by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 23, 2012 | gender diversity, leadership, relationship building and women, Success, Women in Business
A wise woman told me early in my career, that I should hire to my weakness. In other words, figure out the things that I am not particularly good at or that I hate to do and hire people who excel at these things. For example, I am not a great detail person. Assembling...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 16, 2012 | Assertive Communication, Communication, fear and anxiety, relationship building and women, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
This past week on my radio show, GPS Your Career, I had a lively discussion with Margaret Heffernan about what it takes for women to be successful in business today. Quickly the conversation turned to the importance of building relationships for career advancement and...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 9, 2012 | goal setting, leadership, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
I had a client, a female attorney for a large healthcare system, tell me last week that when she approached her boss about her desire to move her career forward, he was surprised. That prompted me to think about our relationship to ambition, how others in the...
by Bonnie Marcus | Sep 2, 2012 | goal setting, leadership, networking, relationship building and women, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
The Republican National Convention took place last week and the Democratic National Convention is coming up soon. As the November election approaches, we are bombarded with local and national political ads on TV, radio, print, and online with increased frequency. As a...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 26, 2012 | Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
Youve been searching for a job for some time and after a frustrating few months, you finally landed an interview for an interesting job at a great company. Congratulations! But this is only the beginning of a series of interviews as the organization narrows their...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 19, 2012 | Entrepreneurs, fear and anxiety, fear of failure, life lessons, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
In my blog last week, Get Savvy: 10 Tips to Help You be Successful in Business, I talked about the things that I feel have helped me make my business successful. I asked for feedback and a few people responded that they thought that #3, Investing in Your Business,...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 12, 2012 | Entrepreneurs, Success, Women in Business
Its amazing to me how smart Ive become lately about a lot of things. Im not bragging at all. Its more about a confession for years of stupidity about myself and my business. Ive had many aha moments since I started my coaching business in 2006. Ive learned that...
by Bonnie Marcus | Aug 5, 2012 | Assertive Communication, fear and anxiety, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
Who ever thought that being nice would work against our career advancement? Its not just being nice that sabotages us in the workplace. Its when you are so nice that everyone else comes first and you have an inordinate need for everyone to like you. It may be our...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 29, 2012 | Self Promotion, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
Every day every one of us accomplishes many things. Sometimes our accomplishments are dramatic and life-changing. Sometimes they are less significant, but they are accomplishments just the same. What is of interest to me is how difficult it is for us to own our...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 22, 2012 | networking, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
Women are great multi-taskers. We pride ourselves in how productive we are and how much we get done in 24 hours. Its amazing, right? But in our quest to complete our to-do list and check off all the tasks that we have on our list, how much time do we take to think...
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