Parenting is the only legal 24/7 job! It comes with little or no training, the job specs keep changing, and the drain on you physically and emotionally is relentless
In this Expert Interview podcast, executive coach Jerry Colonna talks to Mind Tools about how "radical self-inquiry" can create the best leaders
In his provocatively titled new book, “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?", Tomas Chamarro-Premuzic boldly presents the case for a causal link between gender and competence. Fortunately, he also tells us what to do about it. This debate centers on the relationship between competence and confidence. Visible self-confidence is more common in men […]
Before you click away – because you're not a woman, or because you are and you don't like to be stereotyped – give me a chance to convince you that it's worth your while reading on. Actually, I'll let Sally Helgesen do it, because these ideas come from her book, "How Women Rise: Break the […]
"One of our values is that you should be looking out for each other. Everyone should try to make the lives of everyone else who works here a little bit simpler." – Stewart Butterfield, Canadian entrepreneur (co-founder, Flickr and Slack) Hot, Buttered Toast It was very early in the morning, and my first time facilitating […]
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." – Desmond Tutu (1931- ), South African cleric and human rights activist Two years ago, I was asked by an association for professional trainers and facilitators to speak about the challenges I had experienced as a female training professional. I […]
If you were offered a promotion, you'd take it, right? Most of us would. More money, more responsibility, more kudos, more influence… career success! Who wouldn't want that? But becoming a manager isn't always that easy. Yes, you've taken a step up the career ladder, but now it's not just you that you have to […]
We all want to be thought of as good employees, but if we really want to fulfill our career aspirations, then we need to push ourselves to be the best that we can be! After all, if we only do the minimum required of us, we probably won't get very far. So, if you've set […]
Career Skills, Communication, Empowerment, Leadership, Learning Skills, Stress, Time Management, Uncategorized
The Impact of Dress A few years ago, I was helping one of our directors open a new business in Jeffreys Bay, a well-known surfing town in South Africa. One of my colleagues and I had to conduct interviews to appoint frontline staff, administration staff, and a manager for the establishment. Both of us like […]
Strange but true: I had both the best and the worst managers of my career – so far – at the same company. Not only that, but they managed me one after the other. It happened at a time of huge change, as the organization underwent a major restructure. None of this, of course, helped the […]
Career Skills, Change Management, Leadership, Stress, Team Management, Uncategorized
