If you want to get a board seat in 2014, then there are three key areas of focus that you need to prioritize in order to make it happen. Take these steps to position yourself as a viable director candidate: 1. Pay Attention to Your Self-signals Do you have a negative or positive voice that speaks to you as you progress toward your goal this year? Are you overstated or … [Read more...]
2013 Women in Business and the Gender Gap Statistics
A new year has begun, so let's take some time to review what happened for women in business and the gender pay gap during 2013. As I did in 2012, I went through the research-related articles published on Women on Business during 2013, and selected a collection of articles that provide a great overview of how the business world looked for women throughout the year. Follow the … [Read more...]
State of Women-Owned Businesses and Women Presidents in 2013 [Infographic]
The Women's Presidents' Organization released the results of its Economic Impact Survey which offers key statistics about women-owned businesses and women presidents in general. According to the survey results, two out of three women presidents (65%) achieved positive growth during the first six months of 2013, with one out of two (50%) hiring new employees and nearly two … [Read more...]
3 Advantages Women Supervisors Have Over Their Male Counterparts
Man vs. woman – it is an epic debate for the ages, and one that almost always sparks controversy and conversation. While it may seem sexist and even immature to state that all women are better company directors than all males, there is research to suggest that females do possess some traits and characteristics that make many of them more suitable for jobs in … [Read more...]
Ch..Ch..Changes
I know that I’ve spoken of this before and I hate that I am writing about it again, but if I just had this situation chances are that many of my readers are struggling with something similar as well. I have a colleague that I worked with and the relationship crashed and burned. To me it was a part of business, while we did not work well together I didn’t see it as anything … [Read more...]
A Lack of Gender Diversity in Leadership Is Hurting Companies
In a new research study, Women Wanted: How a Renewed Focus on Culture Can Break the Diversity Stalemate, PA Consulting Group analyzed the performance and workplace equality of 50 leading organizations to determine what the relationship is between high-performance cultures, the number of women executive teams, and the gender diversity challenge. The research team focused on … [Read more...]
Play Ball!
There is a theory out in the world of baseball that everything you need to know about life, you learn in the outfield. I think there is some truth to that. Baseball is a game of knowing when to swing, learning about the other team and waiting for the right time to steal the bases. Sounds an awful lot like business right? We all know that we have to be strategic and … [Read more...]
The Small Business Owner Blues
In the silence of the night when everyone else has shut down and you are left with your decisions, that’s when you become an entrepreneur. Someone said to me once that to be an entrepreneur you have to have a spouse with a full-time job and while that anecdote is funny it’s also a bit sad. The very essence of an entrepreneur is a risk-taker, however unfair that risk is to the … [Read more...]
Research Finds Lack of Gender Diversity in Boardrooms Causes Dysfunction
Women held just 16% of corporate board seats in 2012 and in the past six years, there has been just a 2% increase in that number. An annual study published by the Harvard Business review and done in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles reports that gender inequality in corporate boardrooms causes real dysfunction in 2013. The study was … [Read more...]
Business Advice for Dummies
As a business owner particularly when you are starting out, ‘constructive criticism’ is something that you get in spades. Some of the criticism is great, it tells you things about yourself and your company that you didn’t know. Other times it can feel like a direct attack, so how do you know the difference and how do you find the silver lining? Consider the source Sometimes … [Read more...]