Category Archives: Janet’s Thoughts

Don’t Let This Word Define You

You’ve probably heard that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In, the popular advice book for women, doesn’t like the word bossy.  In fact, she’s so irate that she’s trying to start a movement to ban the use of the word.  According to Sandberg and a few other women—Condoleezza Rice and Beyonce among them– the…

Who’s Being Bossy

I’ve been thinking about words.  The word “bossy,” for example, is one I hear frequently.  Friends and colleagues use it — humorously, they say — to describe my leadership style.  I usually go along with the humor of it; after all, at my age,  I’m comfortable  with the way I am and the way I lead.  That…