What Do You Want? FeMBA Highlights

December 7, 2010 by rebecca 1 Comment

“What do you want?”

This was the first question posed at the 3-day program called FeMBA (a mini-MBA for women entrepreneurs) I attended with Seth Godin at the beginning of last month. I was stumped. He was asking it in the context of my business, but I cannot address that question one-dimensionally. Like most working women I know, my whole life is intertwined in who I am and what I do. I want a career. I want to have an impact. I want to accomplish something significant. I want to be independent. I want to love and be loved. I want to be there for my children when they are sick/need cupcakes/want to be read to. I want to be a role model for my daughter. I want to be my son’s best friend. I want to work hard with amazing people. I want to go on vacation with my husband. I want to make lots of money. I want to do yoga. I want to connect amazing people. I want a lot. So to ask me that question…to ask how I might create a business that can enable all my dreams and desires is difficult and scary – I am having a hard time wrapping my head around a job that will enable all of it. But I am not one to avoid the scary path. The real question for me is what do I want to do first? And then next? And then have faith that the how will follow. And I do.

So first up: I want to connect all of you to each other. You with me?

Thank you, Seth, for the gift of you, your questions, your ideas, and for connecting me with my new posse of FeMBA Phenoms.

FYI – for highlights of the FeMBA program, go here.

Rebecca knocked the cover off the ball. She facilitated a session with my top management team to not only help us set our priorities for the year but also find ways to better work together and collaborate as a team including establishing some baseline agreements. The feedback I received from the team was terrific and I've already heard plans others have to use the tools she shared. The goals were lofty for the day, and there were some that doubted we could achieve all of our objectives in the session, but in the end we got to where we needed to get to as a team and laid a foundation for the year to come.

Laura Butler
VP of Talent Management & Chief Diversity Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Rebecca is a brilliant consulting partner -- who brings creativity, energy and high integrity to consulting design and delivery. I brought her into a very complicated situation and she just rose to the occasion with grace and with a strong desire to make a difference for the overall outcomes that we were setting out to achieve. I would highly recommend her for her work with innovation process -- especially when applied to areas of HR/Organization/Talent Management. 5 Stars!!"

Annmarie Neal
Founder - Center for Leadership Innovation

An absolute pro at listening, goal-setting, and drawing out the potential in others, Rebecca has a gift for helping people set and achieve their goals. As a change consultant, she relates to individual styles in order to achieve results - she works within a proven framework but adapts to different styles and comfort levels as needed. I've even seen her work with difficult and negative people and turn them around to achieve more than they thought possible. Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of working with Rebecca over the years as I have can testify to her energy, commitment, and ability to see challenges from multiple points of view so she can recommend a concrete plan of action that exceeds your expectations."

Maria Ross
Founder, Red Slice LLC

I have worked with Rebecca off and on for 7 years and would hire her in a minute if I could. She is extremely knowledgeable in the change management world and takes it from idea to implementation. She is extremely creative and focused on driving results. Her high energy, excitement and enthusiasm make it fun to work with her and bring another level of possibility in every project. She is insightful and knows what questions to ask when exploring issues or opportunities. She brings value to every interaction and as a result I try to find any opportunity to work with her."

Mary Beth Cozza
Former Vice President – Organizational Development and Internal Communications PMI Group

Rebecca is an enthusiastic and energetic partner in any business situation. She goes above and beyond the expected to pool her resources to get you results. I would work with her again in a second."

Nancy Dobbs Owen
Designer

I have had the privilege of working with Rebecca Rodskog in a number of capacities. As an employer at Accenture, Rebecca built partner relationships with clients that energized them to perform at a higher level. She understood the secret sauce of coaching is having the client’s eyes get bright when there’s a draw upon personal strengths and how to remove the pebble blocking their path. I have used Rebecca for personal coaching and it has been time well invested. The results from the time invested were tremendous. She knows the key attribute her coaching is focused on is business results. Her coaching services work across a practical, tactical approach and her coaching services go deep in pulling and drawing upon one’s inner reserves. She has a touch that draws clients to her continually."

Glenn Tobe
CEO Elliot Avenue