In my last post, I talked about ways to make sure that you didn't get a pink slip in today's difficult economy. I mentioned things like not rushing out the door the instant the clock struck five and making sure you keep a positive attitude, all of which are some of the "no-brainers" that many of us forget about over time as we get comfortable in a job. But one commenter … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
You Matter
I read this blog post from Seth Godin and wanted to share it with everyone because is had such an impact on me. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/you-matter.html When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter. When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter. When you leave … [Read more...]
The Positive Side of Workplace Politics
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women On Business writer I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard women angrily discussing how much they hate corporate politics. In fact, they are so turned off that many women just pay no attention to it – even though they are aware that there are “politics” in their company. To many women, “political” sounds like the dark … [Read more...]
Gone Fishin’
Each day when I head into the office I know that my day requires some basic preparation…and today to celebrate my husband’s recent promotion; I’m going to use an analogy that is near and dear to his heart—fishing! Our fishing outings require preparation, contemplation, strategy, finesse, patience and persistence…much like a typical sales day. Fishing begins by plugging in … [Read more...]
Best Question on the Big Sale Proccess
This week I had the privilege to present to a gathering of three Phoenix-area chapters of the Women Presidents’ Organization. My topic was “Whale Hunting Women: How Women Do Big Deals.” Here’s the best question posed to me about a large account sale. “What’s going on when we’re pursuing a deal, we’ve identified the buyers’ table, we have a strong internal champion, and … [Read more...]
Finding Loans for Women Owned Businesses
Post by Amy Blais, contributing Women On Business writer If you live in the New York area, you may have seen the recent commercials about Mike Bloomberg’s Women for Bloomberg coalition campaign. Bloomberg, along with others, is focused on helping women and minority owned businesses with loans to help them grow. During tough economic times, it may feel like banks are … [Read more...]
Are The “Shoulds” Getting You Down?
As women, we are continuously striving for work/life balance because we believe it's possible. All the subject matter experts (myself NOT included) tell us that we can achieve balance in our lives and we should make every effort to create this equilibrium for ourselves. It is doable. We are all superwomen. As a result, we have an ongoing list of things we "should" do for our … [Read more...]
Top Ten Steps to Building your Business (or “Learn from My Mistakes”)
My partner and I started our web design company with two Mac laptops, a burning drive and passion for connecting people to the Web, and our personal address books. We were determined to focus on our core skills, which were converting ideas, needs, and processes into fully-functioning websites. We wanted to support minority-owned, woman-owned, green, progressive, … [Read more...]
Twitter, is it really what it’s Cracked Up to be?
Microblogging, particularly Twitter has revolutionized communication between people as well as companies and their markets. At first I didn’t like Twitter. In fact I didn’t even know what it was or how it worked, nevertheless understood how it related to marketing. But now that I do understand how Twitter is used and that it is the hottest new craze in terms of strategic … [Read more...]
How did you choose YOUR ‘A’ team?
Every year at high school we’d do netball grading. A handful of mothers involved in school netball would watch lots of us play and grade us – choosing the teams A, B and C and mixing the rest up. … [Read more...]