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Choosing the Right Level of Delegation
Freedom to Act Model We sometimes think of delegating as something we either do to the full extent, or something we don’t do at all. However, delegation is a continuum in which we have many choices in your range of leadership. Depending on the employee’s readiness and...
Communicating Clearly in Meetings: The Real Conversation
You know the situation ... someone in the meeting seems to be skirting an issue (NOT a la Skirt Strategies). They are vague or have an underlying intent. Could even be a hidden agenda. Let's pull it outta them! Here is an approach to manage it. SITUATION: All...
The Unstuck Series
3 Webinars for Women In Non-Profit Are you a nonprofit executive director? Program director? Department head? Emerging leader? JOIN US for a series of 3 Webinars to unlock your potential by becoming "unstuck" in your job, your communications and your...
Authenticity Comes from Values
For many women, being yourself can be a challenge. If that resonates with you, then you know what I am chanting about, Sista. It's not so much that we don't know ourselves ... it's more about being so overwhelmed in any situation that we become overpowered and cannot...
How Healthy Is Selfish?
That's right kids ... your moms used to sit out on a gravel roof to sunbathe in the 1980's. Sad, but true. Pi Beta Phi at Mizzou. Here's to taking some time for ourselves ... however you define it. So now I'll tie my message to how we spend time doing what we want, if...
Let’s Reach More Women
Join our campaign. In December 2013, we launched our first crowdfunding campaign LET'S REACH MORE WOMEN. Visit the retired campaign! And be one of the 100,000 women who are making an impact. Women's workplace equality needs your attention. If you're a woman working...
4 Ways Men Can Close the Gender Gap
Men are often the first to admit they don't understand women, and in the workplace, that resonates like a kitchen timer at suppertime. To keep from over-burdening them with our always-ready list of how they can change, we sought to simplify it to a digestible few....
Kindle Edition of Skirt Strategies
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Women Leading Women
The clear and present situation in male-dominated workplaces is the evident fact that women don't have role models for their leadership journey and style. Women lead differently than men. Empowering women as confident leaders is critical to our success as a nation. We...
Drinking at Work, A Good Idea
When I was in engineering school, my friend Phyllis and I were tasked with a project for an electronics class. I thought a robotic back scratcher was a good idea. Phyllis wanted to build a sobriety tester, so that our research would involve collecting data at the bars...
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4 Easy Tips to Public Speaking
First, just let me state that I am an experienced speaker, but that doesn’t make me perfect. If you were in attendance at a certain unnamed association luncheon at a local venue, you witnessed your featured speaker with her skirt caught up in her hose. I subscribe to...