In an effort to give women business owners and women working in the field of business the publicity they deserve, WomenOnBusiness.com has launched a new Business Women News Press Release Submission feature. The new Business Women News Press Release Submission feature allows any woman working in the business world to submit a press release publicizing their own news or … [Read more...]
The Power of Three
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer When I learned of the President’s choice for the next Supreme Court Justice a few weeks ago, it hit me immediately – this would be the third woman on the Court. “Three” is the number of women needed to make an impact, according to several research studies. Three shifts the dynamics of corporate boards when … [Read more...]
Corporate Exec or Entrepreneur – Which is Better?
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer If you are an entrepreneur, you’ve probably experienced the look of envy on the faces of people in the corporate workforce when they find out you run your own business. They are likely thinking things like “wow, if it’s a beautiful day, you can just take the afternoon off” or “you’re so lucky you don’t have … [Read more...]
Why is the Pipeline in Peril?
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer We all know those dismal and annoying stats about women in business – we’re about half the workforce but only 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs, 15% of board of directors, and 13% of executive officers. It’s also true that women are making great strides and graduating with about half of the advance professional degrees, … [Read more...]
Mary Bennett Joins the Women on Business Writing Team
Please join me in welcoming Mary Bennett to the Women on Business writing team. Mary has over twenty five years of experience in the accounting and consulting industry. Seventeen years of this experience has been with Crowe Horwath LLP, a top ten accounting and consulting firm. For ten years of her career Mary served as a partner at Crowe. Mary’s roles have included … [Read more...]
Being an Entrepreneur – How I Fight Against the Conformist in Me
Guest post by Rebecca Tervo (learn more about Rebecca at the end of this post) I fell in love with a vampire and have become intrigued by vampire stories…No, this is not another book review or blog entry about vampires. I became a fan of author Stephenie Meyer after being “forced” to read the wildly popular “Twilight” series because my 10 year old daughter wanted to read … [Read more...]
Stay with the Positive
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer Sometimes I’m certain there are two of me. There’s the self-assured woman who feels good about herself and her abilities. But there’s also that anxious gal who questions every decision she makes and becomes a quivering mass of uncertainty when she walks into a room full of people. The better me is strong and … [Read more...]
Why Can’t We Just Be Ourselves?
Sometimes I think we can make things much more complicated than they really are. We analyze and dissect and re-analyze our behavior and the implications of our behavior until we forget our original intention. I could be wrong here, but I think we, as women, especially professional women, expend a great deal of energy second guessing ourselves. Do you find that’s true for … [Read more...]
Greet Like a Ginsu – Part Two
Post by Frances Cole Jones, contributing Women On Business writer If you missed Part One of this post, you can read it here -- Greet Like a Ginsu - Part One. In my last post I talked about ensuring your physical space is clean and welcoming. It’s also important to be very clear with the people manning these areas about personal items displayed, dress code, hold music, and … [Read more...]
Women and Networking
The Times Online from the UK, published an article in March called Why Women are Such Bad Networkers. It’s no good thinking that hard work will get you anywhere. If you want to make it to the top, you’re going to have to overcome your fear of socializing and start schmoozing like men. Of course, this caught my attention! Is this really true? Is it valid that women have a … [Read more...]