To Choose Your Focus You Have to Choose What to Neglect Despite what every efficiency expert claims, you cannot get everything done. No matter how hard you work, how efficient you are, or even how much you’re able to delegate, you will never do all the things you’d like to because your energy, time and [...]
Build Your Memory to Build Your Business Because we now carry powerful computers in our pockets 24/7, we often invest little effort in actually remembering much of anything. But when building a business or growing a career, a lot of your success will depend on your ability to process new information efficiently, connect it to [...]
Borrow Money From Family and Friends and Keep Relationships Intact It’s so fun to watch a fellow entrepreneur win investment on Shark Tank to make her dream business into a reality. Likewise, every time a small startup is selected by the likes of Y Combinator or Techstars, hope rises for all founders. But actually, the [...]
Searching for Your Blue Ocean Opportunities Many new businesses revolve around upstart competitors bent on carving out a piece of an existing market with a slightly differentiated product or service, or one that’s cheaper or easier to access. The focus is on capturing customers from the competition to get your piece of the pie. A [...]
Leave Your Job with Contacts, Connections Intact Once you’ve made the big decision to leave your current position to pursue another opportunity or start your own business, the way you leave can greatly impact your ability to benefit from those relationships in the future. Well beyond not burning bridges, by actively building on them, you [...]
Celebrate Women’s History Month Letting Go of Self-Limiting Beliefs Each of us arrives in the workplace with all the learnings and cultural norms that define our life experience and make us who we are. But not everything you’ve learned to this point will serve you well in building a business or advancing in your career. [...]
Celebrate Women’s History Month Did He Really Just Say That? Women-owned businesses have grown from less than five percent to more than 42 percent in the last fifty years and today one in every five C-Suite leaders is a woman. While not enough, that’s progress. But sexism still exists in many workplaces and knowing how [...]
Celebrate Women’s History Month Increase Your Leadership Presence and Impact in Meetings Too many women are familiar with the experience of convening a meeting only to have it co-opted by male peers or even male subordinates. Even when you’re the expert on the topic at hand, women sometimes see their ideas discounted until stated by [...]
Celebrate Women’s History Month... Take a Break That Actually Works for You Women often burn the candle at both ends. You give your all in your career or business, tune in to the needs of team members, possibly care for children and other relatives, and often simply serve as the social glue that keeps society [...]
Celebrate Black History Month . . . How to Be a Role Model to People Who Need You While you know that having role models is critical to your success, and you take steps to ensure you have those figures in your life, you may be less aware that you are already a role model [...]
