Isn’t it hurtful when people assume you don’t […]
Vulnerability and Women
By Agent M1 on June 20, 2016 in Fireside Chats, Gender Equity, Riffs & Ideas, Weekly Survival, Work Life Balance
I just had an epiphany, and it hit me square on the head. This scenario was right in front of me the whole time and I never saw it. If you’re familiar with my blogposts, you’ll know I’m a huge proponent of being human as a leader. I define being human as being kind, being humble or […]
Is it just me, am I lucky, or am I average?
The other night, apres-ski, a group of friends sat next to a fire debating the future of our girls, when rape is still just as prevalent and there are girls as young as 12 and 13 who feel peer-pressure to perform sexual acts to boys at parties. As parents, during our debate, we reflected back on our own […]
Vulnerability and Leadership
I am a strong believer that, as a leader, part of rebuilding or newly bridging trust with workers, peers, or all employees is to share some sense of being human – your vulnerability. I am not talking about confessing to epic mistakes, or admitting failure daily, or even lacking confidence. In fact, it takes confidence to […]
How do we attract “moms”?
There is nothing more rewarding than hearing, yes, finally hearing, a bunch of folks crowded around a table at work and talking about attracting moms. I have a friend who is the breadwinner and works for a supplier to a very big and well known sporting goods brand. She is constantly being called on to […]
Becoming Leaders
What does it take to believe in your ability to execute leadership? I’ve struggled with this. As a woman, I know the feeling of being surrounded by highly competent and successful men, all superior in rank, and letting my competitive nature take over. Outside, I feel an urge to prove that I can keep up […]
A Glimmer of Hope
I am SO behind the times when I only learn of this site today and realize it started last October. http://feministryangosling.tumblr.com Imagine – a sort of funny idea for a group of college friends turns into a viral narrative because it’s funny to think of Ryan Gosling as a feminist. And she actually nailed it. […]
Female Critics
As professionals, do you ever notice how women can be either our best friends or our biggest critics? I ran into a friend today at the doctor’s office. She was telling me about her conversation with a top-level female executive of a large product company. My friend is the current speech writer for several corporate […]
Thank you Sheryl Sandberg!
Is it just me? Or is it sort of ridiculous (in a sad, telling, sort of way) that when the COO of a well-know technology company says she goes home everyday at 5:30 it is BIG NEWS?! I’m talking, of course, about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s video on Makers and subsequent articles on CNN and […]
