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 15, 2012 | Assertive Communication, Self Promotion, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
I have always believed that when you present yourself with confidence in the workplace people perceive you to be competent. Your confidence inspires trust and quite often respect. Of course, you still need to earn the recognition by demonstrating your skills and...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 3, 2012 | Assertive Communication, goal setting, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
And do you sometimes feel like you’re swimming against the current? There are still many male dominated industries and companies where women feel this way, and rightly so. You look to the C-Suite for a female role model and there are only men. You want to move...
by Bonnie Marcus | May 27, 2012 | Assertive Communication, Self Promotion, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
We negotiate for our children all the time. We want them to have the best teacher. We work with their coaches to make sure they get some game time. We have their best interests at heart. We negotiate with our family about how and where to spend the holidays. We state...
by Bonnie Marcus | Feb 12, 2012 | Assertive Communication, Customer Service, Entrepreneurs, fear and anxiety, marketing, networking, Sales techniques, Self Promotion, Women in Business
Are you being stingy?
by not letting others know what you have to offer?
by not speaking up and sharing your opinion or ideas? Sometimes we are so focused on our own stuff and our fears or discomfort talking about ourselves that we forget that what we have to...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 29, 2012 | Assertive Communication, Communication, leadership, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
For the past two weeks, the focus of this blog has been how you would handle a situation at work when someone takes credit for your idea. Unfortunately, this happens quite frequently according to many of my readers, and their responses demonstrated a wide range of...
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