Women's Leadership Retreat

04/29/2020

With the challenges we’re facing today, leadership strength is needed more than ever. Stay focused, stay in stride and stay in your leadership power! Leaders don’t need to have all of the answers - what they need is vision, authenticity and resilience. Stay safe - be strong!

07/07/2019

There’s only two precious things we absolutely own: our dignity and our self respect. When you let others throw you off stride and you get angry or hurt, you are letting people erode these. Stop: hold on to your dignity and self respect and don’t give them up to anyone! Stay strong - stay in your leadership power! Lynn

10/08/2018

During a radio show the other day, I was asked if leaders are born or made. My response was “both” - nature and nurture. There are definitely people who are naturally engaging and charismatic (nature); however, to reach their highest level
of leadership effectiveness, they also need to better understand what they do well and what they need to develop or temper (nurture). High performing leaders engage in this work every day.

08/07/2017

Women Stepping into Leadership Power https://www.inc.com/zoe-henry/2017-women-entrepreneurs-running-for-office.html

Since the election, thousands of women have decided to run for public office. Many of them own small businesses.

08/01/2017

Hard to believe summer is almost over and in Arizona, school will be starting soon. The discipline that school involves from K-18 and then college promotes growth. Each year students are challenged to learn something new, enhance their knowledge and develop their interpersonal skills/behavior. For some reason, this discipline of learning, challenging and growing shifts when people enter careers. Yes, they are learning something new and their knowledge is growing exponentially in their profession/industry.. And initially there is usually a lot of training and development. It's when leaders are moving up to the senior and C-Suite levels that the real challenges come out. Now, they aren't doing the work - they are managing the work and need to inspire others to reach their highest potential. If team or business performance is not where it needs to be, the opportunity is for the leaders to begin the hard work of challenging themselves as leadership effectiveness, like water, flows downstream.

07/11/2017

Women do not need to sit in groups and talk about what women need to do to get ahead. It actually can isolate women further as it sends an incorrect message that women need some special development or that they have special training needs. Senior leaders in a company should be committed to the development and growth of all talent, including women. Until diversity is a core business measurement for the C-Suite, it will remain a project or special initiative versus a key business parameter that is tied into senior leaders' compensation like all other deliverables. Then, and only then, will diversity be a mindset versus an activity.

06/26/2017

Conflict is a natural part of life - it's how we handle it that makes the difference. "Be the Dog - not the Tail". That may sound strange, but let's think about it. The Dog position says we're staying in control and not letting others "wag" us or get a reaction. When you're the "Tail", you are letting others determine your reactions and feelings. In life, no one can "make us mad" or "hurt our feelings". We choose our behavior and it's up to us to manage our responses. Be the Dog!

05/08/2017

Demanding equal pay from the start. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2017-04-27/court-employers-can-pay-women-less-based-on-past-salaries

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says employers can legally pay women less than men for the same work based on differences in the employees' previous salaries.

12/17/2016

A Senior Executive was just talking to me about the leadership work they've been doing and how it's showing up in all aspects of life - professional and personal. Leadership power and influence is about igniting your strengths, learning what behaviors can derail you and what your "triggers" are. When leaders do this work, they absolutely step into their leadership power. Where are you in your leadership journey?

09/30/2016

Here are just a few comments we received from the beautiful women that attended the Leadership Conference last month. Bet you can't wait to catch the next one.

"Attending the Retreat was the catalyst that I needed to uncover my potential as a leader. I am forever grateful"

"The two-day Retreat has been invaluable in helping me identify my career derailers and developing a plan to unlock my potential"

"This definitely will help me evaluate my own behavior, its impact on others, and gave me practical tools to shift towards my vision"

Thank you Ladies for attending.

09/16/2016

Thank you Lynn and Dee for a great couple of days. The Retreat was inspiring. Watch us now! Desert Mountain Club

09/01/2016