NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Want to become a federal contractor and increase your chances of submitting winning bids for federal contract projects? Lily Whiteman of FederalTimes.com collected tips from federal contract managers to help you win federal contracting bids. She offers the following steps to become a federal contractor: Follow solicitation instructions to the letter, … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Each year, the Empact100 list identifies the top 100 companies in the United States that are led by entrepreneurs under the age of 30. These entrepreneurs come together at the annual Empact100 awards event and ceremony, and it was at the 2012 event that Shama Kabani, CEO of Marketing Zen Group, learned five very insightful things, which she shared with … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Want a career in the technology field? You're in luck because Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg offered advice for women who want careers in tech on Quora that can help. Alyson Shontell of Business Insider shares the following quotes from Sheryl's Quora response: "I think the most important advice for girls or women who want to consider a  career in … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: According to a study by Dow Jones VentureSource, women executives make venture-companies more successful.The report followed over 20,000 U.S.-based companies over a 15-year period to determine the effect that women leaders had on those companies. Deborah Gage of The Wall Street Journal explains the report's discovery: "Companies have a greater chance … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Referred to as the "third billion," nearly one billion women will enter the global economy for the first time during the coming decade, and they'll change the way the world works. That's according to DeAnne Aguirre of Fortune who explains that these women will affect the economy as significantly as the billion-plus populations of China and India have … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: If you believe in karma, then you believe that your actions today affect what you'll experience and receive in the future. Therefore, how you behave and your actions as a leader today will affect your future, too. Alaina Love asks The Little Pink Book audience to think about the karma they want to create as leaders. She offers some options to … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Want to increase your chances of landing your next job? If so, you need to give the person interviewing you what they want during the interview. Keep in mind, what they want and think is important might not be the same thing as what you want to give them and think is important. Jeff Haden of Inc. shares nine things hiring managers want job candidates … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Women have unique skills and abilities that make them innately great leaders, but women are still very much in the minority in the world of business leadership. Susan M. Heathfield, the About.com Guide to Human Resources, interviewed Susan Lucas-Conwell, global chief executive officer at Great Place to Work, to gain perspective on how women can build … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: A study by the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) found that the funds managed by its member firms (79% of which are owned by minorities and 69% of which have women or minorities in at least half of the investment roles) had a median net internal rate of return of 15% from 1998-2011. That's significantly higher than the 3.7% rate of … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: To be a successful business woman, you need a focused To-Do list, but you should also create a Do-Not-Do list and stick to it at all times. On the She Takes on the World blog, Fauzia Burke of FSB Associates shares five things you should put on your Do-Not-Do list to ensure you're positioned for success in your business career rather than failure. They … [Read more...]