Do You Work For A Corporate Bully?
We hear a lot these days about bullying, mostly with teenagers. There seems to be a news story every week with some tragic incident due to cyber bullying. As parents, this is very upsetting and of course, no one wants their children to be subject to this type of...
Do Your Feelings About Money Hold You Back From Making Money?
Our feelings about money can be a very complicated issue. Most of us want to make enough money to maintain our lifestyle and pay our bills. Some of us look at our income as validation of our success and continually strive to make more money. Many of us shy away from...
Are You A Disappearing Woman?
I got married right after college. I had never lived on my own. I had no idea who I was. I knew that I wanted a career. I wanted a family. I wanted it all. Well, the family came quickly and I had two children, but then I began to feel very unfulfilled. I loved being...
The Key to Success is Knowing Who You Are
When you look in the mirror, who is looking back at you? Im not talking about your appearance. Im talking about who you really are. Do you know? Many of us are distracted by external factors that we let define us; our job, our looks. We allow these things to become...
Is Thinking BIG About Your Business or Career Like Bragging?
Its common knowledge that many people have issues with boastful people. We have a bias against those who seem full of themselves and constantly let everyone know how wonderful they are. If the person happens to be a woman, there is even more of a negative reaction...
What Do You Love To Do?
Identifying our strengths and value proposition can be challenging. We may start out thinking we know and then typically we begin to analyze, dissect, question ourselves and end up nowhere. Is that really my strength? Can I own this? We go round in circles. Well,...
Self-Promotion: The Pink Elephant in the Room
Have you noticed that it is now common to use the term personal branding instead of self-promotion? Personal branding and self-promotion are, in fact, the same. I have come to believe that the term self-promotion is so off-putting for women that we will do almost...
Tell a Good Story to Pitch Yourself and Your Business
Everyone loves a good story, but how many of us are good at telling good stories? For the most part, I think we create exciting and stimulating stories about our personal lives. We certainly have a tremendous amount of material to serve as our database. We love to...
Is Self-Confidence Your Friend or Foe?
I often talk and write about the importance of having self-confidence for business success. I believe that when you connect with your value proposition, you can talk about your accomplishments and talk up your business with confidence and authenticity, and that most...