Whale Hunting Women

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64924486489354903172011-04-21T16:31:12.170-04:00Whale Hunting WomenWomen Doing Big Deals in Business and CommunityBarbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-62897832324933735292008-06-08T22:17:00.002-04:002008-06-08T23:26:16.362-04:00Launch Event

We held the first-ever Whale Hunting Women conference/seminar on June 3 in Indianapolis. 175 people there to launch this program! [Mostly women, but some great men as well]Five women spoke about their personal "whale hunts" -- Big Deals in their lives and work. Brooke Green, host of The Utimate Sales Chick podcast. Lyn St. James, pioneer Indy car driver and mentor to women in racing. Lin Dunn

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-91493532060034159862008-05-15T21:39:00.003-04:002008-05-15T22:03:12.521-04:00Do women wimp out?

There's been keen coverage of an event in college women's softball--probably you've heard the story, coverage here. Last inning home run hit puts losing team ahead, but hitter/baserunner injures her knee and is unable to make the rounds of the bases. Members of the opposing team carry her around the bases, ensuring that her home run counts, ensuring that their own team will lose and that they

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-87066191377899778532008-05-11T13:21:00.003-04:002008-05-11T13:33:42.184-04:00Influential Business Thinkers NOT Women?

Wendy Bounds blogged on the WSJ's Top 20 Influential Business Thinkers, none of whom are women. [Ayn Rand, Where Are You? May 5]Does the problem lie with how we define "influential?" Is it more about "thinkers?" Or is it just about differences between women and men in business?Lots of commentators on that blog have their ideas, from profound to ridiculous, but its worth thinking about.If

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-65839439440843080482008-05-03T22:47:00.004-04:002008-05-03T23:05:57.798-04:00A Troubling Story

Cover story in New York magazine, May 5 2008 issue: THEY FIRED THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN ON WALL STREET. [http://nymag.com/news/business/46476/]It's a gripping and troubling account of Zoe Cruz, who on the eve of becoming CEO of Morgan Stanley, was summarily fired by the retiring CEO who had been her mentor.Reporter Joe Hagan's story is pretty even-handed and instructive. Zoe Cruz is clearly a

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-65449081947925573832008-04-27T09:35:00.002-04:002008-04-27T10:04:54.867-04:00Danica's Big Deal

Danica Patrick made racing history and big-deal history when she won her first Indy car race after 50 starts. She's been on a whale hunt since she was a little girl. Learning to drive race cars was only the beginning. In order to compete, to run every race on her circuit to stay competitive, Danica has to make big deals with sponsors--those are the whales! Indy car trendsetter Lyn St. James

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-81404615509841682232008-04-22T11:29:00.003-04:002008-04-22T12:22:57.115-04:00Founding Mothers were Whale Hunters

Cokie Roberts was a featured speaker at the Christamore House event described in my last entry. She's written two books about the women "behind the men" known as the "founding fathers." The first is Founding Mothers and the more recent is Ladies of Liberty. [Order them both from amazon.com]It was exhilarating to hear Cokie talk about her research, her discoveries, and the rich and lyrical voices

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-28003034449969818662008-04-19T08:48:00.003-04:002008-04-25T12:12:33.653-04:00A Whale Hunt for Charity

Yesterday in Indianapolis I attended the Book and Author luncheon, a big annual benefit hosted by the Christamore House, which was founded in 1905 as a settlement house and is still serving families and helping kids get a education.This event is a perfect example of the philanthropic whale hunt that women do so often and so well. Here's why I call it a whale hunt:Their "whale" is a big

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-86858380625821056032008-03-25T11:38:00.002-04:002008-03-25T11:48:13.487-04:00What's the Big Deal?

Women do big deals in multiple arenas. In business, the Big Deal may be a sale, or a strategic alliance, or an acquisition. But in our community roles, women do Big and Bigger Deals in philanthropy and human services.Are you raising money for the local symphony? Supporting a children's hospital? Sheltering the homeless? Feeding the hungry?Then you need to do Big Deals. The nonprofit sector

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-4089534761619990232008-03-10T22:49:00.002-04:002008-03-10T23:03:26.537-04:00Women's Talents

OK. I said women have "special" talents for whale hunting--doing big deals. I say that because often we don't think of our special talents as being relevant to "the big deal." What are those talents? Here are a few:a gift for listening and learninga preference for collaboration and alignmentan instinct for mentoring and guidingAre we born with these talents or socialized to them? Who cares!

Barbara Weaver Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18342641891558749869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6492448648935490317.post-88418536140210603172008-03-01T20:32:00.003-05:002008-03-01T22:04:17.932-05:00Introduction from a Whale Hunter

This blog is for and about women who want to accomplish big ideas and big plans--that is, hunt whales! It's for women who are entrepreneurs, executives, community leaders, thought leaders--and for all of the women who want to become whale hunters!I'm saying that a whale is a goal that is 10 times or 20 times bigger than your average goal. Your goal might be a big business sale, or a

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