CHAPTER 11
Executive Presence for Women
So Much for Conventional Wisdom
The enemy of conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.
—JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
KASEY
Kasey Carson walked briskly from behind her desk, inviting our executive coach and one of her direct reports to have a seat at the executive conference table. Prominently placed at the center of that table was a bonsai tree, a symbol of realism in miniature. To explain, “Oh, Kasey keeps it there to remind us to get real and bring the idea down to size.”
Kasey had joined the company six months earlier, establishing excellent rapport with her team and becoming a close advisor to the CEO. What people enjoyed about her style could also be overstrength. On the positive side, ...
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