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Smart Women Trim the Layers of Their Lives
This article is about taking a look at your life and trimming back the different areas to ensure that you have more of what you want and less of what you don’t want in life. There are 6 areas that women generally focus on. It’s important to shed something that’s no longer a fit.

Do women have different leadership qualities than men?
Research is not conclusive on the subject. Traditionally however, leadership is broken down into archetypes that you may identify with: it is said that male leadership qualities are those that focus on getting things done, taking charge and acting systematically, while female leadership qualities are those that focus on creating conditions for life. How can women contribute?

Smart Women Can Learn a Lot About Business from a 3rd Grader
This article is about getting clear and focused on all of key elements of your business. It reminds me of a book report I helped my son with in 3rd grade. There were key elements and you could relate all of these to business.

What Smart Women Learn in the Recovery Room
This article is about discovering what’s holding you back in your life-your “obstacles” to having the life you desire and gives you tips on how to shed those obstacles. It is only when we shed these “obstacles” that we can live a life that is fully on purpose and with passion.

The Great New World at 60 Plus (60+)
Being 60+ is a new experience for all of us that have passed the six decade threshhold. There is a new world and the best thing we can do is embrace it and not just sit down and complain. The most important strategy we must undertake is developing at least one additional income stream.

Women and Financial Security
Studies show women are actually more worried about financial security in retirement than men. Whether you are married, divorced, single, young or old, as a modern woman, there are compelling reasons why you should take your financial future seriously and if you haven't already done so, perhaps it is time to think about it now. Why are women more financially vulnerable?

Smart Women Share Their Pearls….
This article is about taking a look at each decade of your life and finding the “pearls of wisdom” that have guided you and helped you become more of who you are today.

Famous Hair Accessories-The Women Inventors Behind Them
The personal stories of the women inventors behind the TopsyTail, Hairdini, FanTail, and Whirl-a-Style. How did they get into such a unique business? What traits drive their success?

Delicate balance between a career and baby
Having a career and a family can be difficult to manage and it is not uncommon for women to leave it too-late. We need to educate women and men that there is a right time to have children if they want the best chance to conceive naturally.

Interviews or interrogations?
Interviews are part of an organization's landscape yet from research it seems that many could be handled much better. It is one thing to be interviewing people, yet another to be interviewed. We need to be on both sides of the table in order to assess their effectiveness.

Keep your eye on the ball

It's very difficult to stay focused when there is so much to do. You have a list, a commitment to doing what is necessary to achieve the organizational goals but there is so much to distract you. You start the morning with good intentions and check the email. You've got your list to follow and then you find that there are things that are very important - it's only 8.00am in the morning and you have already let your daily list slide...

New to the job
This article has been written to assist new-leaders of local government. However, the information is just as useful for anyone who has moved into a management role. Rules and regulations change from state to state and country to country but one thing doesn't change: you have to know how to fit-in with your new group and how to manage constituents or employees.

One small step for you: One giant leap for your Organization

Times are tough in the business world; very tough in some countries. Regular reports indicate that this is the worst Global Financial Crisis we’ve experienced since WW11. It has made leaders stop and rethink the way they have been doing things. It has made them reevaluate their systems and processes in order to ascertain just how successful they really are. Performance Development Programs (PDP’s) are one way that your organization can improve workplace productivity. Implementing new systems and processes is laborious at first; however setting up and using PDP’s is essential if you are serious about increasing business productivity. They don’t have to be complicated, in fact the simpler the better. When done properly they are a valuable resource for not only you but for your employees as well.

You need one, I need one: we all need a break

In the current economic climate the mantra is to work harder and harder. This is a global phenomenon and we are told it regularly. There is no time for a break; you just have to keep pushing yourself. Everyone else is doing it - so of course you must follow suit. It's expected that this behavior will impact on productivity in all the right ways and that the organisation will go from strength-to-strength. Those in leadership are not immune from this pressure. It is not only difficult to continue to work harder and harder, it is impossible because there comes a point when the bone has no more meat on it. While sustainable for awhile, over time issues start to emerge. Pressured, exhausted leaders can experience a loss of confidence, self esteem, lack of clarity and mental and/or physical health issues can appear...

Smart Women Give Their Clients an Experience
This article is about how important it is to give your clients a positive experience when they visit you or call upon you about your products and services. Giving your prospects, and existing clients, a positive experience with you will help you to gain their business and also more referrals.

Passion, Plan and Profit by Christy Strauch
Having your own business is said to be a part of the "American Dream". Even in these tough economic times, many people are still working toward having their own business. Actually, I've read that a financial recession can be the perfect time to lose a fortune --- but also the perfect time to make a fortune. So, is this the time for you to get serious about starting your own business?

Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome by James L Wilson
Every business person faces stress and fatigue. Every business owner and entrepreneur faces stress and especially in these tough economic times. So – maintaining our health can be a key to being able to continue giving our best to our business, ourselves, our families and our customers.

Heart of Marketing by Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski
Customer service and really good customer service seems to be a thing of the past in many businesses. When I was growing up - my grandfather reinforced the importance of stellar customer service to me and that lesson has served me very well of the last two decades. This book explains how to put "heart" back into our businesses and our marketing.

Women's Millionaire Club by Maureen G Mulvaney, MGM
Many people own home based businesses and in these tough economic times - many more people will launch home based businesses. Some people do very well with their own business - while others never make a decent living. What is the difference?

6 Essential Steps to Career Breakthrough: Navigating Through Change Successfully

There are so many people today in dramatic career and life transition, and also thousands of coaches and consultants offering help. I’ve discovered, however, that recommending simple, straightforward tactics and strategies does not work unless there has been a true breakthrough in the individual’s thinking and behavior that allows them to become unstuck, and to embrace new possibilities where constraints and limitations were seen before. What do you need to do to create your own breakthrough, and make your goals and visions in life and work a reality? Here are 6 essential steps to breakthrough:

Can You Make a Good Living Being a Life Coach?

Running a coaching and consulting company dedicated to helping women achieve breakthrough in their lives and work, I meet thousands of folks each year who want to reinvent, many of whom are considering launching a coaching or consulting practice, or other small business of their own. They long to transition into coaching for solid reasons, and many come with great, top-level experience. This article will explain some points to consider if you are contemplating a career move to becoming a life coach.

Getting Support in Times of Change

As a coach and a psychotherapist, I’ve worked with hundreds of people each year who are going through dramatic change of some kind or another, and are in need of support from their families, friends, colleagues and others. We often discuss what healthy support is, and how it feels when we receive support that gives us the strength and confidence to persevere. What does helpful support look like?

Has Your Wake-Up Call Arrived?

A wake-up call is a resounding signal received that change is necessary in your life. Often we get this type of call when a crisis or deeply challenging situation has emerged. A wake-up call is a resounding signal received that change is necessary in your life. Often we get this type of call when a crisis or deeply challenging situation has emerged. Clients ask me, "What is crisis in our lives? How can we tell we're heading into crisis, versus simply going through a really bad patch?" What are the signs of "breakdown," as I tend to call it?

Naming and Claiming Your True Niche
In overcoming many challenges in finding my true niche, I am now focused on helping others do the same. Throughout these many years, I’ve observed what it takes shine in your chosen area – how to be one of the best in your selected niche, and be confident enough to market yourself powerfully and rise above the competition.

Taking Back Power Back Tips For Restoring Balance and Focus

Since my book published this Fall, I've been inundated by activity around launching it, publicizing it, and speaking about it. I enjoy much of this activity, as it involves marketing and promotion, which I'm comfortable with (it was my professional specialization in my corporate life, and also it fits my "socializer" personality). I also believe in the book's messages, so it's a joy to speak about it. But what I didn't realize was that, day by day, hour by hour, I began to feel less and less powerful, and more and more focused on "outer" events and accomplishments, and things beyond my control, rather than inward milestones.

The Soft & Hard Sides of Discipline A Brief Look at Empathic Parenting
Have you ever had difficulty determining when “enough is enough” with your child? Or questioned when you should draw the line rather than be flexible and give in to his requests? Have you ever experienced the pain and confusion of knowing your child wants softness from you, but feared that this softness will somehow be “bad” for him/her in some way?

Today’s Women at Work have Unique Opportunities

Here’s a news flash: Women are poised to surpass men on the nation’s payrolls for the first time in American history. According to a recent report by the New York Times, four out of five jobs lost in the current U.S. recession belong to men—a consequence of the surge in layoffs within distressed, male-dominated industries, such as manufacturing and construction. This emerging workplace trend may ultimately be a momentous boon to women—shifting their power and influence, both at home and on the job. It also represents a new call to action for women—and employers.

Leadership is “Net Time” and “Net Results” not “Gross Time”
Leaders always forget the other issues apart from their professional life such as family, friends, relatives, health and other major life activities. Leaders need to learn the importance of these things in their life. Once these things are shattered, you will never get them back. So, enjoy your life with your family and friends while concentrating on net time rather than gross time.

Top Time Management Tips For Time Tight Women
Are you a stressed-out time tight woman? Read these top tips to help you tackle your time management problems and create time for yourself!

Smart Women Entrepreneurs, Solids, and Fluids
This article is about getting a foundation in place that has both a solid and fluid plan. Entrepreneurs need to be both solid and fluid in their decision making. A solid foundation is really important while we need to be fluid or flexible in our thinking in order for the business to grow and flourish.

Smart Women and the Race Against Time
This article is about how to take better control of your time. Creating better time management and how you organize your day is crucial to having a passionate and successful life.

Smart Women Have a Marketing Mantra
This article is about continuing to get your marketing message out to the public on a regular basis, no matter how busy you get with clients. This is a key to success. It’s important to continually let your ideal client know about your services and that you are there to help them solve their problems with your product or service.

Mindfulness Tools and Tips for Successful Entrepreneurs
Let’s face it. Our world is complex, fast-paced and can be very stressful. The following practices have helped my clients and me to create soul-filled moments that inject mindfulness and meaning in the busyness of living. I hope you find them useful, too!

Spiritual Fitness for Entrepreneurs

Let's face it. Life as an entrepreneur can be a challenge. Sometimes it feels like we're jugglers trying to juggle in a tornado! The over-stimulation of the daily whirlwind of activities especially during a recession creates high levels of stress and anxiety. We run ourselves ragged and pay a huge physical and emotional toll with stress related illnesses. But how many of us are aware of the price we pay spiritually?

Spiritually Affirming Business Practices

We are all familiar with the benefits of exercise to our physical health, the importance of intellectual stimulation to our mental acuity and the process of achieving emotional health through introspective therapeutic work. So how do we create spiritual affirming business practices that will support our experience as entrepreneurs? Spiritual fitness, as I have come to define it, is one's capacity to experience one's self as a spiritual being having a human experience and to live fully in both dimensions.

The Entrepreneurial Spiritual Muscle

The spiritual muscle is the energetic capacity for deep listening, attention or consciousness that exists behind our stream of consciousness mind. It is innate; we are born with it. Through it we connect to our soul, and thence to the cosmic consciousness, to the Divine, to our Source, to God. It is a "psychic muscle," if you will, that develops through use. By exercising this psychic muscle we increase our access to and experience of our Divine connection, becoming more spiritually fit.

Smart Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn a Lot from the Olympics
This article is about using some common practices of Olympic athletes to take your business to the next level of success. It offers tips and solutions on how to set yourself up to achieve your own level of “gold” in your business. These are simple solutions that, when done regularly and effectively will produce results.

Networking for women- what's the point?

Most business women are familiar with the term "old boy's network," an exclusive network of business men who can call in a favour from their exclusive group to help close a deal, get new business or progress in their career. There is no reason why women can't do the same. They can achieve this by making it part of their career strategy to join networking groups that can further their career or connect with the right business people. From specific association networks to broad business groups, there are so many opportunities for business women to network, but does networking actually work? In my experience, the answer to that question is a resounding YES.

Increasing Your Success Isn't As Hard As You Think It Is

As a career coach and researcher of working women’s work-life issues, I’ve embarked on a national research study on Women Succeeding Abundantly, in order to learn first-hand the essential ingredients in thinking, beliefs, choices, and behaviors that create and maintain “knock your socks off success” in women. I want to learn from women who can raise their hands today and say, “Yes! I feel tremendously successful on my terms, and am able to live life joyfully and with great gusto."

Smart Women Serve It Up The Right Way
This article is about examining your products and services and making sure that what you offer is what your client wants. It’s essential that you package and “serve” your clients the services they want or need in a way that appeals to them.

Smart Women Have a Good Eye
This article is about choosing collaborations that are “right” for you and your business. There will be many opportunities that come along as your business grows and knowing how to choose the right ones will position you for better business growth.

Tips for marketing your home-based business
A good marketing plan is vital to the success of your business. When you're running your business from home, it's often overlooked or you just don't know how to go about doing it. Marketing your home-based business is not as hard or as scary as it sounds.

Smart Women Know Who to Ask
This article is about making sure that you ask the right people when you have an idea for your business. It’s essential that you get your advice, mentoring and coaching from the right people. People who are successful, positive and inspirational. Get advice from people who’ve accomplished the kinds of goals that matter to you.

Thinking of becoming a momtrepreneur?
Many mothers are hesitant to become entrepreneurs because they're afraid of the many risks involved and that it will do their family life more harm than good. These are valid concerns, but there are also good reasons for why starting a business may do exactly the opposite.

Smart Women Have a Winning Offense
This article is about how important it is to create a trusting and happy relationship with your clients---especially when they are brand new. It’s key to foster good communication and be in touch with them on a regular basis.

YOUR TURN DUDES
Suggestions to men regarding pleasing their women and the secret to making them happy.

BEING DUDELESS
How women can enjoy those times being without a man or relationship and feel good about themselves.

Women and Relationships
Historical and psychological study of women and relationships

How Professional Is Your Image???

It is infinitely important that we embrace women who are on all levels of life's "playing field." Women bring a fresh perspective that can hep companies identify shifting paradigms and shift their priorities accordingly. Women's participative, supportive ways of leading are the ways needed in a workplace of well-educated technical and professional employees. With that in mind let us understand how important outward impression and image is as it relates to moving ahead in the business world.

The Power of Your Child’s Imagination by Charlotte Reznick PhD

I'm a firm believer that we need to encourage creativity in children. There are many businesses where creativity is crucial - how many successful entrepreneurs do you know that have limited creativity? The ones I know - are very creative in many areas of their business. We all know that children are the entrepreneurs of the future and it seems the creativity many of us take for granted isn't encouraged in children in the 21st century. So - this review is about a book that I hope parents and other people who work with children will take a close look at. Dr Reznick gives us wonderful tools to help develop a child's imagination and creativity, but also to help children be happier. For all the parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, mentors etc - this is a book you need to read.

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What Boomer Women Want - New Rules for Retailing to these Harried Customers
When it comes to retailing, it's easy to get distracted by the hype about selling to the upcoming Millennials (twenty somethings) or Gen Xers (thirty somethings). Fine if your products are meant for these groups, but if your target-market is Baby-Boomer women, you'll need to operate quite differently from the current practices of most retailers...

Profile: HALCHA Youth & Community Development organization
HALCHA Youth and Community Development organization is based in Garbatulla, a small town in northern Kenya where the populace are faced with poor living standards, low literacy levels, unemployment, unpredictable weather patterns that adversely impact on food security.

Smart Women and the Six Feminine Energies(TM)
This article is about women embracing what’s really important to them right now in their lives. It’s key to hone in and take action on what drives you, what fuels you, what energizes you. This is a key to living on purpose and with passion.

Smart Women Keep Showing Up
This article is about how important it is to “show up” in business using three simple tools to help you move your business to the next level of success. “Showing up” is 50% of your success. Doing it over and over again, with a great attitude, consistency and help from others.

Smart Women Understand “Life is an Occasion”
This article is about celebrating your life by making it into something that you are proud of and happy to live in. It offers tips and solutions on how to make your life more of an “occasion” with having more of what you want and less of what you don’t. This, of course, means that change may need to take place. Letting go or taking on what’s necessary to make your life an “occasion.”

Smart Women Make It Happen
This article is about taking steps to go from where you are right now in your business life to where you want to be in the future in terms of your business. There are some steps that you will need to take in order to create the life you want. This article gives you 6 tools to think about as you get on your journey from where you are to where you want to be.

Smart Women, LeBron James and the Need to Be You
This article is about being courageous and standing firm in what you want in your life, despite what others may think. It’s about getting creative and making a plan to achieve this dream. You need to give yourself permission to take action on your dreams and goals.

Smart Women Practice Quality Not Quantity

This article is about realizing that quality time is much better than the quantity of time we spend in all areas of our lives. Give yourself permission to schedule quality time and really “be” with your family and in your business rather than being there physically but not present. In this case, more is not always better. I find scheduling this “special” time with my family and in my business makes a big difference in the quality of my relationships.

Smart Women Use Speaking to Grow Their Business
This article is about using speaking to grow your business in a short period of time. Public or motivational speaking is an excellent way to allow your ideal client get to know you on a more personal level and become better acquainted with your services. It’s also a great list-building tool as well. People can get to know your style and connect with you quickly when you give a presentation.

Smart Women Rest, Recharge & Renew
This article is about women taking the time to Retreat alone. It’s essential that we take the time to rest, recharge and renew ourselves. There are easy tips and solutions that you can use to make your retreat very successful.

Smart Women Get Out of the Office
This article is about the value of in-person networking at conferences and live events. This is a great way to market your business, products and services. This one marketing strategy allows people to interact with you and easily see how they can support your business and make referrals.

Are You A Smart Cookie When It Comes to Overwhelm?
This article gives tips and strategies for understanding and getting control of overwhelm. Overwhelm is one of the biggest challenges for today's successful woman.

The Myth of Balance
The myth of balance is an outdated concept that most women still feel they need to have in order to be happy and fulfilled. This article discusses what is real essence of balance-the idea of being and doing.

Smart Women Get Off the Sidelines
This article is about being proactive when it comes to marketing your business. It’s important to take an active role in the game of entrepreneurship. Educating people about how you can help them with your business or service is critical to gaining new clients.

7 Reasons You Hate Marketing – And How to Learn to Love It
Marketing is not what you think. And the sooner you can embrace your “inner marketer,” and learn to love her, the happier and more fulfilled you’ll be in your work.

Why Million-Dollar Coaching Promises Should Make You Leery

There are many more ineffective, self-serving coaches who aren’t capable of helping you reach your high goals. If you’re broke, and are told you can go from that to a millionaire in a year because you’re following this one coach’s program (and not doing all the inner and outer work it truly takes to be abundantly successful), then you’ll be sorely disappointed and waste a great deal of time and money in the process.

The 12 Hidden Crises of Entrepreneurial Women

Several years ago I conducted a yearlong research study with over 100 working women across the country about professional crises in women and how we can reclaim our lives to overcome them. I was astounded by the findings, and felt they were so universal and important for women, I wrote a book called Breakdown Breakthrough about these 12 crises, offering a three-step holistic model to break through these challenges once and for all.

Smart Women Know Success Leaves Clues
This article is about 9 success “clues” that can take your business from “surviving “ to “thriving” The good news is they are low cost to no cost and easy to implement into your business dreams and goals.

The Top 10 Things Coaching Marketers and Training Schools Won’t Tell You
I’m sharing below what I know to be true about the coaching business, based on not only my personal experience, but also my honest and authentic conversations and connections with hundreds of coaches nationwide and in other countries.

WUSME World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises: The new home of SMEs supporting institutions

One of the top-priorities of the WORLD UNION OF SMEs (hereinafter called the “UNION”) will be to provide widespread information and to foster awareness among the various national institutions of the Countries belonging to the UNION as regards the true needs of micro-, small and medium enterprises which represent the basis of the economic fabric of all societies. The UNION shall develop strategies to support the growth of this vital global economic sector and identify annual activities to facilitate relations with national associations and to create opportunities for integration between the representatives of different Countries and geographic areas.

Smart Women and The Way Things Are
This article is about how having a positive perception on life can truly make the difference between success and survival. Your life unfolds according to how you feel about the future. It offers 3 easy to follow tips that you can use right away to change or enhance your views.

You Have the Right to...Be Yourself
You Have the Right to ...Be Yourself! For years we have identified ourselves as "belonging to someone else." Hi, I'm Dale and Rose's daughter. Hi, I'm Robby's wife. Hi, I'm Sara's mom. Hi, I'm Mia's sister. Hi, I'm VP of Marketing for Citicorp. That's not who you are. Whatever happened to

Smart Women Step Into Their Gift
This article is about the importance of exploring and discovering your gift. Being able to offer your gift to the world and live in your genius is the path to a truly meaningful and fulfilled life.

Smart Women Dream Big
This article is about the power of dreams and how they can become a reality if you take the steps necessary to write them down, create a plan and follow the plan through.

Smart Women and the 4 Basic Marketing Solutions
This article is about how you can relate the 4 basic food groups to your marketing as there are 4 basic marketing solutions in your business. The key is to choose the portions that work well for your business depending on which growth stage it’s in.

Women Are Embracing Franchising
There has been a 50 percent increase in the number of self emplooyed women in Canada with up to one million women in Canada owning a small business.

Smart Women Make a Great First Impression
This article is about creating a lasting, positive first impression with your ideal client. Making sure that you have a process in place for people who inquire about your product or service is critical to long-term success and business growth.

Smart Women Never Quit
This article is about why it’s important to never quit as we are on the road to accomplishing our Big Ideas, Dreams and Goals. Although fear and doubt can creep in when we are working toward success, it’s key to stay the course and keep going. There are several things you can do to help you when fear and failure strikes.

If Everyday Women Can Become Empowered Entrepreneurs - So Can You!
Here are three stories about everyday women who became empowered entrepreneurs by letting their desires pull them to greater achievements. These women weren't extraordinary in the common definition, but they allowed their desire to pull them into the unknown. They did not let their fear pull them back; they just continued walking their own path - even against the critics.

When Should You NOT Start a Business
There are many entrepreneurs out there. Sometimes, a person can get too excited and plan to start a business when they shouldn’t. If you want to start a business to get rich quick, looking to work only a few hours per week or someone said you should, then here are five reasons why you should not give up your day job yet.

Forgiveness - Letting go in order for you to be able to give again. Forgiving = For giving

It is a way of releasing yourself from the need for the person you feel hurt by to do anything to make you feel better. And there’s no requirement that you forget, but simply forgive, as in let go of the holding on of the pain, and the holding the other person responsible for your happiness. See them as having done the best they could, even if it was very worst for you. It was still the best they could do. And let go. See that you too did the best you could at the time. See my article - "How to let go and move on from regrets"

What Color is Your Entrepreneurial Style?
Matching who you are with what you do may seem like common sense, but the sad truth is that most people don’t have jobs that truly complement their personalities. In their newest book, Career Match, coauthors Shoya Zichy and Ann Bidou take readers through a simple, but revealing, ten-minute self-assessment quiz to help identify specific personality types.

When is a Short Request Not Rude?
Short requests are not uncommon in the workplace. Frequently, a short request that would seem rude in a social situation, is actually appropriate and necessary in the workplace. William Swanson, well-known for being the CEO of Raytheon Company, and author of Swanson's Unwritten Rules of Management, stated a goal in rule number 14, to strive for brevity and clarity in all oral and written reports.

Smart Women, Niche Marketing and Yoga Johnny
This article is about the importance of finding your niche and identifying your ideal client. It simplifies your marketing and collapses your time frame for building your business.

The Right Way to Network
Do you know the right way to network? Do you need tips on how to network your way into a new position? Read the following article about "The Right Way to Network." What's your input?

Smart Women Have Their Own Hermageddon
This article is about the importance of taking a time out for yourself. If you are truly ready to make a change in your life and start living differently, there is no better way than to go on retreat and recharge and renew your mindset.

Are You Afraid of Speaking Your Mind?
Being able to speak your mind is one of the hardest tasks to achieve in your career. This article gives great tips on how to speak your mind 'correctly' in the business world.

The Global Economy Recovery Will Be Driven By Women: Part 2
The economy needs a 'facelift' and women are going to be the ones to do it. Check out this story as a 'part 2' to a series of stories on our website.

Set a Standard of High Expectations With Accountability
In everyday life a person should always set high goals for themselves to accomplish. The same thing should happen in business too. When in leadership, set high expectations for your employees so your results are higher as well.

The Art of Good Conversation
Do you struggle with conversation? Do you get nervous or do you have a loss for words? Read this article for great tips on how to carry a good conversation.

The Risk of Heart Disease in Professional Women
Health problems are often overlooked until something serious happens. Take precautions now and be aware of what could happen in your life.

How to Ace the Interview
Having good interview skills is extremely important because this is the employers first impression of you. 'Ace your interview' with these helpful tips from this article.

Hearing \"No\" Needn\'t Be a Sales Killer
The word 'no' isn't always a bad thing. It can be used to your advantage. It can help increase sales and can teach you how to improve your business.

Being Seen, Heard & Valued
At work, sometimes it is easy to take a step back and allow someone else into the spotlight. Well take back that position and allow yourself to be \'seen, heard, and valued\' in your work place.

Turn Your Passion into a Bankable, Sustainable Vision
Financial issues is something people do not like to talk about. But it is something that we must face. Turn you passion into profit by reading this article for tips and advice.

A Guide To Screenings For Every Decade Of Your Life
Everyone should keep a close eye on their health especially women, but a lot of people are not sure what to look for. Here is a guide to screenings for every decade of your life.

Last Kiss: Divorce and Split-Ups with Business Partners
Have you ever been in a relationship with a colleague? Are you still in one now? Don't let a break-up between you and a business partner ruin you financially. Don't know what to do? Check out this story for advice

Smart Women And The 4 Entrepreneurial Phases
This article is about the journey that entrepreneurs take when they first start a business and the phases they need to go through in order to reach their highest goals. There are different skill sets needed at certain phases to make the business a success.

10 Lessons From Starting a Business
Everyone needs a little guidance sometimes. In this article, Elizabeth Hodgson shares her experiences while starting a business and gives readers a few key lessons she learned on her entrepreneurial journey.

Finding Opportunities When Times are Tough
What is important to accomplishing your goals during an economic slump is to stay in the game of being successful. Resignation can easily take over. During challenging times, if you reject failure as an option and stay in motion, you'll be prepared, as well as energized, to attract opportunities as they become available. Assume there will always be new opportunities.

7 keys to taking control of your finances for the first time
Are you a passenger when it comes to the family finances? With busy lives, household chores are often divided up to help families muddle through the chaos of daily life. That is why it is not uncommon for one partner in a relationship to manage the day to day household spending, savings and other financial affairs.

Style Tips for Young Professional Women
As you transition from your teens to adulthood, there are changes that should be made. A more "professional" look is what you want when going for jobs in your field. Don't know where to start. This article gives great details on style for the young professional woman.

Women\'s Leadership Styles
Everyone needs guidance in their profession, even leaders. No one is perfect. Check out this article on "Women's Leadership Styles"

Making Your Career Relaunch Easier for Your Kids
Do you have kids? Are you trying to relaunch your career? Do your kids know how to deal with the transition? Do you? Check out this article for advice.

7 Motivators for Relaunching Your Career
Although each woman may phrase her reasons for wanting to return to work slightly differently, we’ve identified seven major motivators for relaunching, with many women experiencing a combination of these.

Are You a Push Leader, Pull Leader, or Both?
What type of leader are you? Are you a "just-get-it-done" leader or do you take "the get-them-to-want-to-do-it" approach. Each leadership style is effective, but it depends on what results you want. Check out this article and let us hear your opinion.

Seven Essential Principles for Managing Power and Politics

There are seven essential principles for managing power and politics in organizations. They are based on the philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli, the classic theorist in the field. Not even skilled and relatively sophisticated people can succeed in management -- and be seen as leaders -- without internalizing these principles, although they may have minor short-term successes. In the long run, they will be undermined because they can't build and keep alliances, protect themselves from the grapevine or influence top management.

Self-Quiz – Should my business hire a consultant?
New markets vary in similarity to the one in which your business currently exists. Market research may be the best way to find the current climate. Or perhaps you should hire a consultant. Or both. To see if your business has considered the main factors to make its best decision, take the following six-question quiz.

Love at the Office and Other Mistakes
Despite some corporations’ ban on dating your colleagues or supervisees or boss, work is still one of the top places to meet your future partner. In fact, many people spend far more time at the office than at home. These office mates and supervisors have seen you stressed out, anxious, deflated and elated – in other words, at your best and worst.

Peer Groups: A Networking Goldmine
Methods to Transition and Grow Many people tend to think of networking in terms of attending events with a large number of people or building relationships on an individual basis. In fact, some of the most powerful networking happens while participating in small gatherings such as peer groups.

How to Get Back into the Workforce After Time Off

Prepare for Transition to Your Next Career You did it. You committed yourself to staying home with your kids for a few years. Now you want to get back into the career you left behind. It's impossible - that's what a lot of other mothers, employers and even your husband might tell you. It's not. It's hard. But what in life isn't? Handling a baby and a two-year-old on three hours of sleep is hard but it's do-able.

Make Yourself More Employable
You are in total control of how much you make and where you work. Don't believe it? Check ut the rest of this article.

Tips on Building Customer Loyalty
Customer loyalty is an area about which professional women have a special understanding. Women being generally relationship oriented and social in nature have an inclination toward maintaining and building good relations. Check out this article for more information.

Microfinance and the MDGs
Microfinance, and the impact it produces, goes beyond just business loans. Poor people use financial services not only for business investment in their microenterprises but also for health and education, managing household emergencies, and meeting the wide variety of other cash needs that they encounter.

Microfinance and the MDGs
Microfinance, and the impact it produces, goes beyond just business loans. Poor people use financial services not only for business investment in their microenterprises but also for health and education, managing household emergencies, and meeting the wide variety of other cash needs that they encounter.

Microfinance and the MDGs
Microfinance, and the impact it produces, goes beyond just business loans. Poor people use financial services not only for business investment in their microenterprises but also for health and education, managing household emergencies, and meeting the wide variety of other cash needs that they encounter.

Microfinance and the MDGs
Microfinance, and the impact it produces, goes beyond just business loans. Poor people use financial services not only for business investment in their microenterprises but also for health and education, managing household emergencies, and meeting the wide variety of other cash needs that they encounter.

How does microfinance help the poor? FAQ
Experience shows that microfinance can help the poor to increase income, build viable businesses, and reduce their vulnerability to external shocks. It can also be a powerful instrument for self-empowerment by enabling the poor, especially women, to become economic agents of change.

How does microfinance help the poor? FAQ
Experience shows that microfinance can help the poor to increase income, build viable businesses, and reduce their vulnerability to external shocks. It can also be a powerful instrument for self-empowerment by enabling the poor, especially women, to become economic agents of change.

Powerful Negotiation: The 'Daily Negotiator' Mindset
You've already heard of the 'classic' negotiation strategies, like having a BATNA (best-alternative to a negotiated agreement), or using the good cop/bad cop tactic, so now what?

The Cost of Busy
As the old saying goes, “Rome was not built in a day”. Today I ask you, what is one small thing you could do that would help you to immediately begin to build a healthy YOU? Check out this story for more details.

Couples Making Decisions About Art Purchases
Whoever lives in the space has to live with the art. Men and women come from different places when they are purchasing art. Some men defer to the women. Some women defer to the men. Some couples duke it out. Everyone needs to be happy! How does that happen?

Top 10 Office Energy Drains
The great sag usually hits around 3 p.m. You feel drowsy, cranky, lethargic--or all of the above. But before you make that dash to the coffee maker or candy machine, take the time to examine the factors that deplete your energy. A few simple adjustments can help keep you humming all day long--even without the caffeine or sugar hit.

Being Seen, Heard & Valued at Work
If you want to be seen, heard and valued at work, read about these four common traps that prevent you from gaining visibility, and the strategies that will overcome them.

Alternative to Win/Lose Negotiation
Many people believe that negotiation means coming to the table like a tough guy, ready to squash the other side. True that it has happened many a time. Necessary however? No. Is there an alternative to win/ lose negotiating?

Lessons from \'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo\'
The best-selling book "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and its sequels were made into films in Sweden in 2009. Now, the U.S. movie version of the first book, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, opens in theaters this December.

Taking a Baby Break - Is It For You?
Should you put aside your career to be a stay at home mom for a while? Check out this article for more information.

12.0 Business premises: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
Tanzanian MSMEs face serious problems being able to access proper business premises. A large proportion of informal economy enterprises operate along the roadside.

Smart Women And The 5 Fundamental Questions for Business Success
If you are serious about making 2012 the year that you soar in business and make big leaps in income, you must first ask yourself a few questions (and get honest with yourself about the answers).

Your Gratitude Affects Attitude
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” - William Arthur Ward What a great time of the year to think about what we CAN be grateful for! But alas, how much of our time do we spend thinking of “what’s missing” in our lives?

Are You Sitting Yourself to Death?

What are you doing right now? Aside from reading this post, you are most likely sitting somewhere. On your couch? At your desk? In a chair? Wherever you find yourself sitting, I'm sure that it won't come as a surprise to you that sitting isn't good for your health. But did you know that it is so bad for your health that it could be taking years off of your life? Read on for tips and tricks, reprinted from Blog Her.

Taking Charge by Setting the Tone
How many people confide in a friend that they have butterflies in their stomach before an interview? Almost everyone you know? You probably understand just what they’re feeling because you’ve had the same experience.

4 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Life
It’s a New Year and time to reflect on your life’s choices. Are you living the life you want? Do you feel stressed or out of balance? Check out this article and learn 4 ways to rejuvenate your life.

Smart Women Have Rituals for Success
Do you have rituals for success in your life and business? Here are 7 rituals I use to help me stay on course and honor what I value most.

Remove Mindreading from the Equation

As a high performer working in a fast-paced environment, you might fall into the trap of "moving too fast." Because you have already thought through an issue and how to address it, you might leave out some important information in what you communicate to your audience because YOU KNOW what you mean and how you got there. However, the person on the receiving end may need clarification about your conclusion, assumptions and supporting data. They can't read your mind.

Why You Need More Visibility - and How to Get It!
Smart women navigating the current challenging marketplace know that moving forward in their careers, in their own businesses or inside their organizations is about creating strong visibility. But it doesn’t happen all on its own. In fact, there is a three-prong strategic plan to help raise your visibility, especially around those who matter.

How to be a "Super Mom"
"Super mom" can be a daunting phrase, but it is possible with a little organization and delegation! Read on for tips on achieving the "super mom" status, in this article reprinted from Womenetics.

Business Travel Made Easy

Cancelled flights … lost luggage … presentation programs that won't run … the list of potential business trip challenges is virtually endless. In fact, when it comes to business travel, it seems that problems and delays are the norm, not the exception. The key is to be prepared for anything that comes your way. Only then will arriving at your destination be as simple as your morning drive into the office.

What Does It Mean to Work Smart? - Quiz

Have you ever known someone who just seems to "have it all together?" Maybe that someone is you and maybe you could do even better. "Having it all together," is what many perceive as "working smart." But what does it really mean to "work smart?" Is it a mysterious quality that some of us are born with, and the rest without? Or is it a skill set that can be learned and mastered? Most business and relationship experts support that "working smart" is a skill set that enables one to achieve balance in life and be fruitful.

Getting on the Same Page
As a professional women in leadership, it is especially important to be able to communicate effectively with your assistant. Being able to avoid and to manage the event of a communication break down is critical.

Smart Women And The Fear of Commitment
In my work supporting women entrepreneurs, I find fear of commitment in business can make the difference between mediocre results and extraordinary results. Here are some tips to help you commit and get your ideal clients.

Set a Standard of High Expectations
Advice for Women in Leadership Professional ball teams with a chance of getting to the championship set high performance standards for their team members. It is imperative that professional women in leadership positions do the same in business.

Diversity Leads to Stability
Why are so many businesses having problems? The “R” word – recession – keeps popping up, but my local Mastermind Members’ businesses are thriving! Why is that? The answer is no secret but many business owners forget it. You cannot just do one thing. As The Beatles said, “One is the loneliest number.” “Why?” you ask.

A Me As Priority Self Care Plan
3 Stress Defense Strategies for Women in Business It seems as though the new year was just yesterday, but here we are almost half way into it! How are you doing with stress management? Maybe it's time to take a deep breath and review these 3 easy pointers that will keep you moving ahead with energy and enthusiasm for the rest of the year.

Working With A Value Focus
We've all been there. It's the end of the day. Your schedule was jam-packed. You crossed 27 things off your to-do list. And still, you have that nagging feeling that the whole day slipped by before you got the chance to really accomplish anything at all. Being busy is one thing. Being productive is something else.

Use the Power of Assurance and Make Your Point
In real estate the three most important assets are location, location, location. In the final analysis the three most important assets to transform a professional woman's relationships in the workplace are assurance, assurance, and assurance.

3 Questions to Determine Your Authenticity
Being less than authentic is rarely intentional - it is just our feeble attempt at trying to speak to issues in a way that meets the need of the moment. Unfortunately, it often results in a reversal the next day, causing you to spout something very different. This is called "being a chameleon!"

Small Choices Can Make a Big Difference
Many people may not realize it but small choices can make a difference. Want to know how? Check out this article!

What Smart Women Can Learn From Einstein About Reaching Goals
My favorite quote by Einstein is "Vision without execution is merely hallucination." Einstein's quote helped me to realize there are two distinct parts to reaching your big ideas, dreams and goals. Below are some tips and solutions that will help you during both the Visioning and Planning phases for your Big Ideas, Dreams and Goals for 2012.

Mommies Need to Network Too!

Being a mom is one of the most amazing, life-changing and overwhelming experiences a woman can have. As you maneuver your way through the various stages of motherhood, networking may be the last thing on your mind. But networking is really just another way to talk about relationships. And strong relationships are even more critical during the thrilling and stressful days (and nights) of motherhood. These relationships most definitely include both professional associates and personal friends.

Are You A Technology Addict?
Take a look at your life. Is technology taking over? Check out this article for more information

Smart Women and Their Relationship With Money
To ensure that your Big Idea comes to fruition and achieves growth year after year, it's essential that you make money in your business. I'd like to share some ideas about why women and money go together and energize your thinking about why it's key to stay focused on making money.

Smart Women and The Art of Self-Promotion
This article is about how women entrepreneurs can sometimes feel nervous or anxious about promoting their business. It offers several tips on how to overcome this obstacle in a way that feels feminine and authentic.

We Must Embrace Diversity
The importance of diversity in the workplace.

Mentoring
As you know, women business owners make a significant contribution to the economic health of our nation and communities. Their contributions continue to rise as more women become entrepreneurs and existing women-owned businesses expand.

Women Entrepreneurs Setting the Pace
Women today, have a much more entrepreneurial, gutsy spirit, than they did 40-50 years ago. I have been a successful entrepreneur since 1986, and I have seen for myself the number of women that take bold step into the world of entrepreneurship, often driven by the desire to spend more time with their families, and these women are setting the pace for what is possible, for women and men alike.

Women Entrepreneurs Are On The Rise
Everywhere you look more and more women are becoming entrepreneurs. The shift is happening now like no other time in history. Women entrepreneurs are on the rise for good reason. More and more women are taking control and being responsible for their future. Women have been part of the workforce for a while but now are taking it a step further and becoming their own boss.

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