by Bonnie Marcus | May 10, 2010 | Entrepreneurs, Success, Women in Business
Are you a woman entrepreneur with big plans, and the vision and passion for growing your company? Do you know a dynamic woman entrepreneur who is on track to create a multi-million or billion-dollar enterprise? If so, I encourage you to apply, or to nominate, an...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 9, 2010 | Success, Women in Business
Someone at work approaches you after a meeting and tells you that you did a really great job on a project. What do you say? Are you more likely to say, “Thank you. I worked very hard on that project and I am proud of how it all came together”? Or do you say, “Oh, it...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 2, 2010 | gender diversity, Women in Business
This week a San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals certified the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history. The dispute was first filed in 2001 by Betty Dukes, a store greeter from California, along with five co-workers. The plaintiffs...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 25, 2010 | leadership, Success, Women in Business
Sometimes I think we can make things much more complicated than they really are. We analyze and dissect and re-analyze our behavior and the implications of our behavior until we forget our original intention. I could be wrong here, but I think we, as women, especially...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 23, 2010 | Entrepreneurs, fear of failure, marketing, Women in Business
Seth Godin has a new book out called Linchpin in which he talks about our “lizard brain”, that part of our brain that holds all our fears and limiting beliefs. The Lizard brain keeps us from doing our most creative work and often signals us to stay in our...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 18, 2010 | networking, Self Promotion, Women in Business
The Times Online from the UK, published an article in March called Why Women are Such Bad Networkers. It’s no good thinking that hard work will get you anywhere. If you want to make it to the top, you’re going to have to overcome your fear of socializing and start...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 11, 2010 | life balance, Women in Business
Sometimes I look back on the earlier days of my business career and wonder how I managed to raise two children as a single parent and still maintain and advance my career; most of all, I wonder now how I maintained my sanity and how I managed to focus any attention at...
by Bonnie Marcus | Apr 4, 2010 | leadership, Success, Women in Business
A recent report, Tearing Up the Rule Book: A New Generation of Leaders for 2010, from Aspire and Customer Interpreter measures Leadership Intelligence. This measurement assesses what is important today for leadership success. The results of the research are...
by Bonnie Marcus | Mar 28, 2010 | Success, Women in Business
This is a guest post by Debbie Phillips. Recently I was in New York City to lead a Women on Fire® Tea Party and to meet with reporters, editors and producers. It seemed everywhere I went someone said something to me about “reinventing” themselves. Or, they commented...
by Bonnie Marcus | Mar 21, 2010 | networking, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
Are you feeling the buzz? At least here in the northeast, spring has sprung. After a long and painful winter, the warm weather is such a blessing, and the change happened so suddenly that we were caught off guard. The beginning of the week, we were still in winter...
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