Originally published March 19, 2016 A funny thing happened on my way to bed the other night: I got dumped as a mentor. If you’re a mentor – and I recommend that everyone mentor someone in his or her lifetime – how do you know when it’s time to stop mentoring? Perhaps you’ve taught all…
Originally published March 9, 2016 I like to think I celebrate women every day by the way I treat them, the opportunities I try to provide them and the deep respect I have for them as equals. Still, like certain holidays, International Women’s Day serves to give me pause, to reflect upon the influences that…
Originally published January 15, 2015 One of my connections on LinkedIn wrote me to compliment me on what he describes as a unique background. Specifically, he clarified, mine is a long list of diverse job experiences. I’m grateful to him for pointing this out. After he mentioned it, I started looking at my experience a…
Originally published May 31, 2013 This afternoon my main employer is hosting a fond-farewell send-off lunch to celebrate the work of one of our colleagues who is leaving us to accept bigger, better challenges in her career, whatever that means for her. Since she and I only worked together a short time, most of it…
Originally published May 10, 2013 It’s finally happened! The strain and stress associated with nonprofit accounting are hitting me after six months on the new job. And my boss says it’s my fault. Well, she shares in the responsibility, calling it our fault. And what fatal mistake did we make to cause these mounting pressures…
Originally published February 5, 2013 There’s a line in “Heat” (starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino), in which Pacino’s cop character yells – as only Pacino can – at an informant from the underworld about wasting his time. Expletives aside, it glaringly came to mind when a mild-mannered colleague very politely expressed this very sentiment…
Originally published January 21, 2013 A colleague recently challenged me to look at trust a little differently with these questions: What are the results (consequences) of trust built on authenticity versus the same built on manipulation? Taking it a step further, how does one sustain trust built on either? From personal to business to social…
Originally published August 23, 2012 On Wednesday, August 22nd, I attended a workshop at Temple University and took away a great deal to consider, both as an entrepreneur and as a community advocate. The title of the workshop was “Organizational Change and Decision Making.” The focus, though, was on leadership theory, the topic of presenter…