Women In Leadership - Week 7

This week we had 3 speakers, Mary, Carol and Sally. Carol is the founder and the President of Slain industries. She co founded it, there are now 18 million users all over the world. She's a shareholder but is no longer connected with it. She started it in1981, with just 2 women and in 2007 she sold it to an Irish company that was a multinational. She said how back then people never shared the financial statements, but now it's not a big deal. People who look at it are only interested because they want to ensure their job security. They had an open door policy. Any time you wanted to confront the "Head Guy", you were free to do so. In 1996, she had her first disagreement with her partner. So what she did was but 25% of her partners shares and ended up having more control. Sally was next to speak. She spent a year at Otterbein. She realized that she had a passion for music and decided to go to Hollywood. Her first stop was at San Diego then she moved and lived in Hollywood. She had spent about 7 years out there. She was born and raised in Cleveland. Her mum was her first employee in the castor business. She never wanted to take "No" for an answer. Honda has been her client for about 17 years now. Her mentor is going to be Cheryl Cooper. Mary was the last speaker. Her original education is in Nursing. Her dad was an entrepreneur. Her husband gave her the check and she's been in control ever since they got married. She's all about the Finance and managing your money, and spending it wisely. This week's speakers were very business oriented and we learnt a lot.

Women In Leadership - Week 6

We had 5 guest speakers this week, Ryan, Nicole, an African American Lady, A German lady and Robin. Ryan came in and spoke about jobs and openings once we are all done graduating from college. Nicole spoke to us about how she specializes in Child Psychology and few other stuff. Her expertise is in Alcohol and Drug Prevention. The African American Lady whose name I did not catch is a Business Administration Major. She volunteers for an Arts Organisation. She works in the Non - Profit sector. She took courses in non - profit management. She moved to Indianapolis and got a job related to Community Development. She went to Africa and was exposed to a lot of sadness and pain that people there were going through. She worked 10 years with the Columbus Foundation. The German Lady whose name again I did not catch spoke to us about how many job vacancies are there for those of us who are interested in non - profit organisations. Robin started her working career at Wendy's. When she left it, she was offered the post as Dave Thomas's Secretary. She came to Otterbein in 1999 to complete her degree. In 2002 she got a job as Senior Director Corporate Relations. She just told us to; Love what you do, and do what you love. President Krendl then took over. The speeches at this weeks session were short as we gave our oral presentations afterwards. The oral presentations were all extremely good, I thought and I got through mine without passing out, so thumbs up. Well that's about it for this week's Women In Leadership and next week we don't have class as it's Fall Break.. Awesome!!

Women In Leadership - Week 5

This week we had 4 guest speakers. Jean, Jean Reynolds, Susan and Tammie. The first Jean is the Director of Operations at the Ohio Health Westerville Medical Campus. She's involved with Girl Scouts. She has three children, the youngest is autistic. She has a bunch of points and quotes that get her through the day and that has brought her to where she is today. These are ; Come to work, willing to be fired Circumvent any orders that may stop you Do any job required to make your project work Find people to help you Follow your intuition about people Leverage what inspires you Don't be afraid to be creative Present peoples ideas in new ways what you know and do well in your current job may not lead to where you want to be in your next job Actively seek and serve as a mentor, never quit learning Learn to create memories Part of a leader is grooming the next generation of talent Find and pursue what you are passionate about She also mentioned a couple of books that impacted her Leadership approach: Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will The Fifth Discipline Good to Great The 360 Degree Leader Harvard Business Review Journal She briefed us on all these topics and told us that becoming a Leader was sheer hard work and commitment. The next speech was from another Jean. Jean Reynolds. She spoke about Leadership vs. Management. Lead : Learn how to fail, Embrace new ideas, Adapt to your customers needs, Desire to be the Best. She said how if you are too afraid to make a mistake, you won't reach success. No ideas, is a bad idea. Aspiring Leaders need to learn how to speak, write, read, set a positive example and care about people. She said that it is not as easy as it sounds. She told us how people don't care what you now unless they know that you care. Plan your work and work you plan. Next up was Susan and Tammie, who spoke together. They are both professionals in the field of Public Relations (PR) Susan told us that there was this thing on the internet called the Strengths Finder and she asked all of us to try to take that as it can and will help us realize our strengths built in as individuals. She spoke about being the only woman at her firm at most events and how sometimes that can be a joy ride but sometimes it can be very tough. Never say Never, is a quote that Susan highlighted. She said that Women should never think that they are incapable, because they are just as capable as men. Tammie spoke up about how she used to work for Bob Evans. It was a firm full of men and how she would constantly be called "KIDDO". Then she went on to work at a firm which was full of women and she said how the contrast was so big and different. Susan and Tammie told us that they feel that technology is taking our generation over and I totally agree with that. She said how amusing it is that men NEVER make a ' To Do List' whereas women on the other hand often do. President Krendl then had a friendly talk with us for the rest of the night. I loved this class too, every class teaches us something new, which can help us deal with the fact that we are women.