As part of our Lessons from Mom series, I’d like to share an excerpt from a Business Class interview with Molly Broad, who served as President of the University of North Carolina from 1997-2006. She was the first woman to hold that position and is the first woman to hold her current position as President of the American Council on Education. She still has a home in Chapel Hill and commutes to work in Washington, D.C.
During the interview, I asked, “What lessons did you learn from your mother that have helped you in your business or career?”
Molly described her mother, who had four children during a five year time span, as nurturing, fair-minded, calm, composed and confident – no matter how many activities or challenges she was juggling.
She said:
“Her demeanor was so calm she didn’t have to raise her voice – we understood the message, and very rarely did she have to raise her voice or engage in some other kind of punishment. It’s a great skill to be able to communicate in ways that maintain the kind of composure and kind of demeanor with so many things going on simultaneously.”
Click on the button below to hear an excerpt from the interview (2 minutes).
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Wonderful lessons passed from mother to daughter and now to us…valuable lessons for parenting, for teaching, for doing business and living life.
What about you? What lessons did you learn from your Mom that have helped you in your business or career?
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