by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 22, 2012 | Assertive Communication, Communication, leadership, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
My blog last week posed a theoretical situation to all of you about a woman who was very excited about an idea she had to move a stale project forward for her department. She shared her idea with a colleague at lunch and the colleague ended up presenting the proposal...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jan 15, 2012 | Assertive Communication, Communication, Self Promotion, self-esteem, Success, Women in Business
Sometimes ideas come to me at the strangest times, like when Im taking a shower, at 2 am when I cant sleep, or when I’m driving my car. But when a great idea comes along you know it right away, right? This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. As I was driving...
by Bonnie Marcus | Dec 18, 2011 | Assertive Communication, Communication, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
The ability to communicate effectively and confidently has a dramatic effect on our ability to advance our careers. Yet many of us fall into the trap of using weak language that sabotages our efforts to present ourselves with authority and confidence. I would just...
by Bonnie Marcus | Oct 23, 2011 | Assertive Communication, Communication, networking, Self Promotion, Success, Women in Business
Women DO ask for promotions and raises but they still lag behind men in compensation and position. The latest Catalyst study, The Myth of the Ideal Worker: Does Doing All the Right Things Really Get Women Ahead?, dispels the myth that women are not proactive in...
by Bonnie Marcus | Jul 3, 2011 | Communication, gender diversity, life lessons, self-esteem
This is a guest post by Lisa Bloom, author of The New York Times best-seller, Think: Straight Talk For Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time....
by Bonnie Marcus | Jun 5, 2011 | Communication, fear and anxiety, Self Promotion, self-esteem
Think about it. When do you feel the most stress at work? According to author Tony Schwartz in a recent post on Harvard Business Review, we feel the most stress when our value is threatened. Across more than 200 studies of the effects of stress, researchers have found...
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