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May,
2009 Welcome
to Leadership Hand™, a monthly e-newsletter 1. A Woman Leader's Best Friend... … is a man. Yes, women are powerful and fabulous! I am surrounded by and work with smart, funny, accomplished women of many ages. But for me and for many other women, sometimes a woman leader's best friend is a man. The women I am talking about get measurable bottom-line results and manage major projects without dropping any balls. These are women who strengthen and build relationships engendering client and employee loyalty. Yet, sometimes in doing such an exceptional job they try to do it all and at a cost to themselves. The organization's needs (masked as that next product launch, capturing market share, or whatever constitutes the "next new thing") take precedence one more time and at the expense of these women's mental, physical, or emotional well-being. So why is it that a woman's best friend is a man? As strategic and logical as women are, they can learn something from the many men who have a clear-headed practicality that is not caught in the stickiness of caring too much or trying to do it all. Men can parse a situation to its fundamentals. No frills, no fuss. Once the fundamentals of a situation are laid bare, then a leadership decision can be made. So when you need that clarity and practicality, consider the men in your life. It won't be all of them but it will surely be one or several of them. But are men the only ones who can offer this type of clear-headed logic? No! A mentor, a seasoned colleague, or an executive coach can also provide it. What has to happen before you regularly avail yourself of this resource? You must have the professional awareness to recognize any tendency to "do it all at a cost to yourself" and the maturity to tap external resources--colleague, mentor, or friend of any gender. And if that
external resource just happens to be a man, well… "Vive
la difference!" Beth Hand © Copyright 2009, Beth Hand. Beth Hand, MBA helps leaders and organizations increase their effectiveness and satisfaction, now and for the future. She can be reached at (+1) 703.820.8018 or via her website www.leadershiphand.com. 2. Reprint Permission This is a copyrighted publication. You are welcome to reprint an issue on a non-exclusive basis provided you:
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