Joe Gerstandt | keynote speaker, freedom fighter, freak-flag flier

I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people. -Eduardo Galeano

Projects by Christo Last week was one of those weeks, where nothing worked out quite like it was supposed to.  Our youngest daughter was sick and that threw everyone’s schedule into chaos, but it all worked out, and Friday was a wonderful ending to the week for me.  I am currently participating in Defining Leadership   [Read More…]

So.  I have written a couple of posts related to gender and leadership recently (Jan 29th and February 12th).  I find myself drawn back to the same topic today.  There are several ideas or themes that bring me back: I believe very strongly that we suffer from a critical absence of real leadership today.  Our   [Read More…]

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. -James Russell Lowell   A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. -Ralph Waldo Emerson   Freedom isn’t a matter of the future.  It’s a matter of the present moment. -Thich Nhat Hanh   There is only one corner of   [Read More…]

So, I am back on this issue of gender in the workplace…for a couple of reasons.  I have recently joined a program called Defining Leadership by Men, which is offered by a really amazing organization here in Omaha, the Institute for Career Advancement Needs(ICAN).  Part of the program has been learning about Emergenetics and analyzing   [Read More…]

Some websites I like: The Kitchen Table Blog I love, love, love this blog. It is a back and forth, on-going conversation between two women: Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University Dr. Yolanda Pierce, Associate Professor of African American Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary. These   [Read More…]

The gender gap isn’t just an image problem: our research suggests that it can have real implications for company performance. Some companies have taken effective steps to achieve greater parity. -Georges Desvaux, Sandrine Devillard-Hoellinger, and Mary C. Meaney Nice report from McKinsey Quarterly that came out in late 2008 on women in the workforce. Take   [Read More…]

A bit about what I do… Because there are more and more visitors coming here on a regular basis and becuase I have gotten to know a lot of new folks in the past year (especially through Twitter), I thought it might be good to write a little bit about what I do.  I am   [Read More…]

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