Articles on Leadership

It is so inspiring to spend the day in the presence of over 1,500 women eager to learn and share about what it takes to be a successful women leader in business.  With every seat...

Type the name of almost any successful consumer web company into your search bar and add the word “addict” after it. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Try “Facebook addict”...

As a parent, this is the question that we most fantasize about. As an adult, this is the question that we often reflect on when work gets tedious or we’re...

Facebook recently wrapped up a promotion tour designed to lure U.S. publishers to deliver their news feeds to Facebook. Since Facebook’s 1.4 billion...

CURVED LINE THINKING The rise of the start-up and start-up culture is changing the way business thinks about planning, and about the straight lines of business plans. Steve...

There is a common misconception about great ideas, whether it be new products or new pitches. Often when presenting the new idea to the world...

Institute a Scorecard Be transparent and routinely self-assess your team. Every quarter, we analyze how we’re doing on a detailed scorecard and...

The most important step in creating a habit is the first step. All those old sayings are really true. Well begun is half done. Don’t get it perfect, get it going...

What does it take to be a great leader? It’s a question I get asked often, along with, “What’s it really like to work with all those men?” Younger women...

It’s a tattered and overworked analogy, but it’s also necessarily true: Calgary is in for a bit of house cleaning. Maybe not a complete spring clean...

Being a leader is perhaps the hardest challenge any of us will ever face. No matter how long we work at it, practicing the right behaviors is a...

I coach brilliant women, lots of them. Dedicated, talented, brilliant women. Most of the time, they don’t know their brilliance. They are certain they...