Betty-Ann Heggie's Reflections on Gender Physics —

Mysteries of the Universe and the Opposite Sex

March 6, 2012

Stephen Hawking, the cosmologist who more than any other has helped explain the universe, recently gave a 70th birthday interview to the media. In it he said that he spends most of his time thinking about women as they are a complete mystery to him. I feel a bit intimidated giving counsel to such an [...]

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Companies that Develop Women Increase Profitably

February 28, 2012

If you are part of a company that wants to increase its profitably, read on. First, you must accept that you will be more successful by developing women leaders. Next, forget about floundering around spending money trying to make that happen. Most companies doing that fail miserably. There is a simple formula I’ve developed that [...]

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Get 5 Mentors to Have a Personal Board of Directors

February 21, 2012

Women with mentors do better but women with five mentors do better yet! Find five mentors that you deeply admire and wouldn’t want to let down. Consider them your personal board of directors and enjoy the benefits of that extra guidance, feedback and support. The strategy of putting in place a personal board of directors [...]

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Love Grows from Loss

February 14, 2012

There are certain successes in love and in life that can only grow from failure. Heidi Halvorson, psychologist and author of “Succeed: How we can Reach our Goals,” says that is because far more success comes from learning from your mistakes than from natural ability. Today is Valentine’s Day so let’s consider Halvorson’s business advice [...]

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Leveling with the King of the Castle

February 7, 2012

Most small children play a game where one crawls to a higher point than the rest of the group and shrieks with glee, “I’m the king of the castle.” Then a playmate climbs higher still and claims the king position. I have also observed this behavior in a friend’s Jack Russell terrier, a breed which [...]

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Bubbling with Confidence from Womentorship

January 31, 2012

If confidence could be bottled, it would bubble like champagne and its label would read “Womentorship.” I know this from watching women bubble with confidence after entering a mentorship relationship. Women who are part of the party have lots to celebrate and all are welcome to join in. They can be either a protege or [...]

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Where’s Waldo and How to Find a Mentor

January 24, 2012

Women who want the benefit of a mentor often don’t know how to find one. Identifying a mentor amongst the masses can be as overwhelming as finding Waldo on the crowded, colourful illustration of a children’s picture book. However, just like Waldo, locating a mentor gets easier with time and practice. While you can pick [...]

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Women with Mentors Develop Good Gender Physics

January 17, 2012

Research shows that women with mentors more fully live their potential. This vital relationship encourages them to break free of gender expectations to optimize both masculine and feminine energy. In short, mentors help women develop good Gender Physics. Being born a woman means that you are naturally gifted with a certain amount of feminine energy. [...]

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Serve Others to Serve Yourself

January 10, 2012

Service is good for your career but better than that, service is good for your soul. Use this win-win to create personal satisfaction and professional achievement in 2012. I learned the value of customer service at my father’s knee growing up in a small town hotel. The morning after a big storm, the cars of [...]

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Build your Resilience and Push Through

January 3, 2012

Women find success by accepting opportunities and risk. They have the ability to frame the world positively and push through building self-reliance as they go, found the global management consultant McKinsey. In their report, “Centered Leadership: How Talented Women Thrive”, McKinsey reports that successful women around the globe had the three attributes of presence, belonging [...]

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