President and CEO Christine Jacobs’ Discrimination Lessons

By: Eve Tahmincioglu (View Profile)

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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posted: 10.31.2007
Frankie
Great, informative story. I can't believe in todays' world we are still dealing with discrimination issues. It takes people, like in this story, to assure us all that we have to right to stand up for our rights, especially in the work force.
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