With one eye on deadlines and bottom-lines, and the other on client and customer relations, it's easy to lost sight of professional goals. And, to maintain a palpable level of on-the-job inspiration. Some days you feel at the top of your game, full of energy and vision. Others, it's high anxiety, frustration, failure or an overall sense of defeat. You start sweating about … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Business Women – Who Do You Want To Be?
Guest Post by Emily Bennington (learn more about the author at the end of the article): Women in the workplace need to focus more on who they want to be in addition to what they want to achieve. Regardless of the big overall goal, it’s still small in comparison to who you have to be to master it and then keep it. However, women in business face a challenge. They don’t … [Read more...]
Growing my Way?
Growing is hopefully a natural part of your business, but for most small businesses it happens almost as an afterthought. When we start our businesses, we think about success but we don’t consider that success means that we are going to have to grow our business by staffing and strategy it as well. In an age of 1099’s here is what I learned to ask myself through a meaningful … [Read more...]
You’re Great at Sales, but How Does the Rest of Your Life Look?
Guest post by Marhnelle Hibbard, co-founder of Dialexis (learn more about the author at the end of the article) How to keep the music playing in all areas of your life! Being successful in sales is more than a full time job. Of course, there are goals to meet, clients to call, and presentations to make, but what about the other aspects of your life? Is success just about … [Read more...]
Women-Owned Businesses Out-Perform National Average
Guest post by Elaine Love, owner of Results For Life LLC (learn more about the author at the end of the article) Women-owned businesses are among the leaders in job creation and revenue growth. Make no mistake, we’re not talking about fluffy industries; we’re talking about construction, transportation, accommodation and food, and wholesale. There are three repeated focus … [Read more...]
10 Essential Steps for Women and Leadership
Both women and men have critical roles to play in empowering women to lead forward according to Irene Becker of Just Coach It-The 3Q Edge™. In a recent article on the 3Q Leadership Blog, she wrote, "The writing is on the walls of our lives, our communities, our organizations and our world; it is time for women to lead forward. And it is time for men to champion their sisters, … [Read more...]
IN ORDER TO LEAD WOMEN MUST “LEAN IN”?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the glass escalator in which men ascend to leadership positions more rapidly than women in female-dominated occupations. Within it I cited 3 reasons for why this occurs: structural, societal, and personal. It is little surprise that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book titled Lean In has led to some lively debate. On the Sunday’s, … [Read more...]
Women on Business Moves RSS Feeds to FeedBlitz
To all of our RSS subscribers, just a note to warn you that Women on Business has moved to a new RSS feed service. Our feed and subscriptions are now handled through FeedBlitz (notice the new subscription box in the right sidebar). Hopefully, you won't notice any interruptions in your subscription delivery of new content via email or feed reader, but don't hesitate to … [Read more...]
Don’t Hide These Easter Eggs in Your First Employee Handbook
Guest post by Jeri Johansen of Crimcheck.com (learn more about the author at the end of this post) The basic function of an employee handbook should be as a communication tool. Many positive conversations should be found in your handbook such as an explanation of your culture, benefits and your corporate mission and vision statements. It should not be overly complicated with … [Read more...]
Adding the “And” to the Conversation about Women in the Corporate World
Guest Post by Grace Killelea of Half the Sky (Learn more about Grace at the end of this post) It doesn’t really matter whether Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s much-anticipated book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead is a great read. All reports say it will be. It doesn’t matter because it’s already done its job. That’s because the book … [Read more...]