NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: For many business women, giving up control of any part of your company and client relationships can be challenging. However, there comes a time in the lifecycle of every business that you must decide whether you want to limit your growth and stay small or scale to grow with your business. Nina L. Kaufman, Esq. of Ask the Business Lawyer offers 12 … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
Everything you need to know about leadership, you learned in Kindergarten
Yesterday as I watched an old episode of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ the story line was about how the kindergarten teacher enacted lessons in kindness using lessons from her Kindergarten class resonated with me. Leadership lessons at their core are taught in Kindergarten and here’s what I mean. Say Please and Thank You When asking for cooperation, which is a key part of every … [Read more...]
How Small Businesses are Attracting Senior Talent from Big Companies
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: More and more highly experienced and talented business women are moving away from Corporate America and joining or starting small businesses. What's motivating them to make the switch? Allison O'Kelly, founder and CEO of Mom Corps, shares the secret -- flexibility. She writes on The Business of Flex Blog: "A recent McKinsey study shows that large … [Read more...]
6 Ways Green Businesses Make a Difference
There are enough of us who self-identify as "green" businesswomen that I feel confident this is not a false start, a trendy topic, or just an internet meme. Green is here to stay, and if you want your business to succeed in the 21st century, I believe that you must take steps to encourage your company to become more socially responsible, more ethical, more … [Read more...]
Providing Value through your Technical Solutions
Web-based companies, or those providing digital opportunities, are the ones that can most easily "scale" and provide value to a wider community of clients and customers. If you are a service provider, what ways can you offer a technical component to your work. For example, if you only do written reports, is there a way to offer a digital option, a web-based form, or a "lite" … [Read more...]
1 in 4 Women Business Owners Are Not Fully Protected Against Cyber Risks
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and a new survey from small business insurer Travelers reveals that one in four women entrepreneurs are not completely confident about their level of protection against cyber threats. That's surprising considering that 65% of women entrepreneurs who responded to the Travelers survey indicated that the internet is critical … [Read more...]
9 Ways Women Can Combat Workplace Negativity
Guest Post By: Sheri Staak, Innovative Business Leader at Staak Report (learn more about Sheri at the end of this post) If the media's constant bad news about company layoffs, overseas outsourcing, and a decreased availability of jobs isn't getting you down, the attitude at work probably is. In industry today, we're all operating in a pressure-cooker environment, laden with … [Read more...]
Women Faced with a Career Change – What do I do next?
Jayne Jenkins CEO, Churchill Leadership Group (learn more about Jayne at the end of this post) No matter what your age, it’s challenging to switch to a completely new career. However, more and more women are “re-careering” every day & I must speak to several successful female career executives each day who are looking to do something different. Whether you want to retire … [Read more...]
50 Years of Diversity Training – How Far Have We Really Come?
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Diversity training formally debuted in the 1960s to ensure companies were policy compliant and protecting themselves. That's according to the history of diversity training timeline from Elizabeth Lisican of Diversity Executive. In the 50 years that followed, diversity training shifted from reactive to proactive, but much still needs to be … [Read more...]
FIrst Woman Appointed as Board Chair for SCORE
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: For the first time, a woman, Dedra M. Johanneson, has been appointed as the Board Chair for SCORE, a nonprofit association started in 1964 and supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that is dedicated to helping small businesses succeed by offering education and mentorship from thousands of volunteer experts around the country. Dedra … [Read more...]