October 5, 2007

Live Blogging at Synergy Women's Leadership Conference: Jane Creswell

As a teen, Jane says she heard God's calling to be a missionary to the corporate world.

Early lessons learned in corporate work:
1. How to lead like a woman and not a girl.
2. Stretch beyond your skills, but stick to your strengths. This became #1 coaching topic while at IBM.
3. Apply the R.O.I. concept to everything. (Return On Investment) - sometimes it's a calculation that happens after the completion of a project. Need to look at this before a project. Looking at R.O.I. is valid even if the return isn't about dollars. Is Parable of Talents about R.O.I.?
4. Develop leaders who develop leaders.

2 comments:

Micah Tillman said...

Parable of Talents seems like it would fit. But . . . hmmm. Maybe.

I always thought of it as focussed on responsibility, not return. But . . . hmmm.

*ponders*

Sarah J. Flashing said...

I'm still pondering on much of what I heard at the conference. A lot of good stuff....But I also heard a discussion about Jesus' silent years (between 12 and 30) and wondered if too many assumptions were made about what happened during those years.