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ISSN
1943-8133
Volume 2009-09, Issue 2
September 22, 2009
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Pardon me, is that your water bottle? For that matter, your Styrofoam
coffee cup, plastic grocery bag, sneaker, flip flop, Mylar balloon,
clothing price tag or broken toothbrush?
 There
have been more "Dolly Days" here lately - later summer weather
that allows for a perfect experience on the water: mirror-calm, warm
and beautiful. Even though autumn is slowly arriving -
changes in
the angle of the sun, the amount of daylight, the colors of the sky,
and the very subtle color change to certain shrubs - the weather
remains hot and sunny during the day.
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of participating in the 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup day
sponsored by the
Ocean Conservancy. Last year, there were nearly 400,000
volunteers in thousands of separately organized events who collected
more than 6.8 million pounds of trash along ocean, island and other
waterway shorelines in 100 countries and 42 U.S. states - the largest
volunteer effort of its kind. Here at home in the Florida Keys, there
were numerous clean up sites. Hard to believe that a
shoreline
like the picture above could be full of so much trash!
 That's
me in the kayak with my personal haul - a rusty old soggy padded
lawn chair is the base of my load, with a plastic crate on top,
supporting two large garbage bags of stuff - all of it found along
about 20 yards of this otherwise pristine beach/shoreline area
accessible only in a very shallow water vessel.
In separate loads, I collected not one, but two lawn chairs, two
plastic crates, numerous plastic water bottles, cups, caps, single and
multiple gallon plastic jugs, a rusted metal bucket, plastic grocery
store and dry chemical bags, other plastic containers, and personal
hygiene items (you don't want to know details, but I'll say
this:
those roller balls from deodorant bottles are hard to figure out when
you find them in the sand separated from their container …)
. And did I mention I found a lot of plastic?
Remarkably
missing were plastic film canisters - thankfully the innovations in
digital photography have removed those from the waste
stream.
 I
participated with11 other volunteers and two coordinators from the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary's Team OCEAN program (one of
whom is my dear husband - he's the one on the left there in the blue
shirt behind our total haul). Together, we walked the shore and kayaked
out to the southern shoreline edge of the Western Sambos Ecological
Reserve to collect a total of 1630 pounds of marine debris.
Some of my friends and colleagues might call me nuts to find pleasure
in picking up trash, but I have to tell you it is very tangible, good
work - you get to see and feel satisfaction about your results right
away. And, with a little advance preparation so you don't get
hurt by some icky medical waste or other contaminated item, armed with
gloves and pick up tools everyone knows how to do it, no training
required. I got exercise, sunshine, camaraderie, burgers on
the
grill for lunch, and a very good feeling knowing that I was
participating in something much bigger than myself, global in nature,
that made a significant difference. If only we could do more
-
like a month's worth of activities … hey, there's a local
legacy
project to get going in your neck of the woods. Everyone has
a
local waterway - and water is our lifeblood.
Keeping plastics out of the food chain is an important effort for us
all - see more here,
and about pollution (like PCB
chemicals) transmission to humans and
other adverse
health impacts.
On another note … last Thursday, we held the first of our
final
fre.e preview teleseminars to launch the "7 Steps to Creating Your
Legacy" program which begins October 7. See more about that
here. Unfortunately, a number of people were not
able to get
in to the teleconference, but we're repeating it today. If
you'd
like to join in and find out more, register here
for the last preview
teleseminar or to get a recording of it.
Cheers,
Dolly
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"You
are not here merely to make a living. You are here to live
more amply, with greater vision, with a finer
spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the
world,
and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
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-- Woodrow
Wilson
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There's The Power of Women
Leaders....
Legacy
is about leadership. Neither legacy nor leadership are the
exclusive domain of either men or women, and leadership attributes are
essentially gender neutral. They may have more feminine or masculine
characteristics, but those characteristics may be demonstrated by
either gender. Most of the historical examples we have of leadership
are of men, and particularly a military model. The military model was
adopted into the corporate model when the world of work was primarily
the province of men. But that has not been the case for a long time.
For any number of reasons, women have entered the work world, and have
brought their own natural leadership style - nurturing in nature -
along with them. That in turn has made it easier for men who embrace a
similar leadership style to exercise what would be described as more
feminine traits. I am talking about 'feminine' here in a broad, neutral
way - as in "having qualities traditionally
ascribed to women, such as
sensitivity or gentleness" - characteristics that occur across a
masculine to feminine spectrum and are applicable to both genders, not
necessarily just female. And I distinguish the term from the word
"effeminate." That term arose around 1430 AD, originating from L.
effeminatus, meaning "make a woman of" which, quite unfortunately, is
rarely used without reproach generally when applied to men. So much for
the confusion inherent with the term "gentleman" …
But these alternative leadership style differences are important. Girls
and boys, young women and young men, need examples of women's'
leadership - that is, the feminine approach - one that focuses beyond
the bottom line, that is more nurturing than conquering. The bottom
line is important, but so are other things. Women's leadership is more
like organic gardening impacting a particular community, than acquiring
new land and building a bigger corporate farm.
What's the difference?
Back in the early 1990's, JB
Rosener, Ph.D, a professor at
the University of
California Irvine Paul Merage School of Business, who does research in
the areas of men and women at work and cultural diversity, wrote a then
path-breaking article called "Ways Women Lead." In it she said:.
Men
(the masculine approach) are much more likely than women to view
leadership as a series of transactions with subordinates, and to use
their position and control of resources to motivate their followers.
Women, on the other hand, (the feminine approach) are far more likely
than men to describe themselves as transforming subordinates'
self-interest into concern for the whole organization and as using
personal traits like charisma, work record, and interpersonal skills to
motivate others. Women leaders practice (a feminine approach called)
"interactive leadership"-trying to make every interaction with
coworkers positive for all involved by encouraging participation,
sharing power and information, making people feel important, and
energizing them. In general, women have been expected to be supportive
and cooperative, and they have not held long series of positions with
formal authority. This may explain why women leaders today tend to be
more interactive than men. But interactive leadership should not be
linked directly to being female, since some men use that style and some
women prefer the command-and-control style. Organizations that are open
to leadership styles that play to individuals' strengths will increase
their chances of surviving in a fast-changing environment. Harvard
Business Review, November-December, 1990 (Parenthetical additions mine).
Some of those leadership characteristics are an ability to see beyond
problems, showing a genuine interest in people, asking questions and
then really listening to answers, taking the time to really know people
and look for the best in them, keeping "hope alive" during difficult
times, being willing to risk, making people feel valued by appreciating
every contribution and contributor, believing people want to be great,
seeing strength in differences and soliciting other points of view,
working to develop talent, and creating a place for people to grow.
Clearly these attributes are gender neutral and practiced by both men
and women, but women bring them naturally to their work roles and these
leadership styles are making an important, creative and developmental
difference in the world. Generation Y men entering the business world
get this better than their older counterparts. Adam Lowry, a chemical
engineer in his late 20's, who is co-founder of Method,
an
environmentally friendly cleaning product company explains it well when
he says:
"I
have a three-month-old daughter I want to put through
college. I live in a 1,200 square foot apartment, and I have
a mortgage, so money isn't unimportant. But it is lower on my
list of priorities. What I get from Method is a great sense
of fulfillment, and that's far more important." (See more here.)
My law school graduating class in 1984 was less than 1/3 women - but
both medical and law schools currently graduate classes that are more
fifty-fifty, so clearly women are capable of the work - they just
approach it differently. Women may not yet have completely shattered
the glass ceiling in the corporate world, so instead many did what I
did - started and successfully built their own companies, professional
practices and organizations. Consequently, they've finally had a real
opportunity to master their own natural leadership skills and give
others, of both genders, an experience of working together differently.
Women have successfully operated their businesses, built significant
wealth and have the capacity to use that success to do other great
things in the world. The world needs more of that sort of focus and
more projects of all kinds built with these leadership attributes. I
look forward to seeing the legacies built by successful women
professionals and business owners (as well as those of enlightened
gentlemen, embracing nurturing and protective qualities in their own
way).
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... And Then, There's Girl
Power
Anyone
who has raised adolescent girls knows they are a force to be reckoned
with. Outside the United States (and other western nations)
that resource takes on an entirely different meaning.
There are 600 million adolescent girls living in poverty in the
developing world. If you live in North America unlike your children or
nieces, however, millions of these girls have no record of their birth,
their citizenship, or even their identity. They are affected by armed
conflict, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, sex trafficking, and internal
displacement, or they are already heads of households or locked in
early marriages. Can you imagine?
There is an incredible legacy project addressing this problem by
focusing on solutions to major global issues like overpopulation,
infant mortality, child health and community development, by focusing
on these girls. The project is called the "Girl
Effect." Here's a little video
that spells out the
situation. The Girl Effect project was
begun in 2004 as the work of the Nike Foundation, the non-profit
organization founded by NIKE, Inc. the designer, marketer and
distributor of athletic footwear, sports apparel, equipment and
accessories. A number of other organizations have joined in to
participate with and support the Girl Effect.
The Girl
Effect Facebook page (where you
can become a fan)
defines the phenomenon as "the powerful social and economic change
brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their
society."
What they've discovered with the project is that when girls have safe
places to meet, education, legal protection, health care, and access to
training and job skills, they can thrive - and they influence others to
thrive, too. The downloadable
fact sheet from the Girl
Effect's website
explains some incredibly significant statistics, from some highly
reputable research references.
One girl in seven, or 14 percent of them, in developing countries
marries before age 15 (that's fifteen years old!) and 38 percent marry
before age 18. A survey in India found that girls who married before
age 18 were twice as likely to report being beaten, slapped, or
threatened by their husbands as were girls who married later.
One-quarter to one-half of girls in developing countries become mothers
before age 18.
And many of them die before they can raise their children. Fourteen
million girls aged 15 to 19 give birth in developing countries each
year. Medical complications from pregnancy are the leading cause of
death among girls in that age group. Compared with women ages 20 to 24,
girls ages 10 to 14 are five times more likely to die from childbirth,
and girls 15 to 19 are up to twice as likely, worldwide.
However, when a girl in the developing world receives seven or more
years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer
children. An extra year of primary school boosts girls' eventual wages
by 10 to 20 percent. An extra year of secondary school boosts it
further: 15 to 25 percent. Other research shows there is a consistent
relationship between higher levels of schooling among mothers and
better infant and child health. Thus, better education for these girls
results in better maternal-child health, and population control
naturally.
And education has significant economic advantages. When women and girls
earn income, they reinvest 90 percent of it into their families, as
compared to only 30 to 40 percent for a man.
However, approximately one-quarter of girls in developing countries are
not in school. Out of the world's 130 million out-of-school youth, 70
percent are girls.
And there are a lot of girls to impact. More than one-quarter of the
population in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan
Africa are girls and young women ages 10 to 24. The total global
population of girls ages 10 to 24-already the largest in history-is
expected to peak in the next decade.
Considering involvement with education or young women as a legacy
project to approach individually or pursue as a corporate
responsibility program in your business? Maybe there's some form of
girl effect needed in your own local community. Clearly, it's an
important arena to positively impact.
How can we help you?
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Email
me about someone you know who is living or building a legacy. We'd love
to feature their story. Maybe it's you?!
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UPCOMING
TELEPROGRAM!
"7
Steps to Creating Your Legacy"
begins October 7, 2009!
- Is
making a difference in your community or the world something you think
about?
- Wonder
about how to do it inside your current business, in addition to your
"day job," as part of a career transition to something else, or related
to your family's estate planning?
- Want
to quiet those nagging thoughts that make you wonder if what you're
currently doing "is all there is" or if you're meant to make a bigger
contribution or impact?
This
eight week program will cover all facets of legacy development: Define
~ Dream ~ Discover ~ Design ~ Plan ~ Build ~ Celebrate! and
take you through a process of examining your life and work in the world
to build a project, program or maybe even a whole new enterprise
devoted to what you care about, what has meaning for you and what
allows you to access your greatest level of joy and fulfillment.
For you, that may involve the way you engage in income-generating
activities, it may involve decisions about how to practically approach
philanthropic ones, or
some combination of it all - unique to your situation!
It's
the time and place to explore why you're here and what you really want
to accomplish.
The
7
Steps program
is outlined more fully here.
If you've attended one of our preview calls entitled "Why Woman Professionals
and Business Owners Must Create A Legacy"
your participation makes you eligible for an early bird discount
on the 7
Steps program and other
bonuses. The last preview call is scheduled for this
afternoon, click here
if you want to register
and participate.
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 Dolly
M. Garlo, RN, JD,
PCC is the founder and president of Thrive!!®
Inc.
and Creating Legacy™. It is a company devoted to empowering
business owners and entrepreneurially minded professionals make their
positive impact in the world - with joy and meaning.
For 30 + years Dolly has supported clients in many different arenas -
healthcare, law and business. While she's currently best known for her
expertise in business development and professional career transition,
her clients, members of Generation G (for generosity!) share that her
biggest impact comes from her philosophy.
That philosophy is to design your work and create an exceptional life
by making sure that all your actions reflect your personal integrity
and values, greatest level of wellness, highest and best contribution,
and individual sense of abundance - for which you can feel exceedingly
grateful. These, Dolly says, are the keys to true, lasting satisfaction
and happiness from which you can also "make a positive difference that
lasts for generations."
You can learn more about Dolly and her programs, presentations and
products at CreatingLegacy.com and AllThrive.com.
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Legacy Journal newsletter is written by Dolly M. Garlo: http://www.CreatingLegacy.com.
If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: Dolly@CreatingLegacy.com.
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