I remember how wonderful I felt at first when I was hired to run a national company. I was thrilled with my new title and excited to take on the challenge of resurrecting a company that was doing poorly. I was up for the challenge. The position meant a move to Chicago from the east coast and a departure from my comfort zone of colleagues, family, and friends. My … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
Winning Isn’t Everything: Business Insights from the Super Bowl
As many of the readers of my blog and Marketing Audibles know, I am a lifelong Packer fan (thanks to my dear Grandmother). And yes, of course I am beside-myself-thrilled that my team made it to, and won the Super Bowl! Here are a few insights I gained during this year’s Super Bowl (even If you’re not a Packer fan): Singing: Apparently knowing all the words to The … [Read more...]
Stop dipping your big toe in the water…the others might get JEALOUS! 5 steps to avoiding analysis paralysis.
In my last post, I expressed the importance of listening to your intuition and going with your gut. You might agree that the flipside of gut-based decision making is analysis paralysis. So, if you are continually dipping your big toe to test the waters and avoiding taking the plunge, take a step back from what appears to be wildly uncertain waters and ask why? Do you ever … [Read more...]
Business Leadership Skills and Power Couples
The ads for Valentine's Day gifts are reaching a peak this week. So what does that have to do with business leadership expertise? Well, for starts, one of the biggest issues we women struggle with daily; work life balance. How do we juggle our relationships with our spouses, our partners, let alone kids and extended family and still get anything done at the office? Does the … [Read more...]
How to Handle Poor Performance in the Workplace
In every business in every part of the world there is one situation that baffles even the most gifted professionals: poor performance. Most supervisors view poor performance as an issue of the employee; but I believe that poor performance is an all inclusive situation. Everyone in Executive Leadership should bear some responsibility in creating and maintaining poor … [Read more...]
Are you a good boss?
Are you a good boss? Really? I know when I ask myself that question, I come to the conclusion that I could be better. So what makes a good boss, and how can we get better? In the January/February issue of Harvard Business Review an article on becoming a great boss offers research and some key tips for improving as a boss. A good boss is typically influential. But where … [Read more...]
WomenOnBusiness.com Now Syndicated through Leadership Digital
This month, WomenOnBusiness.com was invited to syndicate our content through a new aggregation service, Leadership Digital, that aims to gather the top leadership-related content online and offer it in a single location. This is a free syndication opportunity that puts the WomenOnBusiness.com content in front of a wider audience of interested readers. Many top blogs and … [Read more...]
2011 Woman of the Year Award
Press Release Logan, UT January 31, 2011: The Cache Chamber of Commerce selected Adrienne Akers for the 2011 Woman in Business Award for her leadership in building her company, Dynamic Screening Solutions, Inc. The award was presented to Akers as part of the Chamber’s annual awards banquet held at Castle Manor in North Logan, UT on January 27, 2011. Akers’ company … [Read more...]
New online fashion boutique for the style-saavy and money-conscious woman shopper
PRESS RELEASE Working mompreneur launches a new online fashion boutique for the style-saavy and money-conscious woman shopper. fab-U-tique (also know as "the fab YOU boutique!") offers trendy, retro, and unique items for the contemporary woman in her 20s to 40s. U. Celestine, the boutique owner, says "The idea behind fab-U-tique is to provide an online shopping portal for … [Read more...]
A New Look At Budget Setting
Corporate budgeting used to be simple: review fixed costs once a year, control variable expenses as much as possible, calculate the ROI on capital expenditures and relax until the end of the fiscal year. The goal was clear and easily quantified (though not so easily achieved): maximize profit. Smart organizations are adding three elements to the post-recession budgeting … [Read more...]