3 Strategies for Raising Successful Daughters
3 Strategies for Raising Successful DaughtersAs young adults, our daughters will face a world far more competitive than ours. If we want them to succeed in an age of lingering unemployment, corporate retrenchment, and tight credit, we need to offer them more than support and encouragement. We need to help them acquire the power of self-efficacy: the belief that they are capab

How Do You Rate as a Leader?
How Do You Rate as a Leader?Researchers at Insead's Global Executive Leadership Centre have developed a 360-degree feedback tool to identify significant dimensions of exemplary global business leadership. Here are the criteria they've developed to measure leadership:EnvisioningEmpoweringEnergizi

'Unwritten Rules': The Shock of Recognition
'Unwritten Rules': The Shock of RecognitionI've heard from a lot of you about my recent blogpost, "Top 10 Unwritten Rules That Could Sabotage Your Career." In addition, there were a lot of comments when ForbesWoman re-posted the essay. Both women and m

Seminar: Regain Your Focus, Competitive Edge
Finding Focus in Uncertain TimesNow more than ever, you can't afford to let your clarity and productivity suffer. We're all feeling distracted by the stalled economy, whether it's our IRA, our loved ones' jobs, or our kids' college funds. But successful business people know how to keep focused on what ma

The Return of the Do-Over!
The Return of the Do-Over!After writing my first blogpost for more.com ("Top 10 Hidden Rules That Can Sabotage Your Career"), I am feeling like the lawyer at the end of the holiday movie "Miracle on 34th Street." In this final, "aha," moment, he realizes that, since the kindly old man with the white beard actually was Santa