Gloria Larson, President of Bentley University, gave the closing keynote address at the The Successful You 2010 Women’s Leadership Forum.
She was then joined by Judith Giordan, Managing Director at Intangible Asset Finance and Professor of Practice at University of Southern Mississippi.
Their parting words of wisdom for us:
* Define your strengths and pair them with a purpose.
* Have a passion for your work.
* Connect – with peers, mentors and career sponsors
* Admit your mistakes. Learn from them. Practise positve framing.
* Develop your own distinctive ‘voice’
* Take risks
* It’s not about gaining power, but gaining influence
* Be optimistic.
* View setbacks as an opportunity, not a negative event.
I would also add that attending conferences like the Successful You is inspiring and can help you further your career and relationships.
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Sajib
December 14, 2010
Thanks. I hope they are gonna help me.
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Nancy Loderick
December 14, 2010
Hey Sajib – thanks for your comment. I hope these words of advice help you. I wish I had read something like thise when I was starting out in my career.
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Quentin Magos
December 15, 2010
“Never confuse the subjective observation of a generally accepted truth as being adequate proof for an unreserved adoption of the point of view resulting from the findings of that observation.” That’s good, sound advice in all business matters. However, this new business orientated blog about rules of engagement seems to suggest it has all the answers you need to all your business problems, and more: http://www.therulesofacquisition.wordpress.com. Here, it seems that the free advice (I say “free advice” advisedly, as all good advice must be paid for somehow) is provided for businessmen and entrepreneurs in the form of rules, that such rules of engagement are for following and following in good order; while wherever following this hyperlink could inadvertently take you in cyberspace, it might even manage to take you somewhere that you always wanted to go, but didn’t previously know that you always wanted to get there. Which really can’t be a bad result of having a quick look at this blog; that is if you agree with me on this point after reading this short diatribe inspired by the above post on business. But really, in my humble opinion, in the business community such things probably need to be taken with a pinch of salt anyway; at least this blog isn’t just a list of contacts for generic companies located in Silicone Valley that’s looking for overpaid homeworkers.
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Nancy Loderick
December 16, 2010
Hi Quentin – thanks for sharing your thoughts. I’m not quite sure what you are trying to say though. I think you’re saying that if you believe something to be true, then you will find arguments to support your opinion, without considering the other side.
As for your blog, you list some interesting quotes and rules. I find it helpful to read these. I see you don’t allow comments, so I couldn’t comment directly on your blog.
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