Some entrepreneurs have a knack for turning personal needs into great ideas, and then turning those great ideas into huge successes.
Stacey Blackman, founder of Stacy Blackman Consulting, the Blacklight Channel and Stryke Club, is just that entrepreneur.
While she has been reaping rewards professional for two decades, early on, she was deterred.
Read MoreThe middle of three sisters raised in Bloomfield, Michigan, Lori Caden always knew sisterhood was a key part of her life. Indeed, sisterhood would drive her professional success and be a factor in her helping other women entrepreneurs launch their business dreams.
Read MoreAs the global digital communications director for Ford Motor Company, Gwen Jimmere had a company car that was a baby blue Mustang convertible, passes to the Super Bowl and paid travel around the world. But it was not what she wanted ultimately wanted to do.
Read MoreThe good news if you are a woman working in healthcare, architecture, engineering, education and a few other industries is that pay equity is the norm when your organization has pay transparency. The bad news is if you are a female in food services, retail, customer service, transportation and a few more male-dominated fields, you will likely be paid less than men doing the same job.
Read MoreStacey Engle, president of Fierce Conversations, understands perfectly the double meaning of the word. “Fierce to me is what you think of when someone is fiercely loyal, passionate, caring, courageous and getting to the heart of something.” She adds, “Someone can also interpret fierce as aggressive or too intense.” The two interpretations offer the opportunity to address what it means to be effective.
Read MoreMany of us are facing down strategic plans for the new year. But beyond goal setting is the real task of managing teams that can consist of varying levels of – ahem, enthusiasm. It’s no secret that teams can consist of highly motivated go-getters and what some call in academia, coasters, as well as strategic players who do the absolute minimum in order to slide by with low effort and little buy-in.
Read MoreFlorence Shin and Athina Wang want you to know they are absolutely not sick of each other. The co-founders and creators of Covry, a brand of handcrafted eyewear they launched in 2015, have been besties since high school class of 2009, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, as the two most interested in fashion in their larger group of friends.
Read MorePersuasion had to start early in life for Lee Hartley Carter, author and president of maslansky + partners, a global language strategy firm based in New York with the tagline, “It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear.” Growing up the first daughter in a New Jersey family where her mother and most all female relatives stayed home to raise children, Carter says she still has to answer the question, “What do you mean you’re still working?”
Read MoreLinda Hirshman credits her Cleveland junior high public school teachers for helping make her who she is. The prolific author, lawyer, retired esteemed university professor and feminist thought leader says, “I had very radical teachers in my public school and when you are 12, 13 and 14, your teachers feel like a real source of truth to you.”
Read MoreI have been tempted to send end of the year emails to colleagues who routinely fail to respond to necessary emails with: “The year is almost over, can you please answer this question from July?” But I know that is not a good idea. Whether you are an entrepreneur with a small business, or a manager in a large corporation, you will want to get your records and files in order.
Read MoreYou may have heard the joke that goes like this (and you can fill in the blank): How do you know if a man (won an award, got a job promotion, attended an Ivy League school…)? Answer: Because he will tell you. Women, not so much. A new study called The Self-Promotion Gap of more than 1,000 men and women shows that 69 percent of women would rather downplay their accomplishments than talk about them.
Read MoreSo you don’t want to organize something that involves ugly holiday sweaters, because that is so 10 years ago. If you are in charge of creating or even contributing to the workplace end of the year event—and 82 percent of workplaces do have a holiday event—why not make sure it is memorable, safe and perhaps even advances your mission?
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