Letter from the Founder
Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue of CEE News!
By the time you read this, I will have embarked on a week-long cruise to Alaska. If you are opening this on Tuesday, I will be spending the day on the island of Ketchikan, cruising the George Inlet Waterway, then feasting on Dungeness crabs. Wednesday is the Tracy Arm Fjord.
The cruise will be spent with my husband, my mother, my three brothers and their spouses. Nine of us altogether. By my estimate (based on personal knowledge backed by Facebook shares, likes and comments), three have political leanings that are not shared by the other six. I am among the minority.
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Letter from the Founder
Welcome to the thirty-fifth issue of CEE News!
Last month, results from an annual poll that tracks the state of civility in the United States found that 93% identified a civility problem in America, with 69% classifying it as a major problem. What is your guess about how that compares to civility in the workplace?
If you work at Google, you may be feeling that the culture of incivility at work is about the same as it is reported in society. Just a week ago, Google issued a new code of conduct aimed at reducing online employee harassment within its own ranks. As reported in Wired, “a Google spokesperson said the company sought to clarify and formalize its policies after noticing incivility on all sides of internal debates around diversity and politics. The guidelines were based on feedback from employees and designed to remind employees to be civil with each other, so that Google could preserve the company’s open and transparent culture.”
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Letter from the Founder
Welcome to the thirty-fourth issue of CEE News!
This is the time of the year that many of us attend the Pomp and Circumstance processional at graduation ceremonies across the country. I’ve curated three of the best of this year’s commencement speeches for advice that could be applied by both freshly minted graduates and senior executives:
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Letter from the Founder
Welcome to the thirty-third issue of CEE News!
We just wrapped up our 3rd annual Re:Imagine Leadership Summita few days ago. The Summit is like Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Super Bowl all in a single day.
It’s like Thanksgiving because we get to share a bounty of thought leadership, mini live case studies, actionable takeaways and delicious food with a few dozen purpose-driven leaders. It’s like Christmas because the sponsors, the speakers, the facilitators, the volunteers, and the attendees all share their gifts of time and insight with each other. It’s like the Super Bowl because it requires a team to be on their best game and play their positions precisely to deliver on the playbook.
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Letter from the Founder
Welcome to the thirty-second issue of CEE News!
If you’re reading this newsletter, congratulations. You’ve made it through the first quarter of 2018, and taking a beat to give yourself a thought leadership refresh before heading into Q2.
We’re preparing for a full-day leadership refresh with our 3rd Annual Re:Imagine Leadership Summit in San Diego on April 26th. It’s a day co-facilitated by myself, Dr. Tony Baron, Danielle Aguas and Michael Coffey filled with TED-like talks and mini live case studies led by our clients around three key transformative leadership areas, along with sidebars for a deeper dive into the content.
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Letter from the Founder
Welcome to the thirty-first issue of CEE News!
30 years ago, if I had wanted to apply for a business loan, I would have had to ask a male relative or my husband to co-sign. That seems incomprehensible today.
What is not incomprehensible, however, is the cumulative progress women have made in the three decades since the 1988 passage of H.R. 5050. The Women’s Business Ownership Act enabled women to enter and enrich every field that we have stepped into – from engineering to entrepreneurship, from pharmaceuticals to physics.
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By the time you read this, I will have embarked on a week-long cruise to Alaska. If you are opening this on Tuesday, I will be spending the day on the island of Ketchikan, cruising the George Inlet Waterway, then feasting on Dungeness crabs. Wednesday is the Tracy Arm Fjord.