by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 25, 2015 | Assertive Communication, fear of failure, Self Promotion
This post is from the archives. Women are much more likely than men to take a “no” as a personal rejection and final answer. In fact, the fear of rejection will often keep us from asking for things we rightly deserve. Let’s look at the situation of a...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 18, 2015 | creativity, Success
This is a guest post by Bill Treasurer. The article originally appeared in Entrepreneur.com. It happened again yesterday. I had just given a talk on courage-building to 600 CEOs and business owners. After my talk, one CEO approached me with a common dilemma. “My...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 11, 2015 | life balance, life lessons, Women in Business
Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article in The Atlantic in 2012 presented a strong argument why women can’t have it all. Her article resonated with many professional women who were frustrated and exhausted from trying to “balance” a full time career with family demands; women...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 5, 2015 | goal setting, life lessons, Success
Ambition is a complicated topic for most women. We are told growing up that ambition is important yet we hear very mixed messages about ambitious successful women. Society does not always support or encourage women to realize their ambition the same way it does men....
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 1, 2015 | gender diversity, leadership
My Forbes article describing the top ways women give power away resonated with many readers. I received several comments and emails in which women expressed to me that the article was “an eye-opener”, and they now realize the subtle ways they give up power as well as...
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