When I started writing this series a few weeks ago, I planned on writing one post on each of the “buckets” of those 9 Leadership Power Tools: the self-definitional tools, the counterintuitive tools, and the change leadership tools.
Turned out there was more to say, so here’s part 4.
Read MoreLast week I watched a televised conversation Kamala Harris had with constituents in Arizona. It was informal, and obviously aimed at winning over moderate Republicans and Independent voters who are likely to be the key to who wins Arizona.
Read MoreLove politics? Hate it? Whatever your POV is, in today’s chaotic political landscape, people are yearning for effective leaders.
I began this 3-part series last week with a look at the difference between Power Over and Power TO leadership styles. I called it “Hammering Power” to reflect the metaphor I use to explain that power is merely energy. Like a hammer, you can break something apart or build with it.
In sum, Power is what you do with it. What you make of it.
Read MoreIssue 158 — January 25, 2021
Each week I write about what the week just past has taught us. I reflect on what happened and search for the larger meaning in its disparate events. I look through the lens of whether it’s been good for women or bad for women. I search for trends. And I look for moments of power shifts related to gender and race.
Well let me just say last week took the prize on all those fronts.
It was one to the most meaningful weeks of recent American history.
Read More“Women have to be front and center in all of our discussions,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declares in a virtual panel discussion hours before the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States, where a cascade of firsts for women and BIPOC were literally center stage.
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