Tag: Continuing Education and Community Engagement
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Mentoring as a Super Power
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Pat Mitchell is a groundbreaking media icon, global advocate for women’s rights and co-founder and curator of TEDWoman. She is also a passionate mentor. She believes mentoring “can close the gender gap in leadership in this country and around the world.” In her book, Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World, which is…
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Leaders Share Life Stories
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It is graduation season, and leaders in all walks of life are commonly invited to share their life lessons at graduation ceremonies, inspiring future leaders of tomorrow. These leaders may include celebrities, entrepreneurs, political change-makers and more, all with stories and life lessons to share. Here’s an article from Teen Vogue that collects some of the most…
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The Pandemic Litmus Test for Supply Chains
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Supply chains were tested by COVD-19 in ways never before experienced. How companies creatively responded and improvised in the face of changing consumer behavior, intervention of health authorities and governments point to new lessons in supply chain management, including these approaches: How Trucking and Transportation Can Act as a Buffer Companies that have control over…
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Changing Leadership in the New Now
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2020 has been a crucible for leadership. The world faced a crisis, and workplaces and workforces were forced to adapt. Some leaders fared better than others, creating lessons for leadership in the “new now,” as we navigate a more hybrid future. Needed skills have shifted in three crucial ways: The need for communication shifted to…
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Lessons from Female Leaders
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There is a growing call for a more equal future with better representation of women as leaders. We rally around the need to eliminate or reduce obstacles in the way of women on their paths to leadership. Yet, in a recent article in Harvard Business Review and a compelling Ted Talk, psychologist and author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic accounts for…
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Depression is Not a Normal Part of Getting Older
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The mental health of older Americans has been identified as a priority by key national organizations. Mental health is essential to overall health and well-being and has increasingly become part of the public health mission. It is estimated that 20% of people aged 55 years or older experience some type of mental health concern. The…
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The Multiplier Effect
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Women in Leadership In our last blog post we reviewed where women stand in the quest for gender equity based on a Declaration and Platform for Action developed by the UN in 1995. Although the global community has a long way to go, there are bright spots, where innovative women “solutionaries” are pivoting not only to cope…
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Billion Dollar Outdoors
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Wisconsin’s diverse outdoor recreation activities bring in billions of dollars year-round. That is the finding of a recent report by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s Office of Outdoor Recreation. The report reiterates recent U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data showing Wisconsin’s outdoor recreation industry’s strong foundation contributes $7.8 billion to the state’s gross domestic product.…
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Women’s Leadership – Where Do We Stand?
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September 2020 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace. There, 189 countries committed to equal rights and opportunities for all women and girls. In 1995, UN Women created a “Declaration and Platform for Action,” recognizing that the odds were systematically stacked against women and organized…
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Growing Optimism Around Vaccine
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If you’ve been wondering about the impact of the coronavirus vaccine and the incidence of cases at nursing homes, you’ll be glad to know the latest news is positive. According to a recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the first nursing home inoculations in Wisconsin took place December 28, and in that week, Wisconsin homes…