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ASK JO: How do I delegate without micromanaging?
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 Every month on our site, Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching Inc., answers your career and leadership questions. In this installment, Miller offers sage advice on how you delegate without micromanaging.
This months question: As the newly promoted manager of a small team, how can I delegate effectively? I need to ensure they are meeting critical deliverables without seeming like I am micromanaging them.
Send us your question and it may be answered in an upcoming column. (Your identity will remain anonymous.) |
WOMEN OF VISION
AUCTION GOES LIVE APRIL 28
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The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision auction goes live on eBay April 28, 2008.
Bid on lunch meetings with:
- James Beck, Managing Director and CFO, Mayfield Fund
- Fran Berman, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego
- Aviram Branitzky, Managing Director, SAP Labs North America
- Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President Engineering & Research, Google
- Penny Herscher, President and CEO, firstRain
- Kathy Hill, Senior Vice President Access Networking and Services Group, Cisco Systems
- Rick Rashid, Senior Vice President Research, Microsoft
- Justin Rattner, CTO, Intel
- Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund
- Telle Whitney, President and CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Also bid on:
A 10″ by 14” watercolor painting created at the winner’s request by Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
A full-day coaching session with Isabella Conti, Principal and Founder of the management consulting firm Lisardco.
Registration for the 2008 Women of Vision Awards Banquet closes May 1, 2008. Sponsor a table today.
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Using Technology to Make a Difference for Women
How RAINN Built an Online Hotline
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RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline (“Online Hotline”) is revolutionizing the way crisis services are provided and harnessing technology to help thousands more victims of sexual assault take steps toward recovery. For the first time ever, survivors of sexual assault are able to have a secure, real-time conversation with a trained rape crisis volunteer over the internet.
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Upcoming TechLeaders Workshops
Seattle, New York and Atlanta
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ABI is bringing its highly rated TechLeaders workshops to the Pacific Northwest and the East Coast. This spring and summer we are offering programs suited for entry, mid-level and senior technical women. Take advantage of the TechLeaders workshop that is right for you:
TechLeaders: Power and Influence
When: May 21-22, 2008
Where: Seattle Washington
Hosted by: Amazon.com
This two-day workshop featuring Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching, will focus on extending your power and influence as a technical woman through increased organizational awareness, negotiation techniques, strategies to increase your visibility, and influence techniques to increase buy in for your ideas. Our featured speakers include Nadia Shouraboura, Vice President, FC Systems/Ops Tech Coordination, Amazon.com and Rebecca Norlander, Technical Assistant to the Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation.
TechLeaders: Strategic Persuasion and Change Leadership
When: June 3-4, 2008
Where: Yorktown Heights, NY
Hosted By: IBM
This workshop is designed to provide technical women with skills to succeed in accomplishing their goals in negotiations and meetings as well with the capacity to use these skills to effect organizational change. Participants will be introduced to techniques that people in the theater and in leadership training understand about how to be an effective communicator.They will learn how to articulate a clear purpose, land their message, be heard, enhance personal presence, depersonalize attacks, and manage hot moments. Featured keynote speakers include Cathy Lasser, Vice President, Industry Solutions and Emerging Business, IBM Research.
Senior TechLeaders: Leadership, the Final Frontier
When: June 30-July 1, 2008
Where: Atlanta, GA
Hosted By: Georgia Tech
The goals of this two-day workshop for senior level women are to expand your network of senior technical women colleagues across industry, academia, and government, and to increase your collective impact as a group of powerful women better connected with each other. This workshop will increase your awareness and capacity of your leadership strengths, challenges and create a vision for your career. Our featured keynote speakers include 2007 Women of Vision Award winner Dr. Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering & Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University.
Learn more about them and register today.
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| GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION
Deadline Extended for PhD Forum Submission
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Please be sure to submit your PhD Forum proposal for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing – October 1-4, 2008 in Keystone CO. Submit here:
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Each year the Anita Borg Institute, its partners and sponsors come together to offer scholarships to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration. Scholarship applications will go live this week. Please keep checking our Scholarship page for more information.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE
JUNE 15, 2008
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| CRA-W Travel Support Available for Women Working in Research Labs |
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If you are interested in attending the Grace Hopper Celebration and are dealing with travel restrictions check out the CRA-W Travel Support Grant. Grants are available to cover up to $2000 in travel costs. Please check the site for application information and restrictions.
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| IMPORTANT PROGRAM DUE DATES |
Women of Vision Registration Closes
May 1, 2008
Don’t miss the inspiring Women of Vision awards on May 8 in San Jose. Tickets and tables are still available. Registration will be open until May 1, so be sure to sign up before the event sells out!
Anita Borg and Denice Denton Awards Nominations Due
April 30, 2008
Be sure to nominate an outstanding technical leader in your organization or network. Nominations close April 30, 2008. Learn more about these great awards and submit at:
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