The Leadership Professor

As I write, 104,778 people have viewed the Forbes article on the “10 Worst Stereotypes about Powerful Women.” I’m curious. What did people learn from reading this? And what will they do with this information so that we never have to see another article about this topic again? If you have been reading my blog [...]

Another take on leadership, gender, and confidence from Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath, and Mary Davis Holt, authors of the new book, Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking that Block Women’s Paths to Power – and good advice for women and men seeking to increase their impact.  The book is a [...]

An article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education confirms what those who have studied gender and leadership know from research — and what many women know from personal experience: women need to be able to see themselves in a role before they can succeed in it. I assert the same is true for people of [...]

On Leadership Service to America winners 2011 What is leadership?  It’s a question I’m regularly asked and that real leaders ponder often. Eight of the 2011 Service to America award winners provide their take on the answer.   Each Fall, the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals ceremony honors federal employees who have made significant [...]

A fan of “Reframing Academic Leadership” wrote to share her enjoyment of the book. The Leadership Professor loves hearing what people take from books – especially the ones she writes. The message ended with a question: As a female higher education professional who has had much success in the field, what advice would you provide [...]

Leadership is emotional work. “There’s no leading without bleeding,” Jerome Murphy, professor and former Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, writes in the most recent Phi Delta Kappan.[1] “No matter what we call it — stress, agitation, loss, frustration, fear, exhaustion, shame, confusion, sadness, loneliness, hurt — there’s not an executive alive who [...]

Learnings, reflections, stories, and eulogies abound at the death of Steve Jobs. It’s no surprise. The guy really made a difference in how the world thinks about communications, beauty, technology, design, personal computers, telephones, music, virtual relationships, entertainment, movies, and more. Sure, he made plenty of mistakes – who doesn’t?  And by all accounts, Steve [...]

I like this post from Ken Favaro on the HBR blogsite.  I repost it below.  We’re always chasing new, new things when sometimes looking for creative ways to approach, manage, reposition, and understand our core business can make all the difference.   Enjoy – and take a fresh look at what you do and what you [...]

The ManpowerGroup recently released a report[1] on global employment trends. Their data reflect interviews with 65,500 employers across 12 industries in 41 of the world’s largest labor markets and measure employer hiring expectations for October through December 2011. The news is good – a ray of hope for us all in these tough economic times. [...]