by Jacqueline Farrington | Aug 22, 2014 | executive presence, Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about “everyday talk” and what it reveals about your organization. The language that we hear and use every day shapes our world and our perception of ourselves. Some of this language and behavior may reveal latent assumptions and...
by Jacqueline Farrington | Jul 25, 2014 | executive presence
Over the past several decades, women have made great progress in the corporate and academic worlds. Women earn more college and graduate degrees than men and make up half the workforce. But even as the gender gap has closed in some areas, it remains wide in others....
by Jacqueline Farrington | Jun 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Over the past few years, social media has transformed the way we consume and disseminate information. From the Arab Spring uprising to the recent abduction of 276 girls in Nigeria, the social web spreads news and creates a platform for interaction that is far reaching...
by Jacqueline Farrington | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Data is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, we have to have the data to back up our work. On the other, nothing kills a presentation like a data dump. How many pitches, presentations, and earnings calls have eaten your day away with processions of data-filled...
by Jacqueline Farrington | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Are you the first one out of the foxhole? During World War I in France, General Douglas MacArthur told a unit commander before a dangerous charge, “Major, when the signal comes to go over the top, I want you to go first, before your men. If you do, they’ll follow.”...