May 2010 , Volume XX      
 


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Upcoming Events

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September 28th, 2010
Leading Up for Women of African Descent Skills-Building Off-site
Philadelphia, PA

October 6th, 2010
Enhancing Your Professional Image
SAKS Fifth Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA

December 9th, 2010
The Leader's Edge/Leaders By Design
10 Year Anniversary Party & Holiday Celebration

April 2011
Women On Board program
Philadelphia, PA

May 2011
Physicians As Leaders event
held in conjunction with strategic partners Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson
Philadelphia, PA

Nila G. Betof, Ph.D., COO, The Leader's Edge / Leaders By Design is publishing her first book with husband, Edward Betof, Ed.D. Just Promoted! is about what happens in the first 12 months after you've been promoted to a new management or leadership role. You're moving up! It's about that exciting and challenging time in your professional life when your responsibilities change, expand, and usually become much more challenging for you. Just Promoted! is designed to help you at every turn. More details coming later this summer!

 
 

Engaging, Developing and Connecting your Emerging Leaders

As the field of leadership development has evolved over the last several years, so have we adapted to the new expectations of the clients we serve. Along with this evolutionary change, has come several exciting new initiatives and projects that really stretch our thinking as leadership development consultants.
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Revitalizing Teams for Organizational Success

An organization's success is highly dependent on its ability to adapt to changes in the marketplace and to subsequently integrate and motivate its employees -- its most valuable assets -- along with these adjustments. As a result of the current economic situation, many organizations have instituted changes that include decreasing their workforce or rearranging resources to increase efficiency and reduce waste. Employees now find themselves working closely in new groups with new colleagues who each have a different work and leadership style.
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Coach's Perspective

Mary Jane Reed

For The Leader's Edge/Leaders By Design Washington D.C. Regional Vice President Mary Jane Reed, executive coaching was in her nature. Mary Jane had a thriving career in Human Resources at large firms such as Verizon (Bell Atlantic) and Nevada Energy. It was during her tenure as an HR professional that she realized her passion and talent for encouraging and developing executives as they faced various roadblocks in their career as they consistently sought her out for counsel. As Mary Jane says, "when I was the Head of HR, I found that the role I played to the CEO and other officers was that of a sounding board and a confidant".
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Do Women Outperform Men in Long-Term Collaborative Leadership?
By Peter J. Dean, Ph.D., President, Leaders By Design

Currently, the gender norm in corporate America's executive suite is masculine. The executive men outnumber the executive women by roughly 85% in our country's largest companies. From a societal viewpoint, history in western and eastern civilizations documents masculine governance much the same way. Stephen Green, Chairperson, HSBC and author of Good Value: Reflections on Money, Morality and an Uncertain World, I believe, has summed it up best.
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