Women and Leadership, Part 1
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A few weeks ago in Newsweek, they had short interviews with a number of women with successful careers. I thought they had a bit too many involved in the entertainment industry, but in general I think they did a good job with it. I would love to give you the link to read the whole thing on the Newsweek web site, but their site is not organized well and their search is shitty. I spent a lot of time looking and couldn’t find this article on their site anywhere.
However, some of the quotes were quite inspirational and I’d like to share some of them here:
Julie Hembrock Daum – Practice Leader, Spencer Stuart:
Even today, there are times when a woman might find herself the only woman in a room. In all situations, but particularly then, it is important to be present in the room and to make sure you are part of the conversation. Women have a tendency to hang back a bit in a group and think that they shouldn’t speak unless they have something that is either absolutely 100 percent correct or astonishingly brilliant. In fact, if you don’t speak up, if you’re waiting for that opportunity and it never comes, people just assume you had no ideas and will write you off. In a meeting or gathering, you should try to be one of the first handful of people to speak even if it is only to ask a question. If you don’t, it will become harder and harder to enter the conversation.
… but unfortunately, women have a tendency to speak with hesitation and, it appears without strength, in their conviction. They may be afraid of making a mistake – and you will make mistakes
And think this was my favorite of all the quotes – it certainly describes my behavior and is something I need to work on!
Carla Christofferson – Attorney and Co-owner, L.A. Sparks:
My advice is to be fearless. I failed at a lot of things it didn’t kill me. Sometimes it’s embarrassing, but I really got used to people saying no, and getting up, pretending it didn’t happen and trying something else.
When you’re looking at a big problem or task, break it down into small, manageable parts. Then if one or two things don’t work, its easy to try something else. Don’t let the overwhelming nature of the entire burden that you’re trying to carry or the entire improvement stop you from taking the first few steps. Even if you think there’s no way you’re going to get to the end it doesn’t matter. You have to take the first steps.
I need to work on that fearless part!
Lisa Dennison – Executive VP, Sotheby’s North American:
You have to project change and growth. And you have to be somewhat demanding and make sure that people recognize how you have grown so that you are given the opportunities you have earned. Women often don’t ask for what they deserve. They accept what comes their way and make the best of it.
How many of you think you do this?
Lauren Zalaznick – President, Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks, NBC Universal:
I think that people more likely to assign the word “emotional” as a negative trait to women leaders who have incredibly strong convictions. Instead of saying about a male business leader, ‘He has very strong convictions, he is so emotional,’ the perception stops after the comma and it’s only perceived as a positive.
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November 6, 2008
Yes We Did!
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Yes, I know its been a couple days now – but its just now sinking in and yesterday I was completely exhausted!
Maybe its terrible of me though – but I’m just a bit frustrated that Obama didn’t get Missouri. At least not yet – there are still 7100 provisional ballots that have to be checked. It doesn’t look good though. Damn! I really wanted to live in a blue state!
(I’m considering blogging more about politics at Change or McSame, if you are interested.)
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November 3, 2008
One last pre-election post
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Even though this isn’t a political blog – my plan is to include topics that involve issues that women can get involved with and help to change the world for the better, for all of us. This U.S. election has stood out as a way we can all be involved and make life better for all of us so I have written about it a lot.
Before the election tomorrow, I have a few things left I want to share about it (not necessarily in any particular order).
1) Anyone expecting really long wait times tomorrow to vote? I’m in Missouri and we don’t have early voting here. I’m planning to vote early, then start volunteering to make sure the Obama supporters in the area actually go out and vote. I believe they are also planning – if the line wait time is really long – to maybe bring coffee, etc. to people waiting so they won’t leave. I’m planning to bring something to drink with me, some granola bars, maybe something to read and an mp3 player – just in case! But what if I have to use a bathroom? I don’t know how that will work. Will people have to lose their place in line?
2) Hopefully the lines won’t be real long and I will be able to get home at a reasonable time. Then I plan to follow the results coming in on TV and if I have enough energy I’ll be on twitter.
3) I made an Obama ‘Barack O’Lantern’ for Halloween! First time I’ve ever carved a pumpkin myself. I got the stencil from Yes We Carve.
I had fun on Halloween, even dressed up – but we didn’t have nearly as many kids at our house this year. Here are a few halloween pictures – me with my big spider puppet, our giant spider and fake cemetery”
4) Have you seen these yet:
That’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen!
If you want to send it to people, go here: http://is.gd/6fGV and click on the button that says ‘Customize This Video For Your Friends’. I think some of them didn’t get through to some people I sent them to though, maybe they got tagged as spam. It may be better to set it up with a friends name but then have it sent to your address. You can then use a url shortening service (like http://is.gd/) to send the link to them in an email you write yourself (rather then the default text that is used).
5) Little Opie Cunningham, Andy and the Fonz tell us why we should vote for Obama:
6) This may not interest most people, but the following is a video made by a Canadian site about the Obama campaign in Missouri:
http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2008/10/102608_1.html
7) Paying taxes is patriotic!
People who are patriotic, presumably, want their country to be strong and a good place for its citizens to live. What makes a country a good place to live in?
Good schools, hospitals, enforcement of law and public order, public transportation, energy, water and waste management systems, social services, infrastructure – such as roads and safe bridges.
What pays for these things? Taxes!
8 ) I really like this post by Joanne Bamberger: Excuse Me, Senator McCain — What I Want for My Daughter Isn’t About Being Liberal or Conservative.
Now – go out and vote tomorrow! – If you haven’t already!
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October 23, 2008
I only briefly fell off the face of the earth
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A while back I posted that I hadn’t fallen off the face of the earth. I’ve since felt like I have, but only briefly. Or maybe a better analogy would be that I’m hanging off the edge – a very slippery edge.
At any rate, I’m a little better now. I was sick, my husband was sick, I had computer problems, my husband still has computer problems, I was out of town, I had an Obama sign stolen twice, among many other time consuming things.
We even had an owl and a hawk fighting in a tree in a neighbor’s yard – in daylight! That was kind of cool – but still distracting from getting stuff done. (The picture is kind of grainy, I don’t have a good zoom on my camera and you probably need to click on it to see it very well.)
In the free time I have had on weekends I’ve still been canvassing for Obama. That has been going well, but tiring also. You can read more about that here.
I had planned to write a lot about cancer this month, being that is breast cancer awareness month but that obviously hasn’t happened. I wanted to blog on the 15th about poverty too, but didn’t have the time. Tons of comment spam to delete.
And unfortunately my blogging will still be somewhat sporadic for the next couple of weeks and maybe even the rest of this year. Although not as bad. I have a lot of topics lined up to write about – I just need to find the time to do it.
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October 1, 2008
Work + Life + Family = Interconnectivity
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(Today’s guest post is from Judy Rose and she explains issues involved with work-life balance.)
It has been called work life balance, work family balance, work life conflict, work family interference; but the concept is familiar to many parents who struggle to juggle paid work, unpaid work and family responsibilities. Research by Gloria Steinem, Pamela Stone and others has found that it is mothers, particularly moms in paid employment, who are most at risk of burnout as they try to juggle their multiple roles. Some moms are forced to ‘opt out’ of the work scene altogether, while others face incredible levels of stress and time pressure, when work conflicts with family responsibilities.
Despite the massive increase in mothers returning to paid work over the last 20 years, women still do the bulk of domestic work and unpaid child care in the home. This is what Steinem calls ‘the second shift’. A study by Lyn Craig found that mothers in paid work squeeze time from their personal and leisure activities to fit in their caring responsibilities by starting their day earlier or later, or pinching time from sleeping, eating or self care. Another study by Alison Moorehead found that mothers tend to multi-task and synchronize their time, so that for example, while they might be at work, they may also be on the phone supervising their children’s after school activities or homework.
Australian PhD student, Judy Rose (aka Aztec-rose) has created a blog called WoLFi TaLEs to discuss the issue of work life balance, or what she prefers to call ‘interconnectivity’. Because of the overlapping nature of the work mothers do, it seemed that ‘interconnectivity’ was a more accurate description than balance. The interconnections with support structures and people (including partners, family, community, child care, health care, workplaces and government) all impact on the wellbeing of families and mothers’ ability to cope. Aztec-rose is interested in your comments or experiences in regards to work life family interconnectivity as a parent engaged in paid work. Please go to www.worklifeinterconnectivity.com and share your stories.
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