Women on Business

APRIL 4, 2011

While gathering definitions for the word “GUTSY&# , to be used in my new book being released soon. I had an epiphany. Maybe there are times to just be still, not show your confident, brash, exuberant, irreverent side. I sat with this for most of a day, letting it roll around in my mind like a chocolate drop that did not melt quickly. What happens if a gutsy woman stays quiet?

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Definition 238

Women on Business

APRIL 7, 2011

I remember when I picked up my first project management book. I was working as a low-level retail manager and thought it would be helpful. I picked it up, glanced through the table of contents, got terrified and immediately put it back on the shelf. The book was full of technical jargon, extensive charts and graphs, and appeared to be designed for someone who had a Ph.D and was working on a NASA space shuttle launch.

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Women on Business

APRIL 8, 2011

I am a big fan of people following their passion , as I believe it energizes the individual and helps our overall world when people are engaged and enthusiastic with what they do. If you are realizing that your current job is not a good fit and you’d like to try something new, I recommend you pursue some self-inventorying resources such as “What Color is My Parachute?

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Women on Business

APRIL 5, 2011

I am very happy to announce that Leslie A. Joy has joined the WomenOnBusiness.com writing team. Leslie will focus primarily on project management topics, and I’m really looking forward to learning from her insight. Leslie is a marketing assistant, process manager, analytics geek, and blogger. She’s dedicated to keeping communications simple while maximizing impact, qualifying her clients’ quantitative data, along with streamlining, documenting, and customizing their processes.

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Team Document Project Media 167

Women on Business

APRIL 5, 2011

If you’re a small business competing for federal contracts, your report card is critical: before a federal agency contracting officer (CO) considers doing business with you, he/she looks at your report card. No, not the one with comments from your English teacher about your studiousness (or lack thereof), but your federal report card. That report card, known as CPAR (Contractor Performance Assessment Report) measures your company’s past performance on federal contracts.

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