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Executive Insight
Tip of the Week
Issue #56, April 22, 2010
ISSN 1947-2889
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Hi !

Welcome to this week's issue of Executive Insight.

**Grass Roots in Action**	

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day (as I'm sure
you know since it's been all over the news this week). The
discussion about Earth Day caused me to reflect on how grass roots
activists can inspire business people.

For example, "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day", founded by
Gloria Steinem and the Ms. Foundation as "Take Our Daughters to
Work Day" in 1993, occurs today as well. No one forced women to
bring their daughters to their jobs in 1993; instead, it grew as a
grass roots initiative. 

This event has become so big that it now has a foundation backed by
numerous corporate sponsors that drives the movement and provides
program ideas and resources for organizations that want to
participate. 

Creative and innovative professionals often have opportunities to
take action on ideas that are important to them that can result in
a better work place. This is the essence of grass roots: one or
more individuals create the spark that activates a change.

People have done things ranging from establishing on-site day care
to creating networking opportunities for special interest groups to
sponsoring corporate-wide fundraising projects. 

Today I spoke at a brown bag lunch of women attorneys who
periodically get together for professional development purposes.
The leadership of their law firm didn't decree these lunches; they
do them on their own.

What would you like to initiate? Consider something that you or
your colleagues have talked about doing, and take the first step
today to make it happen.

Remember this: people who take action reap the rewards from doing
so. Those who talk a lot but don't do anything just keep talking.

Have a great week!

Lisa

© 2010 Lisa M. Aldisert

Lisa Aldisert is the president of Pharos Alliance, Inc., a
management consulting firm that works with organizations in the
areas of strategy, business development, and
organizational/leadership development. Give us a call at
212-332-3242 to see how we can help you create strategies that make
sense for your organization, and result in increased revenue and
profitability.  
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**Leadership and the Bottom Line**
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you
have imagined."
- Henry David Thoreau

**April 22nd Trivia**
Barbara Walters became the first woman anchor of a network news
show - and the highest paid journalist at $1 million/year - when
she accepted ABC's offer in 1976. 

**On this day in history**
On April 22, 1500, Pedro Alvarez Cabral claimed Brazil for the King
of Portugal.

**And on a personal note...**
"Happy Birthday, Ma!"
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