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Leadership Tutorial VII (for women): Are Women Less Politically Savvy?

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

This question comes up regularly.  And it’s an important one.  I’ve dealt with it in nonfiction and now in fiction in Shadow Campus.  The answer, I believe, is that it depends on the arena in which women work and how … Continue reading →

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SHADOW CAMPUS — New Novel Now on Kindle

Posted on August 6, 2013 by admin

Shadow Campus is now on Kindle.

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Crime and Political Intrigue — SHADOW CAMPUS

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Shadow Campus, my tenth book and debut as a novelist, has just been published.  A mystery thriller, like all of my work it’s related to what goes on behind the scenes in organizations  — in this case the politics of … Continue reading →

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Leadership Tutorial VI (for women): Do We Work Ourselves to Death?

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

You don’t have to be a woman in the U.S. to work yourself to the detriment of your health. But many of us risk our well-being. You may have seen Arianna Huffington discuss this recently. It’s more a problem of … Continue reading →

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Leadership Tutorial V (for women) — You Want to Get Ahead? Keep a Journal.

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Memory fades.  Recent research indicates that the process begins much earlier than we might think.  Given this and the lying-for-the-larger-good perspective prevalent in most highly and pathologically political organizations, to protect yourself and your career advancement start keeping a record … Continue reading →

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The Pros and Cons of Gossip

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Sharing here a Harvard Business Review blog by Amy Gallo on gossip.  It’s one of those facts of life.  There are some useful comebacks here, too, for when you don’t want to be manipulated into being part of someone else’s … Continue reading →

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Can You Spare a Compliment?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

I was listening to a segment the other day about high school students in Iowa sending compliments to fellow students via Twitter.  What a terrific concept!  After all, compliments cost us nothing but they are rarer than hens’ teeth in … Continue reading →

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Are You a Sucker?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

Well, that’s not a nice way to start a blog!  But you may feel better to know that most of us are suckers — at least at one time or another.  And, it’s getting more common because we are bombarded … Continue reading →

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False Assumptions Keeping the Stay-At-Home Mom Debate Alive

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Kathleen Kelley Reardon

In response to my Huffington Post blog yesterday, “Stay-At-Home Mom is a Political Misnomer,” the response below was posted.  It’s among the more reasoned responses I’ve read and so I thought I’d share it.  There are too many false and … Continue reading →

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Stay-At-Home Mom Fiasco

Posted on April 16, 2012 by admin

As I wrote over at Huffington Post today, there is no such thing as a stay-at-home mom or dad. We all work one way or another whether for pay or not.  This label keeps rearing its ugly head every so … Continue reading →

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