Post by Monica Flores, contributing Women On Business writer I'm an avid social networker and you can find me on Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/monicaflores, Twitter http://www.twitter.com/monicadear and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=400222. If you're in business, I encourage you to develop an effective and utilitarian web presence on these sites. In … [Read more...]
Follow the 3 Steps of Organizing Your Learning for Self Improvement in 2009
Post by Patricia Hewitt, contributing Women On Business writer Throughout my career, I’ve found one of the most challenging aspects of my working life has been keeping abreast of thought leadership. This dilemma has always been particularly troublesome to someone like me, who is a natural student. I am endlessly interested and curious about what is happening in the world … [Read more...]
Frances Cole Jones Joins Women On Business as New Weekly Contributor
I'm happy to announce that Frances Cole Jones will be joining Women On Business next week as a new weekly contributor. Frances brings with her a wealth of experience in performance and development coaching.  Her bio is included below. Watch for her posts to be published on Women On Business on Tuesdays beginning next week!    Frances Cole Jones founded Cole … [Read more...]
Hang on to Your Ethics There’s Difficult Times Ahead
Guest post by Patti Dragland (learn more about Patti at the end of this post) People are generally good. Most people who live a relatively average life (and don’t suffer from psychopathic disorders) live with a moral compass that’s in line with socially acceptable behaviour. There are times, however, when we can get caught up outside of our moral compass. I would … [Read more...]
Free Coaching Available at InterviewChatter.com
Darlene McDaniel is a fellow businesswoman blogger, and she is celebrating her 2-year anniversary blogging at InterviewChatter.com by giving away a free 15-minute career coaching session to the first 25 people who leave a comment on this post on Interview Chatter. Be sure to read all the directions to ensure your comment is counted. For example, you must not … [Read more...]
The Flexibility of an Entrepreneur
Post by Dr. Marsha Firestone, contributing Women On Business writer Most businesses are seeing a range of effects from the struggling economy. Take light in the fact that as an entrepreneur and business owner you can be more flexible with your business ideas and decisions than a large corporation. Customers will be more enthusiastic about going to your company because you are … [Read more...]
To Blog or Not To Blog: That is the Question
Post by Monica Flores, contributing Women On Business writer For businesswomen, the question of, "Should I start a blog?" is a big one. Have you thought about it yet? I think the question of, "Can you afford to blog?" is actually, "Can you afford not to blog?" My big picture perspective on business-related blogging is that implementing, … [Read more...]
A Look at Unions Through a Bailout Lens
Post by Patricia Hewitt, contributing Women On Business writer Republicans are digging in their heels when it comes to the car manufacturers bailout plan – a far cry from their rapturous embrace of a similar fix for financial services firms. While there are a number of reasons for this change in attitude, I can’t help but recall the heady days of the Reagan … [Read more...]
Monica Flores Joins Women On Business as Weekly Contributor
I'm very excited to announce that one of my favorite businesswoman bloggers, Monica Flores, will be joining the Women On Business Weekly Contributor team. Monica brings a wealth of experience and great perspective to Women On Business, and I know our readers will be able to learn from her. Check out her bio below. About Monica Flores Monica S. Flores is principal at 10K … [Read more...]
Women’s Words Weekly – November 30-December 6, 2008
Time for another round of Women's Words Weekly where I take a look at what businesswomen bloggers were talking about during the previous week. Lahle Wolfe at About.com Women In Business give us a Comparison Between Self-employed Women and Wage-earning Women which is very insightful. Liz O'Donnell at The Glass Hammer shares a great post about Handling Sexual … [Read more...]