I have written many times during the past 18 months about how it was my loyal participation in #Blogchat on Twitter, and the encouragement of the #Blogchat Community, that gave me the knowledge and confidence needed to launch my own blog. So when I say that co-hosting #Blogchat this past Sunday night with Mack Collier […]
I’m an introvert – and a very proud one at that – who has spent her entire career in the world of business and leadership. Even my studies were focused on business… I have a bachelor’s degree in business from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of […]
I’m looking at the calendar and realizing it’s only two short days until the official launch of my new eBook, “The Introvert’s Guide to Success in Business and Leadership,” and I’m simply giddy with anticipation. Why so giddy? 1. I’ve never done anything like launch a book before, and taking on new challenges is always very […]
My first real experience with leadership was in college when I was named Vice-President of the Indiana University Student Foundation, the largest student foundation in the country. We led, organized and ran a number of campus events designed to raise money for working students, the most notable being the “Little 500” bike race made famous […]
I had the good fortune to be sent the book, “The Final Summit” by Andy Andrews, an author I had not read before but whose words I found moving and whose story I found captivating. In “The Final Summit” the main character, David Ponder, is brought from Earth to Heaven by the Archangel Gabriel to […]
So many leaders lead without truly understanding their own philosophy on the art of leadership. Would you say this applies to you? If so, you will want to be sure to join me and Steve Woodruff for this week’s Leadership Chat as we welcome Mike Figliuolo, Founder and Managing Director of thoughtLeaders LLC and author […]
I learned very early in my career that the way I led was different from my extraverted colleagues. I came to understand that if I wanted to receive top assignments, get promoted, and garner support for my ideas I needed to approach the challenges of business and leadership in a uniquely savvy way. Alas, today I […]
A few weeks ago I began offering my readers the opportunity to sign up for my new eNewsletter. I set up the process in such a way that when readers subscribe they receive a “thank you” email from me along with a question about what their biggest leadership challenge is. The responses have been eye-opening and […]
With more than 360 participants, more than 1 million people reached and nearly 7 million online impressions generated, this week’s Leadership Chat on “Leading with Feelings and Passion” was lively, to say the least! Thanks to the thought-provoking preparatory blog post entitled, “Control Your Feelings – Don’t Express Them” by Dan Rockwell, our Guest Host for the evening, […]
There are probably as many ways to answer this question as there are professionals on this planet. I say that because I believe that how we feel about our feelings, and about the expression of our feelings, has a lot to do with our childhoods, how we were raised, and he sum total of our life’s […]