t
“About one-third of the wa _
through my interviews,I notig/ed this Wallt to Know More?
Pattcm _ _ _ that thc mgn WEE wry T0 find 0ut more about Liz Cornish and her work. see her
focused on what to do: ‘Here are the Web site at 100days‘°°m‘
tasks you do in your first 100 days.’
Tho womoh woro focused oh both can use it to either make or break But the women who are successful
what to do and how to do what you yourself. During those first couple of really know what they want. They’re
dg How to bef Sho SayS_ months, you’re seeing the organiza- absolutely committed to the next
Tho oohoopt of tho “Hr5t 100 days? tion but you’re not of the organiza- step. They have the will to lead. And
Cornish explains, is really moro of tion. So you can really be objective they’ve banished the inner-critic,
a metaphorical oho_ Some pggpldg about what’s going on and what meaning they were willing to say,
transitions into their new leadership questions to ask, she says, to move ‘You know what,I may not be per-
roles may take only 30 days; others the company in the right direction. fect, but I’m good enough. And this
who are new to a company or who Corporations are beginning to is what I want, and this is how I’m
have moro territory to oovor, may foster female executives within their going to go about getting it."’
require Six mohthS_ “It’S really moro ranks, Cornish says. It’s a change she Another stumbling block for wom-
about a series of activities and things attributes partly to the need to re- en is their fear that if they negotiate
that you’vo accomplished, as opposed place retiring baby boomers and part- hard, people will think they’re not
to a numerical humhorf Sho says ly to research that underscores the being nice or that they’re not being
(jormSh’S book is ful] of ohookhsts advantage of having female minds a team player, Cornish says. Also,
and bulleted points to help women in the boardroom, since the majority she says, women allow themselves
executives Stay oh track as they {ind of purchasing decisions in America to be interrupted or they limit their
their owh leadership rrjchg Tips are made by women. Yet women still communication patterns to hide
hko understand your abilities and have to work to subdue their own their own opinions. Cornish says
hmitatjohg, develop ah ohtry plah, or self-doubts if they want to break she believes the corporate climate
manage your message offer Spoojho through the glass ceiling, she says. is changing, though, especially as a
suggestions for holpmg womoh take Women have “so many tugs on new generation of female workers
advantage of those crucial first days their timing and psyche. We want to — women who have grown up in an
m a how job, a time Cornish describes be good parents. We want to be good age of Title IX — rise in the ranks.
as “the pause between the flash of daughters, mothers, etc .... We’re “Putting women out there on the
hghthmg and tho Clap of thuhdor_" always going ‘Oh,I should be a bet- field playing team sports helps them
It’S a time, Sho gays, whoh you’vo ter mother. I should be more pro- recognize that you can be com-
got oyoryhody’S attention and you ductive.’ So we have all these tugs. petitive on the field and be friends
· ;_  r _ ··e»::5;, ·‘ ·_ ,4. ,_ .v outside — that_’s making a huge dif-
|_jZ Ctymjsh was 3 Q *4 A _ ·. · gf ·‘] I   ference," Cornish says. I
UK cheerleader in 1972-73.` ' "' !· ‘   ‘ V J ' sr,   _ FGF h€Y Pam C<>r¤1Sh GHJOYS k¤°W·
_‘ ‘ I J _` V   '  H     at sit ing that she’s helped so many wom-
  V A F ' ` ‘ en find their own keys to success. “I
) ` I  . »-J   love it when people come up and tell
_ X   .` ` . me that I really inspired them.That
  . -   I _ __ W means a lot to me," she says.
ti   Z`      ` _.   And while she’s loving her voyage
Q   · , s N   li.         ,- on the corporate seas, still always in
f s.» " `-’” ’ "·'       ` ~ the back of her mind is her check-
ga _ 9 _. .       ‘* _` list of outdoor places to see and
  {_ I  "  '   if I   t ,1-_  V-   ( . adventures to explore. Someday she
  ··   `i'     ‘ r   —· r -. . »  “° ¤  hopes ure will Hnd her eirmbmg Mt.
  · .,,3 -   . ’ I t ·‘ , _.vv   7.   * Aspiring in New Zealand, swimming
 .  *` ` ‘ ~ ·—:"t __ U V ¤ »     ‘ ‘   ~ I with whale sharks off the coast of
  . ‘ *  i   ti ‘ Q?   Australia,and running this certain
’   ei t   Q " V ` at river in Pakistan that she’s got her
~ :.   - t ’ M -~ t   heart set on.
 - 5   ?‘t ' I ll “Now is not the time,” she says.
*6 L‘· fi   { “My kids come first." But, like the
L . V . ` V   gt; successful women she writes about,
`_   H I   A ‘ Cornish knows what she wants. She
E " '·  _ T    __a..... Mg- ‘`‘` '* it ~ __ ` has her mind set on it. So it’s a safe
_ `  T j g   bet, she’ll get there.
·   `       ` . ”   Robin R0enker’98 AS isafreelanee writer
      _ - ty V _ ’ to in Lexington.
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