3 Easy Tips to Maximize Your Time Working from home is often hard to balance with all the other things that happen throughout the day. Sometimes it can feel like we need just a few more hours in the day to get it all under control. I'm sharing a few tricks I've perfected along the way to make the most of my time and gain that extra hour or two. 1. Set the timer! …or … [Read more...]
The Guilt Ridden Working Mom
How to Survive those Moments of Guilt - We will all be okay! Whether you work outside the home, or in the home, you have those moments where you feel like you are doing something wrong, or neglecting them. That moment when they cry for someone else, or don't want to be with you, or the ever present "one second honey, mommy's working," "let me just finish this email," and … [Read more...]
How to Rule the World (or at least your calendar)
Woman Entrepreneur Working From Home I have been working at home and running a business for quite a few years now. I have a husband and two small children. So far we are all still alive and the house hasn’t burned down. This is only because I have figured out a few things. Having talked to other women who work from home I discovered similar challenges and concerns are shared … [Read more...]
Happy Women Work From Home
Today's women can work at home and still hold an executive position and even make millions from sitting behind a lap top computer. In fact... you can be extremely HAPPY working from home because you don't have to get dressed up, fight traffic and you can work out whenever you want to. Just schedule it! The internet allows us to have freedom to raise our children, have … [Read more...]
The Capable Employee
As a modern business owner, I’ve caught the fever to rely on gadgets and depend on electronic communication in lieu of actually picking up the phone; but I wonder, have I done my company a disservice? As I visit client sites and assess the challenges they face, it becomes clear that sometimes the culprit is not the employee, it’s the technology. Excessive reliance on … [Read more...]
The Inside Scoop on Recruiting
Once you strike out on your own, your relationships with recruiters change. When you were looking for a full-time job, they represented a way to get your foot in the door at a company. As an entrepreneur, their roles shift slightly. They still help you get a foot in the door, but now they also bring the ability to provide new projects. The one thing that continually frustrates … [Read more...]
Grab the Money!
It’s no secret that you need capital to operate and grow, but then comes the question how do you get it? For some of the lucky ones they have the personal cash to use or they are able to tap well heeled friends and family for the money. For the unlucky ones, you need money to operate and grow, but where do you get it? Tap your community bank. An often overlooked … [Read more...]
Telecommuting for your Business?
More and more women are choosing to telecommute, and more companies are coming up with family-friendly, flexible work-from-home and telecommuting options. Some estimates show that almost 40% of the working population are able to work from home at least part of the time, without a loss in productivity. If you're looking into developing a telecommuting plan for yourself or … [Read more...]
The Business Case for Building a Flexible Work Culture- Part III
In the Part I and II of this series we talked about the opportunity to support our need for flexible work cultures with a solid business case. We outlined the fact that the majority of our employees require flexibility at some point in their careers. Research increasingly points to flexibility as one of the most important career considerations of staff, emerging leaders and … [Read more...]
The Business Case for Building Flexible Work Cultures- Series Part II
In the Part I of this series we talked about the opportunity to support our need for flexible work cultures with a solid business case. We outlined the fact that the majority of our employees require flexibility at some point in their careers. Research increasingly points to flexibility as one of the most important career considerations of staff, emerging leaders and even our … [Read more...]