Last week, prodigious reader, blogger and my good friend, Susan Gibson, was very kind to invite me to submit a guest post for A Year of Books Blog. It was a nice throwback to the years we were MA students together, discussing our latest journal articles and theories of leadership. Check out her blog andContinue reading “Book Review: The Confidence Code: The science and art of self-assurance, what women should know”
Category Archives: Power
Shake the giant on #IWD2017
As I write this on International Women’s Day, I am not feeling particularly optimistic for my gender. Women in Halifax are protesting the acquittal of a cab driver who raped an intoxicated, semi-conscious woman. There are simultaneous inquiries into missing and murdered indigenous women, into uninvestigated sexual assault cases, and into rampant sexual harassment inContinue reading “Shake the giant on #IWD2017”
Language, leadership and setting norms
“High thoughts must have high language” Aristophanes. If this is so, then we are in big, I mean huge, trouble. I can barely stand to listen to the news these days because the Presidential race has debased itself so much. I am shocked at how easily news outlets repeat inappropriate language – or people atContinue reading “Language, leadership and setting norms”
Nelson Mandela: long may you inspire
I could not let the day pass without adding my humble tribute to the millions of more eloquent ones around the globe. A man whose vision transformed his 8×8 prison cell into a university. A man whose hope was undiminished during 27 years in prison. A man whose forgiveness earned him the trust needed to unite a divided country.Continue reading “Nelson Mandela: long may you inspire”
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