I once heard that success in life is not measured by what we have accomplished, but by the obstacles that we have had to face…and most importantly, the obstacles we have overcome. I read something similar recently in a book that taught me to assume full responsibility for my life, my circumstances and my troubles; to embrace even the problems in a way that actually makes them … [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...]
We Are Nashville: The Importance of Building Community
Every day you hear or see someone networking; working the room for future business prospects or referrals. It’s one of those things that you get, but you sometimes get turned off by it. Oftentimes we are inundated with these community-building tactics on Facebook, Twitter and Emails. There are many less than complimentary things we can say about people who annoy us through … [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...]
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...]
Getting Over the Procrastination Hump
What is it that causes us to put things off we know we should do? Is there a psychology to procrastination? Is there a cure? I took a trip inside Psychology Today to learn there really is an art and science to procrastination: Twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. It's not trivial, although as a culture we don't take it seriously as a … [Read more...]
Greet Like a Ginsu – Part One
Post by Frances Cole Jones, contributing Women On Business writer Did you know it took over 600 hours to think up, agree upon, and refine the first ten seconds of the original Ginsu infomercial? (“In Japan, the hand can be used like a knife…”) The image – a hand karate chopping a tomato - was so arresting—weird enough to make the person with the remote stop flipping channels … [Read more...]
Are You Homophonebic?
Are you afraid of using the correct part of speech or the correct spelling or usage of a word? Even more frightening, does it make you shiver when intelligent people (like your superiors) misuse common words that were differentiated at least in the 8th grade? With the advent of social networking, texting and IM'ing we commonly use acronym's like LOL and TTYL; and take … [Read more...]