Here’s my presentation to about 70 HR Business Partners at HR West, organized by the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA). Those not yet involved in onboarding their new leaders (most of them!) left on fire to invest time in supporting leaders at the start, rather than needing to spend even more time dealing with preventable...
Read MoreWhat happens when you are here?
Pam Fox Rollin wrote this chapter for the ebook Connective Behaviors That Spur Innovation published by EMC West Coast Women’s Leadership Forum. What’s more likely to happen because you’re in the room? Does your calm relax anxious team members? Do your questions invite deeper thinking? Does your courage embolden perceptive dissent? Does...
Read MoreFinding Strength in Struggle: Pam reviews Leadership and the Art of Struggle
I’m asked to review boatloads of books on leadership, and most wind up in the backmost section of my bookcase, unmentioned. No need to sadden the day of well-meaning authors by sharing my lack of enthusiasm for the product of their work. Most of the books are poorly framed, derivative, simplistic, poorly-researched, or just badly-written. Leadership...
Read MorePam interviews Zoe Dunning on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal
Zoe Dunning served as the only openly gay member of the U.S. military for 13 years. She made history fighting and winning the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law that excluded gays from serving openly in the armed forces. This interview, from December 2010, is one of my favorites. and if you listen, I think you’ll hear why. No fireworks,...
Read MorePam’s interviews from Global Women Leadership Network
I’ve been moved by the vision and action of participants in the Global Women’s Leadership Network, a powerful collaboration I’ve often volunteered with since it was founded in 2004. Here are brief interviews with three leaders from the 2009 cohort who are making a difference for imprisoned women, subsistence farmers, and survivors of...
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