Women are their own toughest critics

Women are their own toughest critics, says Mary Lou Quinlan, founder of Just Ask A Women and author of Time Off For Good Behavior (Broadway Books): "We never let ourselves off the hook. That internal pressure is the greatest one of all."
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Women vs. Men

Women leaders have an edge over male leaders who have similar jobs and stature, according to Caliper a Princeton, N.J.-based management-consulting firm. On attributes like mental strength, assertiveness, persuasiveness, empathy and risk? Women came away stronger than men in the Caliper study.
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Weirdos in the Workplace

Talented individuals not only march to a different drummer, they have a percussion section tagging along, insists John Putzier, author of Weirdos in the Workplace (Financial Times-Prentice Hall): “They do not look in the mirror and ask themselves, ‘How do others see me?’ They don’t care! It rarely enters their mind. They succeed both in spite of and because of their low self-monitoring behavior.”
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Public speaking

Public speaking is terrifying but that fear can be overcome, according to Jessica Selasky and her mother Dorothy Lynn in the book Your Public Speaking Workout: "Visualize yourself enjoying the moment. We don't want to teach people how to speak in public. We want to teach people how to speak in public and how to enjoy it and be present in the moment. That's our goal."

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Your Public Speaking Workout

Even difficult audiences want speakers to succeed, say Jessica Selasky and her mother Dorothy Lynn in Your Public Speaking Workout: "Audiences will give you a certain amount of time at the beginning of the speech to let you succeed." But if you're still acting nervous after, say, two minutes? "That's when they'll turn on you."

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Let me tell you a story

If you are giving a presentation and you see that the audience's attention is flagging, try this trick. Pause and say "Let me tell you a story," suggests Jessica Selasky and her mother, Dorothy Lynn in their book Your Public Speaking Workout. "You'll get the audience's complete attention because everybody likes a story."

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Q-12 Advantage

A top priority for the Gallup Organization's Q-12 Advantage is at least once a week, given recognition and praise for doing good work.


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