Women on Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Women who have decided on a definite career path, know why it is important to them, and are accomplishing what they have aimed for…that is SUCCESS! One of the persons who I recently coached made this comment…”If I had only spent the same amount of time on my career as I did on my hair I would be as successful as Oprah.”

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you destroying your career by hanging onto fears that limit your chances for success? Alexis Wolfer writes for Levo League and warns women in business that three common fears could stop you from reaching your career goals: 1. Alexis warns, “Failure is a necessary step on the path to success.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 1, 2013

We all have personal goals for the New Year, but how many of us have business goals? One of my recent business goals was to create a business Facebook page for Vionet Graphics. Now that our page is up, we want to celebrate by helping another business jump-start one of their goals. Wishing you a successful New Year!

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 19, 2012

“Translate big goals into small daily bites.” “Whatever scares you the most is often the key to massive success.” Assess where you are right now, and then make the necessary changes to ensure you’re laser-focused on the right things to reach your goals. Reduce the clutter to increase your success.”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2013

In the meantime, here’s a sample of three of the ways Lirone explains how networking can benefit you: Networking Increases Your Success – We actually increase our chances of achieving our goals by connecting with people who are experts in different fields. Click on the link at the end of the post for all of the details.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

you can learn more about Heidi at the end of this post) Successful women know only too well that in any male-dominated profession, we often find ourselves at a distinct disadvantage. But in my experience, smart and talented women rarely realize that one of the toughest hurdles they’ll have to overcome to be successful lies within.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 19, 2012

It’s just as important to develop and promote your personal brand in order to reach your career goals as it is for a company to market its brands. NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you ready to market your brand and get big results in 2013? Remember, brands can belong to companies or individuals.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Success…and then what? We work insane hours, sacrifice everything that means anything to us because we know that success is coming. As I found out that I had been awarded a big contract, a colleague reminded me to not get comfortable with the success, to remember that I was still an entrepreneur and I still needed to be hungry.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

That comes with the job, if you have any inclination towards success at some point in time, you will disappear into your work. Is your goal to get rich or is it to see this thing through to the end? If the goal is to get rich the cost may be too high because starting a business usually costs more than it makes the first go round.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 28, 2012

It was assumed that the term ‘entrepreneurship with disabilities’ was an oxymoron…today thousands of people with disabilities are dispelling these myths by starting wildly successful businesses of all kinds.” ” - Disability & Entrepreneurship: A Formula for Success. The Abilities Fund, Inc.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2013

You have to know your long term goals. Small businesses are notorious for not thinking past our short term goals, the problem with this thinking is that we miss opportunities to grow and increase our revenue because we don’t know where we are headed. Don’t get lost in the delivery of the message.

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Women on Business

JUNE 8, 2012

Talent is subjective at best and if you never actually see the applicant in action, then all you have is someone with the express goal of impressing you for 15 minutes. The problem is that recruiters don’t have a crystal ball; they don’t know what a successful candidate looks like anymore than a doctor knows the cure for cancer.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 6, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you getting in the way of reaching your goals? Here are some of her tips: Admit that you can be successful. Are you your own worst enemy? Throughout my career, I’ve often come into contact with people who can’t get out of their own way. Tap into your genius. Get ruthless about it.

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Women on Business

JULY 25, 2012

Women are becoming more prevalent as entrepreneurs, it can be a very empowering thing to have your own business and be successful at it. If you are a successful entrepreneur… you will eventually need help if you want to make any money. I am guilty of it. This is the hardest part for most (me included).

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Guest Post By Elaine Love, successful facilitator and business owner (learn more about Elaine at the end of this post). How can you achieve your goals to reach the top? Success boils down to being open-minded but so focused and determined that nothing derails you from the achievement of your goals. Celebrate Progress.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The most successful leaders have great ideas and skills, but they also have charisma. Show people that you’ll help them reach their goals. Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter explains that charisma comes to some people naturally while others have to work to develop it.

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Women on Business

AUGUST 3, 2012

When we don’t lose focus all of our actions are viewed from a ‘how can this help me achieve my goal’ mentality? The key to success is working on your business and getting out of that worker bee mentality. Tasks completed can’t grow your business or steer it to success, that’s your job. Be you and be different. So do it.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

It can also be the strong vision you have of getting closer and closer to reaching your goals, and being able to set new ones. Your consistency and communication around this will help set the stage and foundation for a potentially very successful home-based business. Here’s to your success!

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 17, 2012

However, more and more women are “re-careering” every day & I must speak to several successful female career executives each day who are looking to do something different. Here are 3 tips & some of my learning’s to help jump-start you to success: 1.Identify What has made you successful in your professional career to date?

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Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

It puts you at the starting block and gives you an understanding that yes you are in a competition for your job, for your raise, for your promotion, and for the success of your company in the marketplace. I would assign warm thoughts towards individuals, hoping for their personal success because I enjoy watching people grow.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The goal is to get your customer to come back, not for you to be right. We all know that the key to a successful business is to surround yourself with people smart enough to solve your company’s problems. Support your staff. You hired them, so let them do their job. Your business will thank you for it.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Women tend to lead from a more interactive, cooperative style which often results in strengthening the sense-of-team in employees or as we say at Great Place to Work “we are all in this together,” inspiring a higher degree of commitment to strive to achieve the business’ goals. Speak up, speak out, and contribute.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 18, 2012

With our driven, goal-oriented nature, we tend to put a lot of pressure on ourselves to do better, achieve more, and overall, work harder. Use it to work towards positive goals, like breaking a sales record or winning an industry award. All this stress, however, can lead to a hostile, negative office atmosphere. Align with a Mentor.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 2, 2012

Regardless of the jokes or bad press we hear about new years resolutions it is very healthy to take time for regular reflection on ones life, goals and dreams. For women in business regular reflection is a critical success skill. Our reflection does not need to be at the turn of the year but often it is a natural time to do so.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The theory, or new business philosophy, includes working with employees to give them more credit and acknowledgement, providing more meaningful work and goals to benefit the community and society as a whole. Sasha is pointing out that this is how many successful women entrepreneurs have been running their businesses all along.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Establishes stretch goals. Our research shows these leadership skills are strongly correlated to organizational success factors such as retaining talent, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and profitability. Women outscored men in the following leadership traits: Takes initiative. Practices self-development. Develops others.

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Women on Business

MARCH 8, 2011

Today’s professionals are focused on developing their skill sets and seek the training, the resources and the people that can help them achieve their goals. 3. There is always the chance people are unfamiliar with their companies’ employee offerings, so communicating about and updating them on a regular basis is key to success.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Business Goals: Goals, like those leg warmers and jelly shoes, go out of style. So toss them away (goals and jelly shoes) and bring your goals up-to-date. You don’t need more than three to five goals to stay on track and move your business to the next level. Thanksgiving blessings to all of you!

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 30, 2011

There are many approaches to motivating your staff and rewarding them for hard work and success, from a mention in a meeting or in a internal publication to a promotion in the company hierarchy. Always ensure you set the boundaries and time scale for rewards, and also have a plan if the goal is not reached.

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Women on Business

JUNE 12, 2012

It took me getting older and experiencing more of life to realize that no one should deminish your goals, dreams, aspirations and talents. They will point out the potential inside of you and help you to realize your dreams and goals. That was wrong. They will give you tips, tools and encouragement along the way.

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Women on Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

While I wish everyone success, I believe a real entrepreneur is someone who has had to lose damn near everything to see their dream come true. We wanted to make something great and to do that we have to believe that we will, no matter how far away that goal seems now. Falling is required.

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Women on Business

MARCH 13, 2013

Many of you (and them) are also moms, which I suspect also leaves you thinking about how to encourage your daughter’s career goals. Need some inspiration? This post by Ekaterina Walter takes a look at the essential characteristics of women leaders, straight from women who are successfully shaking things up.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Worker’s in their 30’s are very competent and self-guiding, but they need definite goals. You really need to say what you mean and be very clear about your success/failure definitions. It is up to you to engage that staffer in order to create a reasonable access to management strategy. Ambiguity is not their cup of tea.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Develop your web of influence (key stakeholders, decision makers, influencers, connectors) to assist you in reaching your goal. If you have the goal of sitting in the C-Suite, start by communicating this goal to others and find out how you can get a sponsor to take you under his/her wings and move you up the ranks.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The opportunity to be a part of a team that works together toward a common goal. If sitting on a board is one of your goals, it is important to learn how to communicate your value and to network strategically so others know what you can bring to the table. The opportunity to build relationships that will bring you business.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Be proactive; take action Sometimes our biggest obstacle to success is ourselves! Address personal fears, listen to your own instincts and intuition, and start believing in yourself to have the tenacity and drive to see your goal of business ownership actualize. Offer support to others with similar goals of business ownership.

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Companies also need to make employees feel valuable and that they are an important part of the direction and daily success of the organization. They need to acknowledge employee strengths and provide opportunities for employees to expand upon them.

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