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What is an Executive in Residence?

What is an Executive in Residence?

Nicole de Beaufort
leadership

Adaptation is one of my favorite words and the executive-in-residence positions at EarlyWorks are a direct result of my desire to adapt and learn. I have had periods during EarlyWorks’ lifespan when I had an ideal of what growth and success looked like based on what I “should be doing” or how I “should be growing”; and invariably, I have found that the real success is when you can learn from everything; especially when things don’t go your way. We’re faced with constant change and how we respond to it matters. Allowing room in my mindset for adaptation unlocks so many possibilities. And one of those possibilities was a creative idea for how to tap into executive talent as a microbusiness.

Evidence of Compassion: Imagining Life Post-coronavirus

Evidence of Compassion: Imagining Life Post-coronavirus

Nicole de Beaufort
leadership, strategic narrative, communications

The novel coronavirus-19 is a silent invader that I’ve come to think of in metaphorical terms as a thief. The pandemic that has robbed us of our abilities to plan for the future is on a rampage. The only way to prevent it is to preemptively isolate ourselves from it. But even then, no one is really immune. We can use this experience to define our future.

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Stepping off the Struggle Bus and into Radical Possibility

Stepping off the Struggle Bus and into Radical Possibility

Tammie Jones
leadership, cooperative, systems level

Those of us who have been working to make things better for children in Detroit know the statistics. We don’t need to look up the rate of children living in concentrated poverty, those failing to reach reading proficiency by the end of third grade, the percentage of students who are chronically absent from school…Instead of telling the story of the communities we serve through depressing statistics, we can frame the work around what is possible.

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They Need You (In Other Words, Don’t Rule Yourself Out)

They Need You (In Other Words, Don’t Rule Yourself Out)

Nicole de Beaufort
leadership

This is the second in an ongoing series about increasing the participation of women and underestimated groups in governance roles.

This topic struck a chord. Since last week’s post about the power of three, I’ve had a few dozen conversations with women of all ages, career stages and points of view. Some are already on a path to a retirement career of corporate governance. Others are in what might be termed the first trimester of their career (h/t to Anne Chow of AT&T for framing a career in such a powerful way).

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