Featured Blog Post from Leslie Grossman
How to Be More Courageous Like Cassidy Hutchinson
Courage is a word rarely used by the media to describe women. That is, until June 28, 2022. Cassidy Hutchinson will be remembered as a woman of courage since testifying for the January 6 Committee hearing. It’s a time for each of us to ask ourselves, “what kind of inner courage do I have?” How often have you shut down and not spoken up when your inner-self told you to do otherwise? Would any of us put our careers at risk by speaking up about what we know to be the truth or would we be silent and be part of a cover-up?
Hutchinson’s action made me curious about how many women, around the world, may have shown courage and in doing so, risked their reputation, their future, their life, not to mention friends and family? I did a little research and it turns out that women are being courageous every day. Less than one year ago Frances Haugen, a former project manager at Facebook, testified before Congress that children were being exploited at Meta/Facebook. A year earlier, computer scientist Timnit Gebru challenged Google on their ethics. And, who would not remember Malala Yousafzai who continued to speak worldwide about educating girls after she was shot in the head by the Taliban as a young girl? Few today are aware that in 1950 a lone female US Senator, Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, after only a year in office, became the first member of Congress to condemn publicly on the floor of the Senate, the anti-Communist witch hunt led by her fellow Republican Senator, Joseph McCarthy.
Take only 15 minutes to listen to the Her Circle Leadership ’15 on Friday’ podcast, and hear how Cassidy Hutchinson embodied the 7 tenets of leadership that are at the forefront of Her Circle Leadership, which trains women leaders, coaches, consultants and HR/DE&I trainers through our programs.
Where does this courage come from and how is it expressed? Listen to the podcast above and discover what strengths each successful woman needs to be able to speak up and be heard – not only in the face of an insurrection – but to those who may challenge, demean or shut down her voice in the workplace or in any challenging situation. It is the 7 tenets of Her Circle Leadership, that strengthens our inner self and gives us the confidence to achieve what we desire and to speak up with courage.
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October 12 - October 14, 2022
Whatever the organizational climate, key actions and behaviors learned in this program will create better leaders:
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