2) Leaders, and aspiring leaders, don’t have the luxury to become emotional and make a scene if they’re faced with ignorance.
3) The business world can be a dirty place. The key is realizing some men still aren’t used to women in power, so forgive their transgressions. But don’t be a pushover, either.
Christine Jacobs Leader Low Down
Favorite business book: Good to Great, by Jim Collins
Thing you’re most afraid of: Being lazy
Dream job: Teaching
Childhood hero: Katharine Hepburn
Copyright (c) 2006 by Eve Tahmincioglu. Reprinted with permission from From the Sandbox to the Corner Office: Lessons Learned on the Journey to the Top by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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