The reluctant manager quieted down about his apprehensions in the face of Dillman’s arguments, but he never did get on board with the new system. She persevered anyway and the system was implemented to great success. “I believed we could do it and we did,” she adds with pride.
Dillman’s Discrimination Lessons
1) Pick your battles and don’t waste your energy on minor indignities. Your anger ends up hurting no one but yourself.
2) You have control over your emotions, what you do, and how you feel.
3) Figure out what you want from your career and if you’re not getting it where you are, move on.
Linda Dillman Leader Low Down
Person you respect or idolize most, other than family: Eleanor Roosevelt
Hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Thing you’re most afraid of: Boredom
Favorite business book: The Fred Factor, by Mark Sanborn
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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