In the business environment today, women often fight for leadership opportunities. It’s been a man’s world, and according to recent statistics, it still is. So, for many women, climbing the corporate ladder and claiming an office in the C-Suite requires tenacity, fortitude, and thick skin. Women find that showing strength through resilience and the ability to make tough … [Read more...]
Establishing Goals that Balance Stretch and Reality
There have been plenty of articles, books, and training materials written about how to effectively establish goals that allow you to chart a course for success. One aspect that I find missing from this recipe is often the importance of understanding your core feelings about the goals you set and understanding how these feelings can influence the types of goals that are most … [Read more...]
6 Tips For Finding Your Why
Several years ago I watched a video about finding your “why” in your business. To uncover your true “why,” it would be helpful to understand why you are doing what you are doing. However, uncovering your why can be difficult as this may open yourself up to facing the truth. Your “why” might be to get rich or to simply to buy more things. Is that going to spur you on to new … [Read more...]
Building and Protecting Your Personal Brand
Your personal brand is the reputation you have built over time. It is what people say about you when you are not in the room. Did you know that your personal brand travels with you as you journey through life becoming more refined and defined through your life experiences? If you review your past, you can notice that the various chapters of your life have different … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Develop the Right Image in Business
Sponsored by Photius.com: Today, women are in every profession, including those that were limited to men in the past. Even better---women are excelling in every field. They run large corporation, fly planes and enlist in the army. The change took a long time to happen, but it has happened. Women are born with managerial skills and the way they manage their homes, families … [Read more...]
Why is Learning So Important in the Workplace?
Learning information and career skills is no longer limited to the classroom experience or job orientation sessions. Learning is a lifelong endeavor. In order to keep current with changing business trends, learning has to be a part of the equation. Learning is important to keep your skill sets updated and marketable if you are looking to change jobs. Knowing how you learn … [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...]
Apprenticeship: A Positive Solution for America’s Future
Sponsored by American University: For most people, attending college pays off in big ways: lifelong friendships, invaluable mentorships and better earning potential. However, not everyone wants to go to college, and not all jobs require the completion of a degree. On-the-job training is declining in the U.S., even though people without college degrees could be trained … [Read more...]
Sponsored Video: Change Your Career, Pursue Your Passion and Gain Your Independence
Has your career stalled? Are you feeling unmotivated, frustrated, or burned out? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you should know that you’re not alone. Most people feel this way at some point in their careers, but fortunately, there are ways to reinvent yourself and your career. Taking the risk to change your career and pursue your passion is one of … [Read more...]
How to Reach Your Dreams – 3 Tips to Get on Track
Have you found yourself stuck in a life rut? Have you found that your career path is not developing as you had hoped? What happened to that goal you had aspired to attain? Too far off and seemingly out of reach? Most likely, life happened. Other priorities arose, you changed direction in certain areas with personal life or career and now you find that you are not where you … [Read more...]