When we first came into this world as infants, we were very focused on having our immediate needs met. Life was simple. With more "socialization", we began to respond to those around us and our thoughts turned outward. Our parents, friends, and teachers were more interested in finding ways to have us please them than to have us please ourselves and we lost touch with whatever … [Read more...]
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Unlike George Bush, who famously cited The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle as one of his favourite books from his childhood despite it having been published when he was 23, I was born after its publication and have very fond memories of reading it as a child. This year marks its 40th anniversary, and it is still a much-loved classic. Yesterday also marked the beginning … [Read more...]
Enter Entrepreneur Magazine’s Small Business Contest to Be Named the Entrepreneur of 2009
Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of 2009 contest is now open for nominations. If you own 51% of your business and that business had gross sales of at least $500,000 in 2008, you qualify to enter! Prizes include: Two (2) roundtrip tickets within the continental U.S. on Delta Airlines (a value in excess of $1,000), A $500 gift certificate for products and services … [Read more...]
How to Love Your Job
Allison’s excellent post on being a good boss left me thinking about employees and their place in a company. Having a good boss is a great starting point, but if a business’ employees mope around feeling lost and miserable, the whole thing will fail. As an employee, it can be difficult to muster up enthusiasm for a job you’ve possibly ended up in out of desperation, … [Read more...]
You are where you are; but how did you start?
Primary school. High school. College. University. Job. The commonly accepted ‘normal’ route into the world of... well, almost anything. Whether your passion is academia or advertising, philosophy or physics, the job you’ll spend much of your life toiling over awaits you at the end of university. This is the advice I may have been giving next weekend, if Cambridge Science Week … [Read more...]
Celebrate Accomplishments, Recognize Opportunities
Post by Amy Blais, contributing Women On Business writer As I have written about previously, it is important to support your own network and celebrate the successes and accomplishments of your fellow women owned businesses and be an advocate and supporter of the women’s business network. In supporting clients, colleagues and friends in the women’s business … [Read more...]
American Business Media Dedicates January 2008 to Women in Business
American Business Media (an association of business information providers founded in 1906) is dedicating the entire month of January 2008 to women working in the field of business-t0-business. Specialized web content will include articles, blogs and videos from leading businesswomen including, "Allison Arden, newly appointed publisher of Advertising Age and Creativity, and … [Read more...]
J&J’s Women’s Leadership Initiative Wins HBA ACE Award
The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) named Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) Women's Leadership Initiative the first winner of the HBA ACE award. The award recognizes the 'Advancement, Commitment and Engagement' of women's careers in the healthcare industry, which is also the primary mission of the HBA. … [Read more...]
50 Women to Watch 2007
Wall Street Journal released its 2007 list of 50 women in business to watch. The list includes women from a variety of industries, which is great to see, but what I also found interesting was an article on the Wall Street Journal Online that provides an excerpt of an interview moderated by Wall Street Journal's senior editor, Carol Hymowitz, and six women executives … [Read more...]
50 Fastest-Growing Women-Led or Women-Owned Businesses
First, a big thank you to Gayla McCord at MomGadget for giving me the heads up about this topic. Entrepreneur magazine and Women President's Organization teamed up to create a list of the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned or Women-Led Companies, and the final list of the Fastest 50 appears in the November 2007 issue of Entrepreneur as well as on the Entrepreneur … [Read more...]