Eileen McDargh
Guest Post: Lean In Advice from Jenna Lombardo, Former Marine
Women can have it all, but first YOU need to figure out what “IT” is that you want! Just remember, allow your goals to change over time.
top of page
Eileen McDargh
- May 14, 2013
- 1 min
Female Combat Marine Leans In for Women
Imagine doing two combat tours in Iraq, being promoted of “meritorious combat service”, nominated 3 times as “Enlisted Woman of the Year...
10
Eileen McDargh
- Mar 20, 2013
- 4 min
Resilient Leaders Learn from Everyone—including DOLPHINS!
Who can resist the constantly “smiling” face of a dolphin whose intelligence and acrobatic skill have delighted humans for centuries?
20
Eileen McDargh
- Feb 26, 2013
- 2 min
Community Colleges Essential for a Resilient Workplace; Wake Up Leaders!
Article focuses on an Atlanta law firm that requires every employee – including the in-house courier making $10/hour....
10
Eileen McDargh
- Feb 5, 2013
- 1 min
There is NO perfect Corporate Strategy
Companies shouldn't aim for a single "perfect strategy" but instead develop and sustain the ability to create strategies...
00
Eileen McDargh
- Jan 24, 2013
- 1 min
Resilient Leaders Know “Soft Skills”
A recent national study by Dale Carnegie Training placed the number of “fully engaged” employees at 29%, and “disengaged” employees at 26%..
20
Eileen McDargh
- Nov 27, 2012
- 1 min
More ideas for a Get-Moving Resilient Congress
Mark McKinnon, GOP strategist and cofounder of NoLables, a movement to end partisan gridlock offers a few more ideas...
30
Eileen McDargh
- Sep 14, 2012
- 2 min
A Leadership Lesson: If General Motors Was A Canoe…
Make that an aluminum canoe: 18-feet long and weighing 83 pounds with no one and nothing in it.
10
Eileen McDargh
- Jul 13, 2012
- 1 min
It’s Brainwork—Making Organizational Change Work for a Resilient Future
That’s why we talk about employees “owning” any kind of change initiative. The “insights” about change must come from them
10
Eileen McDargh
- Jul 12, 2012
- 2 min
Six Words to Banish from Your Organization
I love it when one connection leads to another. Sid Jaffe is president of Advantage Consulting Inc, a top-notch DC-area firm
40
Eileen McDargh
- Jun 1, 2012
- 1 min
Trusting Employees
"Trust people to do their jobs and they will setup up to the next level of performance and collaboration. Sure, letting go is tough.
10
Eileen McDargh
- Dec 1, 2011
- 2 min
Bold Leaders Speak Up
When gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people don't feel safe and valued at work, productivity goes down, and organizations fail...
00
Eileen McDargh
- Oct 12, 2011
- 2 min
Part Two: Quit and Stay? 7 Factors to Increase Employee Satisfaction by Joe Folkman
The first 3 Factors were consistent values, long-term focus, and local leadership. The last 4 factors are:
20
Eileen McDargh
- Oct 11, 2011
- 2 min
Quit and Stay? 7 Factors to Increase Employee Satisfaction by Joe Folkman
Two years ago when employees became dissatisfied with their organization they would quit and get another job.
00
Eileen McDargh
- Oct 5, 2011
- 2 min
Invisible Architecture™ is the Key to Leadership
Think of all the money spent on designing office buildings, moving cubicles around, consolidating locations.
790
Eileen McDargh
- Sep 1, 2011
- 1 min
Is Leadership A “Social Process”?
Four well-known, academic thinkers and writers on leadership recently released a book, “Exploring Leadership” (Oxford University Press).
660
Eileen McDargh
- Aug 20, 2011
- 1 min
Chilean Mining Crisis Offers Lessons for Dysfunctional Congress
When 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground, mining minister Laurence Golborne took charge of their rescue
30
Eileen McDargh
- Aug 10, 2011
- 2 min
Bellman Teaches a Leader’s Lesson
Thunderstorms were rolling across Biscayne Bay when my taxi pulled partially under the portico.
30
Eileen McDargh
- Aug 7, 2011
- 2 min
If Leaders Can't Hear -- How Will They Ever Listen?
This past week, at the annual conference for my professional organization, I found myself saying, “I beg your pardon?” far too often.
20
Eileen McDargh
- May 13, 2011
- 1 min
Interpersonal Skills Lacking in Newly Hired Executives
Seventy-five percent of newly hired executives report having trouble with interpersonal skills
10
The Energizer Blog
bottom of page