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Head Tilts and Happy Feet. Putting Your Body Language To Work

by Elana Centor at 4:56pm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 under Business & Career, leadership, Body Language; 1173 views
If there is a lesson to be learned from Friday night's presidential debate,it's this:when it comes to leadership,body language matters. It's not so much what you say as a leader,but what impression your body language communicates. Right after the debate-scoring it like a boxing match-- the pundits said McCain had won on the points. For a brief few moments they talked about McCain's command of foreign policy and how he came off as a credible command in chief.

Leadership and The Mother Goose Factor

by Elana Centor at 6:21am Wed, 14 Nov 2007 under Business & Career, leadership, Gender Bias, Women in Power, Women Executives; 2180 views
One of the sidebar benefits of having Hillary Clinton performing so well in the democratic polls is that its forcing the pundits to examine what it would really be like to have a woman leading this country.

Bloggers Underwhelmed with Newsweek's Analysis of Women & Power

by Elana Centor at 7:41am Wed, 10 Oct 2007 under Business & Career, women, leadership, Newsweek, power; 1315 views
The critiques begin with the cover. From Streetcar.com

Taking An Overseas Assignment Could Be The Best Thing You Ever Do For Your Career

As a sophomore at the University of Missouri in the early '70s my roommate Janie and I decided we wanted to work in Europe for the summer. We sent away for brochures, waited the requisite six weeks, and when the brochures finally arrived  spent countless  hours pouring over them to learn what kinds of jobs we could have. If I remember correctly, it had a lot to do with living on a farm.