Gathering Support Around You - Learning With Others
As many of you know, this year I'm a member of the class of 2010 for the National Hispana Leadership Institute's Executive Leadership Program. This past week was week 2 of the program, the week we spend at Harvard's Kennedy School.
It was an amazing week, and highlighted the need for gathering support around you. With 21 other incredible Latina women, we discussed issues of leadership, how women and men behave (and are perceived) differently as leaders and executives, and had an opportunity to present leadership challenges of our own in small groups and get the feedback of our hermanas.
Let me tell you -- when you get a group of smart, driven, intelligent Latina women together, there's no stopping us!
In these groups, it was a learning experience for each of us to share with others what is going on in our careers and our lives more generally, and receive the thoughtful support and advice of women who could see the situation from a more objective standpoint.
The NHLI program is an incredible one, and I highly recommend it to everyone. At the same time, if you're not currently in such a program, it is ALWAYS a good idea to gather around you a strong and wise circle of women to support you and to give you feedback when you need it.
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Whether it is challenges from the outside, or personal growth issues on the inside, when you have support around you, you can do so much more...
Additionally, during this past week, we had the opportunity to practice our public speaking, work on our negotiation skills, and make action plans for how we will implement the ideas discussed. Gathering support also means allowing those systems that you learn to really work for you in your life.
I know for me, having (and executing upon) a daily action plan can make a huge difference.
How are you gathering support around you? Are you allowing systems and skills in your life to work to your best interest? Are you leveraging the immense power, knowledge and resources of women around you who want to help you?
If so, keep it going, mujer! If not, how can you change that today?
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If you don't yet know about the National Latina Business Women's Association, they are a group that supports Latina women in business. 
