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September 4, 2024

High Standards vs. Team Morale: A Leadership Dilemma with Strategic Implications

In our recent newsletter, we posed a challenging scenario: How should a CEO manage a top-performing but hard-driving Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) whose demanding style has […]
July 22, 2024

Breaking Barriers: How Women Leaders Overcome Unconscious Bias

Overcoming unconscious bias is crucial for women to ascend to the highest levels in their companies. While it’s primarily the organization’s responsibility to address this issue, […]
July 12, 2024

Language Matters: Promoting Equality Through Words

In a recent endeavor, I edited a guide to inclusive language for a networking organization striving to diversify its membership. During this process, I encountered a […]
October 20, 2017

Women ARE Confident – in the ways that matter

Data from the Women’s Leadership Blueprint shows that women ARE confident – in the ways that matter for advancement and effective leadership. 
October 9, 2017

Say “Yes” to Innovation: Part 1 of a Six-Part Series on Cultivating an Atmosphere for Change

Today, every company, regardless of its maturity or that of its industry, has to scramble to differentiate and compete successfully. The marketplace is constantly demanding new […]
October 9, 2017

Driving Culture Change at Main Line Health

Why measure culture? Because, as Peter Drucker correctly observed, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Then it has technology for lunch and products for dinner. Main Line […]
September 7, 2017

Women Think About Strategy Differently – And We Need It

There is a disturbing trend: the targeting of companies with female CEOs by activist investors. In 2015, DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman “retired” after a six- month […]
May 15, 2017

Can women lead in a take-no-prisoners culture?

Jill Abramson, the first woman to serve as executive editor of The New York Times, was abruptly dismissed after less than three years on the job. […]
May 15, 2017

There are CEOs who know that culture eats strategy for breakfast!

I sometimes get discouraged by the number of executives who don’t seem to think that a healthy corporate culture is as important as efficient operations, a […]