by Bonnie Marcus | Feb 14, 2010 | Success, Women in Business
Women have the reputation of being great nurturers. After all, we have always been primary caregivers for our family and children. It is our history. It’s in our DNA. Here’s my question this week for professional women: Why doesn’t that love and...
by Bonnie Marcus | Feb 7, 2010 | Entrepreneurs, networking, Sales techniques, Self Promotion, Women in Business
I was in Orlando this past week with some colleagues training a medical device sales force on “purposeful communication”. “Purposeful Communication” is communication that has a goal or desired outcome and when applied to sales presentations,...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 31, 2010 | Success, Women in Business
In this current recession, one would think that anyone who has a job at this point would be happy to be gainfully employed. Research tells us that this in not the case. In fact, in a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, author Sue Shellenbarger speaks of a...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 24, 2010 | networking, Self Promotion, Women in Business
Have you ever been to a networking event where everyone needs to stand up and introduce themselves? I don’t know about you, but after about 3-4 people stand up and recite their elevator pitches, I can’t remember who does what. Very few of them capture my...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 17, 2010 | fear and anxiety, life balance, Women in Business
This is a guest post from Art DeLorenzo, CFP, ChFC, CLU, MSFS, a retired Group Vice President at a Fortune Magazine top 100 firm and Frederic Luskin, Ph.D. a psychologist at Stanford University. Mr. DeLorenzo, Dr. Luskin and Dr. Rick Aberman are co- owners of MYT...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 10, 2010 | Entrepreneurs, leadership, networking, Success, Women in Business
Does this describe you? Desperately trying to keep your job or business from swallowing you up? Totally focused on completing all your daily tasks but never getting through your to do list? Working nights and weekends to catch up? Stressed? Exhausted? Do you find the...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 3, 2010 | Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
Is No really NO or is it an opportunity? 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...
by Bonnie Marcus | Dec 26, 2009 | leadership, Self Promotion, Women in Business
I recently did a radio interview with Lois Frankel, PhD, author of Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich and our discussion included some valuable tips from Lois on the importance of developing a personal brand for career...
by Bonnie Marcus | Dec 20, 2009 | Success, Women in Business
Pretty soon we’re going to be flooded with blogs that talk about creating new goals for the new year and the importance of making new resolutions for 2010. ‘Tis the season, right? I am not even going there. You will hear enough from myriads of others about setting...
by Bonnie Marcus | Dec 13, 2009 | gender diversity, leadership, Women in Business
Recent research studies indicate a very strong correlation exists between corporate performance and gender balanced leadership; the more diverse the leadership team, the better financial performance of the organization. Focus on the diversity of corporate boards has...
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