Archive for Businesswomen Interviews
Work for a Jerk?
Posted by: | CommentsAt one point or another, we have all worked for a jerk. Trending analysis, client feedback and underground communication clearly indicate that mismanaged employees and boundary violations are on the rise. Managing through tough times and poor leaders is often time more difficult than the work itself. Poor leadership can range from an immediate supervisor to poor HR leadership. Noone is exempt.
Taking charge of your career and disengaging from negative forces, including a jerk of a boss is within your reach. As a Career Strategist with an organic and practiced track record of problem solving, I am focusing this weeks blog on the employee relations aspect of managing poor leadership, self preservation and maintaining your sanity.
5 Strategies to Activate NOW
#1 Document…Document…Document
Venting is short lived whereas documenting is soothing, has long range positive effects and will set you up for a chronicle of events if you need to take legal action.. Hand write your discontent in a strategy journal. This is a journal specifically dedicated to you, your work, your accomplishments and your discontent. Keep it is a safe place and use it daily. Date, time stamp and openly journal details of what is occurring. Always be sure to credit yourself for one or two accomplishments per writing. When leadership is lacking, you need to start truly leading yourself. This means crediting your daily accomplishments and cheering for yourself!
Finally Get on TV with the Right Pitch
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s 2010 – Stop Procrastinating and Kick Your PR Plans into High Gear this Year
Getting in TV is one of the best ways of generating publicity that increases your brand awareness, your creditability as an expert, get more clients, and increases sales.
Yet, it is not easy if you don’t know how to craft a pitch that is tailored perfectly to meet the needs of the show.
Many business owners make the mistake of drafting the same pitch to various TV shows; however, that’s a no-no because no two TV shows are the same. Each pitch has to be tailored to match what the TV producers are looking for.
Furthermore, a TV pitch letter is very different from a press release. A press release generally announces news or a story that is newsworthy and it is specific toward a field. Press releases are generally sent to print publications such as magazines, newspapers, and online publications.
To draft a pitch that brings results, follow these steps:
Healthcare and Women
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One of the most well-run and informative meetings I went to last year was the HBA conference in San Francisco. The Healthcare Businesswomen Association is a class act.
What impressed me was the juggling act done to show the strong side of women in a mostly male dominated industry, as well as the feminine side that we, as women, need to maintain for our own sanity.
The women who represented the major pharmaceutical and biotech companies were key players, with long resumes down to the newbies just starting out. There was a sense of “we’re all in it together”, a desire to mentor and an equal desire to learn from the “elders’.
Leadership Partnership and Business Possibilities
Posted by: | CommentsClearing out the old to make way for the new is a wonderful practice as we enter a new year. This time, as we graduate into a new decade, the teen years of the century, we have an amazing opportunity to find a better balance and create a different kind of partnership between men and women.
I believe that female leaders in the work world can lead the way in positive and exciting ways. It struck me, and with pride, I acknowledged our successes to date. While we have a rocky road ahead, any transformation worth its weight means twists and turns and boulders to be confronted. Yet, if we stay centered with our eyes on the goal of male/female partnership, we can and will change the world for the better.
Here is what happened as I dove into some dusty, old boxes. I found a journal, like really old. One my daughter wrote as a teenager. I did call and ask permission to read before I sent it to her in San Francisco. I remember learning my lesson about snooping a long time ago!
Interview with Prominent Skin care Expert and Make up Artist, Tayelor Kennedy
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Kristin: Tayelor: What is your line of business? What services do you offer? Where are you located?
Tayelor: I am a make-up artist and stylist. I service, Connecticut, New York, and Boston. I offer make-up application for brides, custom eyebrow shaping, eyebrow and eyelash tinting, custom blend foundation, and, powder, make-up bag makeover, and, cosmetic and fashion personal shopping. I currently work specifically with brides, bridesmaids, and with the mother of the bride and groom. I work with my clients to choose the right gown and make-up style that really reflects her core personality.
Kristin: Tayelor, working as a solopreneur is very interesting, especially working as a makeup artist. Why don’t you tell us about how you got involved in that line of work?
Tayelor: My interest of beauty began at home. My mother was the ultimate classic beauty. She was very adamant about skin and body care. She started me on the daily and nightly ritual of, cleansing, toning and moisturizing when I was about 10. And, I would sit and watch her dress for her nights out, watching with fascination as she applied her make-up with precision, which led me to attend Christin Valmy International in NYC to become an aesthetician. There were make-up classes included but, by then I was self taught and freelancing for various cosmetic lines.
Interview with Greeting Card and Accessory Designer, Part 2
Posted by: | CommentsPart 2, Interview with Karen Justice
Kristin: What inspired you to write your book “Barracuda in Bunny slippers”?
Karen: I wanted to help other people develop the courage to start over as I had experienced it myself, with building my company with impossible odds. We hear so many platitudes about positive thinking that they simply become annoying. I felt I had insight that could make positive thinking easier for others.
I’m happy to say I have received letters from people who’ve told me that I have helped them have the courage to make their dreams come true and that is very gratifying.
Kristin: Wild Jungle Chick designs are so playful and colorful. Where did this concept come from?
Karen: I evolved into a cartoonist while creating designs for Tigre Lis. My designs involved a cast of animal characters who developed personalities over time. What really caught my attention is that I received two separate letters from two health care workers who worked with Autistic patients and both reported that my characters got patients communicating. They wanted to know what my characters were thinking because they felt my work had a unique ability to communicate feelings.
Interview with Greeting Card and Accessory Designer, Karen Justice, Part 1
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Joining Womenonbusiness.com today is Karen Justice, writer, designer and painter -and an entrepreneur. Her company, Wild Jungle Chick, is becoming one of the largest greeting card retailers online and in Florida.
Kristin: Karen, can you give us a little background on your entrepreneurial journey?
Karen: I left home at seventeen. Being on my own so early was frightening. There was no one to lean on; I was a very nervous, insecure person and I had to be my own support.
My first job didn’t pay much. It was definitely paycheck to paycheck. I was an entry level clerk in a small accounting department. I hated it because the office was part of a packing plant.
I’ve always loved animals and I couldn’t bare the thought of what took place a few buildings away. Sometimes I could hear the animals’ terror. I needed to get out of there, but there aren’t many choices for someone without formal education. I’d pour over newspapers at night looking for some hope. For whatever reason one ad jumped out at me. I took a chance and I applied for a job that I wasn’t even slightly qualified for.
What do you really need to start a business? Most top 3 lists look something like this:
1. A business loan
2. A business plan
3. A detailed business model or structure
According to Jazzercise founder and current CEO Judi Sheppard Missett, her incredibly successful business didn’t require any of these to get off the ground. I recently had the chance to talk with Missett as she prepared for the annual conference of the Women Presidents’ Organization conference here in San Diego, and learned quite a bit about what you really do need to start a successful business.
