I am serving as a Mentor again this year with the RTP Healthcare Business Women’s Chapter.  I so enjoy working with these bright, energetic, ambitious, and professional women. Cassandra Kennedy, VP Global QA at Quintiles was the featured speaker for the kick off event and in her speech she introduced the concept of leaders as “pushers” or “pullers”. Think of a leader that inspired you when you worked with them. Did they push or pull?  What did you like about them? In your ...

Women’s Leadership matters because we have changed the culture of leadership over the last three decades. Women in Leadership encounter different matters than do men in leadership. Women lead differently, not better or worse - differently. I’ve highlighted three areas in which women and men lead differently. Communication Men communicate directly, “I want this report.” Women communicate circuitously, “This report is due and I need you to finish it by Friday, please.” Women tend to make requests in a softer and ...

Last month I introduced you to Power Plays for Leaders for Volunteers. For a quick review Click Here Case study Leon had been a member of the Downtown Chapter of Networkers International for just over a year and was honored to be invited to serve as a board member. During the Board Retreat he was asked to be Program Chair for the monthly meetings. and diligently and enthusiastically set about confirming speakers. Several months into the year, Leon proudly announced to the Board that he had lined up a panel of very successful, expert Networkers for the upcoming meeting. He ...