Posts Tagged ‘corporate wives’

Organizational Behavior Mimics Leadership (C)

This is the third installment in a series: Alphabets for Wingspouses based on Dan Rockwell’s original blog post The letter “C” for leaders-Constraint. Dan starts with a statement that equally applies to a wingspouse…”You constrain your organization.”

According to WordIQ.com, an organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, controls its own performance, and has a boundary separating it from its environment. As wingspouses, our social arrangement is marriage and family. Our collective goals are defined within our families. Our performance is the very best. Our boundaries include putting family first. (more…)

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Make an Impression That Doesn’t Leave Welts

How many times have you gotten special privileges or attention because of your spouse’s position? Let’s be honest – sometimes it’s nice. People go out of their way to make the boss’s wife feel welcome. We get first pick of important committee positions, we get seated at the VIP tables, and others say yes when we ask for favors. So what’s the problem? The problem is that we are capable of abusing this position and of assuming authority we have no business having. We can tick off a lot of people and make a mess in the process. (more…)

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Spouses Untapped Resource in Recruitment

So you’ve been charged with the task of filling a management position. Where will you start and how will you attract a highly desired candidate to a little town like yours? Maybe you should start by taking a few of the executive spouses to lunch. One or more of them may be exactly what you need to sell the community or assess the “fit.” (more…)

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Fearless Women Entrepreneurs

Listen to the Views from the Top episode “Fearless Woman Enterpreneurs” with Adrienne Graham as she talks with Kathi Browne and Stephanie Holland about women, careers and raising a family.

They discuss the benefits of having a home-based business, what a company should consider in this slow economy, and why planning for second career later in life shouldn’t be frightening. They explore how raising a family plays into a career and what to do now for a career later. This is a jam packed episode you won’t want to miss if you have the spirit of a leader abut don’t know how or when to step out.

Don’t agree with what you hear? Give your input or pose a question to other readers…

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Should Spouses Get Paid Too

If you’re already on the wingspouse track, you know the time and energy spouses like us invest in the executive career. We spend countless hours learning a new skill, researching people or businesses, shmoozing clients, and being the eyes and ears in the community. So why shouldn’t we get paid for it? How many of us have spent our own money to accompany our executive spouses on a business trip where we worked a room? Apparently some HR professionals are having the same thoughts. (more…)

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