This week, LWP is featuring a story that highlights Hannah Riley Bowles research on how women claim authority. Bowles, a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) conducts research on gender in negotiation and the attainment of leadership positions. Bowles describes how the women whose narrative includes talking about how they have provided new strategic direction, built a … Continue reading
Archive for the "Leading Yourself" Category
Critic(al) Thinking
Critics are all around us; using words, body language and actions to convey their opinions, ideas and feelings. It could be someone’s raised eyebrows when they look disapprovingly at your wardrobe selection, a teacher or boss who says you’re not working to your potential, people commenting about the weight you’ve gained, potential romantic partners who don’t call when they say … Continue reading
Fair Pay for Women
… Lily Ledbetter & Me April 9 is National Fair Pay Day as designated by Presidential Proclamation. One Tuesday in April is designated to indicate the pay gap between men and women. Simply put, with women only earning 77 cents to every dollar for men, we work one day (Monday) free each week. Read more about this holiday at: http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html. … Continue reading
You, You & You
… Code Switching Our Various Roles In any given day or week, you will transition between multiple roles that may include daughter, student, advisor, athlete, colleague, parent, friend, romantic partner. Each role can be dynamic, yet distinct, and effectively moving between our various ‘characters’ may come naturally for some; less so for others. The way you use language and the … Continue reading
Leaning In
………… Necessary, but Not Sufficient I have been fully prepared not to like Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In. The Facebook COO is beautiful, privileged, brilliant, successful (career, husband, children) and incredibly wealthy. The hype around the book has been that women are holding themselves back from complete success. They need to “lean in” and fully commit to making their careers … Continue reading
Camera Angles
LWP Janet and I strongly believe that there are many movie production techniques that if used to produce your own life, would lead to wonderful outcomes. One of these is to move the camera around and view your life from others’ points of view. You can be whoever you want to be and behave however you want, but you need … Continue reading
Long Distance Love
Budding romance can be exciting, euphoric and all engaging. When relationships move past this initial stage they tend to settle into a rhythm that, hopefully, reflects the wants and needs of the couple as well as the two individuals. Add the complexity of living in different cities and the complexity of making it work grows exponentially. This is easy in … Continue reading
Dealing with Page Hogs
…. People Who Take Up Too Much Space There are people who will insert themselves onto various aspects of your life script, e.g., they want to be involved in whatever you’re doing, even if you don’t want or need their input. Rebecca had a college roommate, Roxie, who is a classic page hog. She had to comment and weigh in … Continue reading
Costumes
Everything you wear tells others something about you. One of the very first impressions anyone gets from another person is what type of clothing or shoes they are wearing. Bright colors or black. Fitted or loose. Stylish or time worn. They all reflect your moods, your activities your style or just an image you want to send. But, they do … Continue reading
Rewrites
…when people no longer fit your script What happens when someone no longer fits into your life – can you write them out of your life? It could be a close friend with whom you no longer share comment interests, a bad experience with an inconsiderate roommate or a colleague who made you feel badly about yourself. Most of us … Continue reading
