Shared Leadership for the Future
A recent Forbes article "The Confidence Gap and Women Entrepreneurs" got me thinking about whether confidence is something we are born with, must learn as a child, or can acquire as an adult. Since the larger debate of whether entrepreneurs are born or taught has great points on either side, the fact that it may really be confidence that determines success is clearly a topic for a blog.
Topics: women entrepreneurs, women in business, entrepreneurs, small business
Topics: women entrepreneurs, women in business, women's leadership
Today's women leaders come in all shapes and sizes and have fought to get to where they are. Some work for others and spend their days hitting their heads against the wall as their opinions are dismissed too easily. Some follow their dreams into business ownership and work to change the world one piece at a time only to learn that too often their ideas are not taken seriously. So, what's all this talk about women's leadership if women, no matter what they do, are so often rejected?
Topics: women entrepreneurs, women in business, women leaders
Mentorship is something that is talked about more and more today for students as well as business people. Yet, when I ask my clients about mentors they have had in the past or currently, the majority tell me they have never had a mentor. Since most of my clients are women, I decided to reach out to the men in business I know and ask the same question: Have you ever had or do you currently have a mentor? The answer I heard most often was YES! So, why is it that the men I spoke with have mentors and the women don't?
Topics: women entrepreneurs, women in business, mentorship, small business women
Topics: women entrepreneurs, woman entrepreneur, working woman, women in business
We have all heard the expression, "the mind is a terrible thing to waste", which was a part of a campaign slogan used by the United Negro College Fund in 1972 and today is used widely by educators to stress the importance of education.
Topics: women entrepreneurs, women in business, entrepreneurs, small business
Women all over the world have more opportunity than ever before in history to blaze their own trail. For generations, females were considered the weaker sex and actually told they needed more rest than men. In a 1943 Guide To Hiring for Transportation Magazine the #8 tip on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees stated: "Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology." The consensus then was that only men suffered burn-out. But what about NOW in 2013?
Topics: women entrepreneurs, woman entrepreneur, working woman, women in business
Topics: woman in business, women entrepreneurs, woman entrepreneur, women in business
It may be 2013, but women continue to face challenges of perception whether at work or at home.
Topics: woman in business, women entrepreneurs, women in business
With almost 50% of all small businesses in the U.S. being owned and/or operated by women, family succession exit plans are a critical issue. Generations of businesses have been turned over by Dad to Son and now Mom has a business to pass on. The question is, "is there any difference in the exit strategy when Mom is the small business owner?"
Topics: small business owner, women entrepreneurs, woman entrepreneur