Often a great individual contributor deceives herself into believing they are a wonderful leader. An individual contributor is someone who is great at doing tasks, or doing a particular . We have all heard disgruntled co-workers say “nobody can do the job better than I,” or “I should have gotten the promotion, they can’t even …
When I was a recent graduate from my master’s program and new as an engineer, I was the only woman on the team. I was insecure and my pride was in my engineering degree. But my manager repeatedly gave me writing assignments on top of the process work. The assignments consisted of bids, inter-office memos and proposals. It irked me and I started to hate that I was becoming the group secretary. I convinced myself that he was sexist. I said nothing for months and let it fester.
Yesterday I shared the story of Walt Disney’s first, but not well known character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It’s a story of determination and audacity. What’s fantastic about the story is that Oswald returned from Universal Studios to the Walt Disney Company in 2006! I can think of many instances where I questioned if I …
This story is one of few non-biblical stories that have shaped my character. I hope you get as much out of it as I do. In 1927, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon short films burst onto the movie scenes by Universal Pictures. He was Universal’s first animated character. Oswald was popular through the 1930s with …