by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 15, 2015 | Success, Women in Business
This is a guest post from Whitney Johnson. It’s 1996. I work in investment banking at Smith Barney Shearson. My boss, who hired and mentored me, has been given the boot. Because I’m on the wrong side of the political aisle, I’m also in peril. Realizing that I...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 6, 2015 | goal setting, Success
At 19, Misty Copeland imagined herself not as a member of the corps, but as a principal dancer. In her memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, Misty writes that “It felt right. It felt like a promise. Someday, somehow, it was going to happen for me.” And so it...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 30, 2015 | Office politics, relationship building and women
Until recently, it was a commonly held belief that extroverts are the real winners in the workplace. We expect extroverts to have the charisma and natural ability to lead; to connect and influence others. Our assumption, therefore, has always been that extroverts have...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 14, 2015 | Communication, leadership, Self Promotion
Early in my career, I was so passionate about my work and the company I worked for that I wanted everything to be perfect. I would get very upset when I noticed that there was an issue that I felt needed to be addressed by senior management. My frustration would...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 7, 2015 | Success, Women in Business
Last week I was asked by the New York Times to submit a draft of an Op-Ed piece on The Politics of Promotion. Needless to say, I was honored and worked diligently for two and a half days to complete an article I thought worthy of submission. In my quest for...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 31, 2015 | life balance, life lessons, Women in Business
This past week I hit a wall. Exhausted from traveling, speaking, and book events, I couldn’t put a pen to paper. The thought of opening my computer and trying to write something that others would find interesting or valuable was beyond my capacity. What happened? My...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 17, 2015 | Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
Women’s Success Coaching recently conducted a survey to better understand the challenges that professional women face in the workplace today. The results of the survey reveal that the top concerns are the potential for advancement at their current company,...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 4, 2015 | Self Promotion, Success
The GPS has become an indispensable tool in our everyday lives. With our handy GPS, we don’t have to worry about how to reach our destination. The GPS guides us with step-by-step instructions. If we take a wrong turn or get off track, the GPS quickly recalculates and...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 26, 2015 | goal setting, Office politics, Self Promotion
More often than not, I hear from my clients that they have great relationships with their team and their colleagues, but don’t know how to manage the relationship they have with their boss. This could be due to a variety of reasons. Maybe your personalities clash....
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 26, 2015 | leadership, Self Promotion, Women in Business
What is your relationship to power? Do you embrace your power? Deny it or try to hide it? Women, despite their ambition, have a very complicated relationship with power that affects their ability to stay the course to reach executive positions. According to a recent...
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