Shaping Her Own Brand – You Need to Hear Morgan Wade

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Morgan Wade is not a band. Morgan Wade is a woman, a singer-songwriter, and an artist. When you see her, being able to really hear her voice, her lyrics, and her delivery is the whole deal. That’s the experience. Morgan the singer with a poignant, lingering presence. The lyricist with evocative phrases you have never heard before, she reproduces real-life …

A Woman Runs for Mayor – Simmons Builds a Bridge to Leadership

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Three in the Race In February 2021 when Caroline Simmons announced her run for Mayor of Stamford CT her only competitor was two-term incumbent David Martin—also a Democrat. By early June hometown hero, baseball player/manager Bobby Valentine was in the race with the support to win. And a contentious primary with Martin was in the offing. Simmons had the experience …

Your Leadership Essence – Branding for Women Executives

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The world needs women leaders—plain and simple. And not just because it’s the right thing to do. Companies that rank high for gender diversity on their executive teams are 21 percent more likely to report above-average profitability than those that rank low.[1] The business world benefits greatly from talented, insightful, committed women ready to solve problems and create more value …

Which Path Forward? Farsighting & Pathfinding

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Readers of FARSIGHTED, Steven Johnson’s riveting new book about decision-making, will almost assuredly find themselves saying, “Where was this book when I really needed it.” For me, that was the fateful spring of 1999, when I chose to sell a beloved Nantucket home to invest in the dot.com boom (losing several hundred thousand dollars of profit in the process). At …