I have written a couple of posts related to gender and leadership recently (Jan 29th and February 12th). I find myself drawn back to the same topic today. There are several ideas or themes that bring me back:



* I believe very strongly that we suffer from a critical absence of real leadership today. Our current situation is framed as an economic / financial crisis, but I believe it is actually a crisis of leadership. And I have come to… Continue

Workshops and Social Media Seminar:



Very excited to be a part of this rocking event in Appomattox, Virginia coming up on March 7th.



"Do you want to learn how to use social media such as Twitter, Facebook and more? Do you want to be inspired about connecting with your community as a business leader, educator, politician or resident? If so, then this seminar is up your alley. You will learn how to use… Continue

Some websites I like:



The Kitchen Table Blog



I love, love, love this blog. It is a back and forth, on-going conversation between two women:



Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University



Dr. Yolanda Pierce, Associate Professor of African American Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary.



These women are… Continue

If you need innovation (and I think you probably do), you need diversity.



For more and more organizations in more and more industries, creativity and innovation are rapidly becoming the best new opportunity for establishing competitive advantage. This is no big secret as there is a great deal of writing, talking, buzz-wording, best-practicing and shouting about innovation today. Innovation is also coming to be viewed as increasingly important to education, non-profit and… Continue

My friend, Evelyn Rodriguez has a great post this morning on her blog, based on a quote that I love:



"Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune."

- Noam Chomsky



I love this quote, because it is a good reminder that it is not… Continue