Archive for April, 2010
10/11/2010 Darden Executive Education’s Women Emerging in Leadership
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Erika is the faculty leader and producer of a new Darden Executive Education program, Women Emerging in Leadership, which will launch October 11-15, 2010. Start talking to your managers now about attending the program, and contact Darden’s Executive Education department for more information.
Feedback from an attendee at the October 11-15 event: “Thank you for developing Women Emerging in Leadership and understanding the need for women only program. It was physically and emotionally exhausting but I loved it and will be recommending that other senior women from Genworth attend the next session.”~ Cindy White, Vice President, Business Development, Genworth Financial
Washington Post’s “On Leadership” Web series
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Erika has joined a prominent group of contributors to the Washington Post’s “On Leadership” Web series, with her first post on April 20, 2010. The topic was on the airline executives’ symbolic actions in response to the Iceland volcanic ash crisis. On April 27th, she responded to the question about whether we can trust Goldman Sachs. And on May 28th she posted a provocative response to the question about BP’s spillcam coverage, entitled “Reality TV no replacement for compassion.” Continuing with the BP oil spill and the removal of Tony Hayward as CEO, she responds to this question on July 27, 2010, “Where have all the CEO heroes gone?“
Writer’s Block
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
It has been almost two months since I contributed a new posting to my blog. In the first few weeks I was not overly concerned, but as time continued to pass and one month turned into two I started to panic. And with the panic came my first ever bout of writer’s block. Some might find this surprising given that as an academic fifty percent of my professional life is devoted to writing. I have written a dissertation, a book, numerous articles for the academic and business communities, and now regular blog postings (or at least what used to be regular). One would think that in the past 17 years I would have encountered writer’s block at least once, but in all honesty I have no recollection of ever having trouble writing. I love the creative expression of the task.
So, why now? (more…)
5/4/2010: ExxonMobil Women’s Leadership Network Event
Monday, April 19th, 2010On May 4th, Erika will lead a general session for ExxonMobil female managers on Managing Up. She will also serve as the keynote speaker for this event on the topic of Leadership for Sustainable Personal and Organizational Success.
Feedback from an attendee: “I just wanted to commend you on an exceptional job done
today. You never lost our attention. It was also great to learn of your many
accomplishments. I was very inspired by your visit today and hopefully you will be
able to speak at other events for ExxonMobil.”~ Danielle Harris-Davis
5/5/2010: ExxonMobil—Branded Fuels COE Leadership Meeting
Monday, April 19th, 2010On Wednesday, May 5th at 1:15 pm Erika will speak to this group of ExxonMobil executives on the topic of Leading Change.