Please join me in welcoming A. Michelle Blakeley to the team of Women on Business contributors. A. Michelle is an expert at growing small businesses with simplicity. She has over two decades of experience in sustainable, holistic and progressive business practices and will surely bring unique insights to Women on Business! You can learn more about A. Michelle in her bio … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2014
Women on Business Welcomes Contributor Asavari Sharma
Please welcome Asavari Sharma to the team of contributing writers for Women on Business! Asavari will bring a unique international voice from New Delhi, India to Women on Business, so stay tuned to read her insights. You can learn more about Asavari in her bio below. About Asavari Sharma Asavari is a digital writer based in New Delhi. Her background in mass … [Read more...]
Top Ten Due Diligence Mistakes Made by Board Candidates
What are the most common due diligence mistakes made by board candidates? Here is a list of the top ten: Mistake 1 Framing the board opportunity as more of an honor than a responsibility. Solution: Think of the board seat as a job. Consider the hours and the task as the most significant in your professional career. Mistake 2 Not identifying the lack of alignment in risk … [Read more...]
Making The Right First Impression
The room sounded like a loud roar. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the first presentation of the day. What new information would they be hearing? How would they be able to apply it? The chairperson walked up to the podium and the room went silent. As she introduced the presenter everyone watched as the speaker, dressed in shorts and flip-flops walked on the … [Read more...]
Asking for More Money: Is It a No-Win Scenario for Women?
Sponsored by Benedictine University: Women get a lot of criticism for being less effective negotiators, and statistically, they deserve it. In her book “Women Don’t Ask for It,” Linda C. Babcock of Carnegie Mellon’s Negotiation Academy for Women offers these surprising insights into women’s negotiating behaviors: 20 percent. The percentage of adult women, which equals … [Read more...]
Tips to be an Effective Team Leader: Lessons from West Point
In today’s work force, being an effective team leader is essential, but making certain that teams produce high quality results can be tricky. There is no one recipe for creating highly productive teams, but I have advice to offer based on what I have learned from my two sons who attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. At this institution, the corps of … [Read more...]
Corporate Diversity Yields Positive Bottom-Line Results – Infographic
Research has found again and again that a diverse team is a strong team capable of driving better bottom-line results than a non-diverse team. A new infographic from Adecco (shown at the end of this article) provides a timeline of workplace diversity as well as some key statistics that prove how important diversity is to company success. As you'll see from the numbers, … [Read more...]
4 Critical Management Techniques for Difficult Employees
While most CEOs build their careers in an area of tactical expertise such as finance, engineering, development or sales/marketing, very few CEOs build their careers on human resource skills. Yet, with every promotion, they get deeper and deeper into management, and their management and leadership skills become critically important to their companies' ongoing success. It is a … [Read more...]
The Importance of Asking Questions Before You Join a Board
As a board consultant, I have heard a number of stories from first-time directors who gained a board seat only to discover troubling issues ‘after’ accepting the board position. The single most important task before you join a board is due diligence. Instead of merely examining the rewards of board service, a board candidate needs to explore both the risks and rewards. … [Read more...]