Failure, Fear, Resilience

Brand Oprah was flying high and mighty and then she made one critical branding failure.  That failure caused her to drop rankings in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list from #6 in 2010 to #50 in [...]

Another powerful brand bites the dust. In this case, Lance Armstrong, a hero, a record seven time Tour de France winner, a come-back king from his battles with cancer. What was his fatal branding [...]

Innovation is a key driver of growth.  With the rapid pace of change we need creativity to happen not just in R&D but throughout our organization across all levels.  How do we inspire that? [...]

Recent Catalyst research among high potentials suggests that 70% of leadership growth happens on the job.  Yet women get less access to the “hot jobs”, stretch assignments with high visibility, [...]

I crashed my car last week. It taught me about how to meet failure head-on.  It was about 8:00am. I was in a rush (what else is new?) to get to a meeting.  I learned how to drive in Thailand, so [...]

Like the rest of us this week, I was shocked at the recent high level resignations of CIA Chief General Petraeus and in-coming CEO of Lockheed Martin, Chris Kubasik due to sex scandals.  How [...]

Here’s a scenario. You have a friend. Every time your friend makes a mistake, you point it out to her: “I can’t believe you did that again! What a moron!” Then if she wants to try something new, [...]

Does this situation sound familiar? You want to really go for that promotion but you don’t think you’re quite ready so you don’t raise your hand. You’ve been thinking about pursuing an [...]

In my executive coaching practice, I come across strong and smart women leaders whose success has come from always being prepared, being “on”, proving that they are smarter and more competent [...]