Ann Tardy

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• The LifeMoxie Company

Ann Tardy’s Summary

I have been fascinated with the way people engage (or don't) in the workforce since my first job at Coopers & Lybrand when I sent my boss Glenn Rossman a memo with ideas for motivating associates. Little did I know it would be my calling!

Even in my law firm days at Pillsbury and Fenwick & West, I studied people and their relationships to the firms. I left to join Weave Innovations, a start-up led by Rob Siegel and quickly learned how leaders can engage and motivate a team of people. I woke each morning excited to go to work!

When funding ran out, I joined Riverstone a company founded by Piyush Patel, another consummate leader who engaged people in a vision. When Piyush stepped down, it became obvious that some leaders contribute to the workforce while other leaders contaminate it.

While in-house counsel, I co-directed the entrepreneurial education program at the Girls Middle School in Mountain View CA for 5 years with a fabulous partner Donna Fedor. We introduced 12-year-old girls to the world of business with the help of a great team of adult mentors. It was there that I fell in love with mentoring as a powerful tool to engage and develop others.

My passion for girl empowerment continues today. I serve as the Board President of Girls Lead Now, a non-profit that empowers teen girls (www.girlsleadnow.org)

In 2002 I initially launched LifeMoxie to empower women with life skills and created Women's Economic Power Day conferences in 8 cities. But, the demand for empowering individuals in workforces won the day and we retired the conference.

In 2007 I published my first book LifeMoxie! Ambition on a Mission - 9 Strategies for Taking Life by the Horns. I love to motivate people by teaching them about their own moxie.

This year we partnered with Standard & Poor’s to create JEWELS Forum to connect leaders of corporate women's networks around the globe (www.jewelsforum.com)

My next book New Workforce by Friday will be out in 2010.

Additional Information

Ann Tardy’s Websites:

• The LifeMoxie Company

Ann Tardy’s Interests:

mentoring, workforce synergy and effectiveness, leadership, professional speaking

Ann Tardy’s Groups:

NSA, SHRM

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