Sally Helgesen is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant, and one of the world’s brand-name experts on women’s leadership. Her latest book, The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, is the first to make the strategic case for women leaders. 
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Jun 02, 2005 / 8:16PMLast night, I gobbled up George Lakoff’s Don’t Think of An Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate. It’s a manual for progressives that sets forth how they can think and speak effectively about their issues–– something they’ve been pretty bad at in recent years. One of the reasons I found the book fascinating is because much of what it says could be useful to women.
Lakoff is a cognitive scientist and a linguist. His major point is that we all think in terms of frames rather than focusing on facts or issues. When a fact doesn’t fit our frame, the fact simply bounces off without penetrating. For Lakoff, having effective frames is more important than having the facts. Those who control the frames, control the conversation.