Optimism prevails among women business owners in 2013 according to the data from the 2013 State of Women-Owned Businesses report from Web.com and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). The data comes from a survey of 552 women business owners conducted between December 14, 2012 and January 4, 2013. Of the survey respondents, 85% predicted that more women … [Read more...]
Get Featured in a New Board Candidate Reference E-Publication
Would you be interested in being featured in a board candidate reference e-publication? Yesterday, Board Guru Tracy Houston of Board Resource Services, LLC shared steps to have a board-level conversation on LinkedIn with Women on Business, and now she's sharing details about a new board candidate reference publication as well as an invitation to submit yourself to be … [Read more...]
How to Have Board-Level Conversations on LinkedIn
Board Guru™ Tracy Houston of Board Resource Services, LLC was kind enough to share her insights about how to use LinkedIn for board networking with Women on Business. She offers some great suggestions to help you leverage the leading professional social networking site to begin executive-level conversations with other business leaders. Following is Tracy's advice. She … [Read more...]
10 Phrases that Should Be Eradicated from Business Communications
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you guilty of using phrases in your business communications that could be doing more harm to your career than good? Darlene Price, founder and president of Well Said, Inc. and author of the new book, Well Said!: Presentations and Conversations That Get Results, has made it easy for you to make sure you're not hurting your career with your … [Read more...]
The Path to Become a CEO [Infographic]
The path to reach the coveted leadership position as CEO of a Fortune 500 company is usually a long one. Unfortunately, statistics show that that far more men land the CEO title than women. What does it take to become a CEO? An infographic from CEO.com sheds some light on the paths typically taken to the #1 c-suite office. You can see the full inforgraphic below. Here are … [Read more...]
The Tao of Business
People think that entrepreneurs are incredibly brave and that we have a plan for everything. The truth is that most days we feel like people are going to find out that we have no clue and that we are just trying to keep from drowning. We are all really good at something that’s why we started a business, but the one thing some of us are not so good at is building ourselves up … [Read more...]
The Best Ways to Stay Engaged With Your Team
Guest Post By Deborah Sweeney, CEO of MyCorporation.com (learn more about Deborah at the end of this post) It has long been said that it takes a village to raise a child and likewise in the working world, it takes a team to run a business. Each individual team member makes a contribution that highlights their expertise in the field and works together as a group to … [Read more...]
How Can We Increase the Number of Women on Corporate Boards?
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Consider this--women hold approximately 16% of board seats in the United States, 7.2% in emerging markets, and just 5.6% in Latin America. That's despite the fact that there has been so much discussion about the need for boardroom diversity and more diversity in the C-suites, particularly for women to fill more of these positions. Despite the focus, … [Read more...]
Knowing When You Shouldn’t Be a Problem Solver
NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Women in business are natural problem solvers, but are there times when solving problems for team members is a mistake? Minda Zetlin of Inc.com suggests that there are times when you should curtail your innate desire to solve other people's problems. The truth is that just as people teach their children to think for themselves and try to come up … [Read more...]
Women in STEM Careers and the Gender Gap [Infographic]
According to research from the White House Council on Women and Girls, just 25% of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce are women. If that's not bad enough, those women are also paid significantly less than men. For example, in the biological sciences field, the average woman's salary equates to just 76% of the average man's salary. In the … [Read more...]