Post by Allison O’Neill, contributing Women On Business writer Having people work well together and get along is one thing, but how should you manage people that become really great friends? Does friendship impact the workplace for better or worse? Is it all secrets and insider gossip or is it support and deeper teamwork? An impact on the workplace that I’ve seen … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Use Craft Fairs to Increase Your Product Sales
Guest post by Barb Ireland (learn more about Barb at the end of this post) It’s that time of year again! Spring is right around the corner. I don’t know about you, but spring is one of my favorite times of the year. For some of us the weather is getting warmer, the grass is getting green again and birds are singing. This time of year also marks the calendar with … [Read more...]
Do You Need to be a Workaholic to be Successful?
Post by Bonnie Marcus, contributing Women On Business writer A friend commented to me the other day that he thought I was a workaholic, and it prompted me to think about the veracity of that statement. I do certainly work many many hours so I was very curious to see if I actually fell into the category of having an addiction to work. I looked up the definition of … [Read more...]
10 Tips on Finding Time for Your Home Business
Guest Post by Mary Emma Allen (learn more about Mary Emma at the end of this post) Many who choose to work from home do so because they can be with their children and are less stressed juggling family, job and sometimes a lengthy commute. However, when they get settled into their home business, they find they have to juggle here, too. Much will depend on the age of your … [Read more...]
3 Business Lessons We Can Learn from Dogs
Post by Tanya Maslach, contributing Women On Business writer When Oakley, my 13 year old black lab/cocker spaniel mix pooch, was freed forever from the confines of jail on the beautiful island of Key Largo, Florida, she proceeded to live a life her fellow friends in captivity would trade every last dog biscuit for. For the first three years of her life, she had full reign over … [Read more...]
Is It Time to Change Your Business Model?
Post by Patricia Hewitt, contributing Women On Business writer What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. Now that we know we are in for a long period of economic challenges, it’s time to gather the wagons and to regroup, reassess, and reclaim our best markets. Public companies undertake this kind of analysis on a continual basis, since their businesses are under the … [Read more...]
Do You Have What It Takes to be an Amazing Boss in 2009?
Post by Allison O'Neill, contributing Women On Business writer Being ‘the boss’ is a role which requires wide and varied skills. Our workplaces are changing very rapidly which means so too are your roles and responsibilities. Today’s boss needs to be humble, very honest and prepared to give staff lots of freedom. If you can agree with the statements below … [Read more...]
Do Go There
Post by Frances Cole Jones, contributing Women On Business writer The phrase, “Don’t go there” has entered common usage and become the shorthand way of telling people to abandon their current line of reasoning or questioning. I’m here to tell you that, more often than not, you should go there -- in this case the “there” in question being the … [Read more...]
7 Simple Sales Techniques to Build Strong Relationships
Post by Bonnie Marcus, contributing Women On Business writer Building relationships is critical for the success of any business. It is important to have powerful sustaining relationships with customers, prospects, and fellow employees. Relationship building is much easier when we adopt the mindset that everyone is our customer and apply simple sales techniques to each … [Read more...]
Allison O’Neill Joins the Women On Business Writing Team
This week, Women On Business is welcoming a new writer to the team - Allison O'Neill of The Boss Benchmark. Allison brings a passionate and fresh voice to Women On Business, and I'm thrilled to have her join the conversation. You can learn more about Allison below. Please join me in welcoming her to Women On Business! Allison O'Neill is an author and writer from New Zealand. … [Read more...]