Catherine Alonzo recalls that her very first boss who led their team did so from a place of wrath and terror. Six years into running her own business, she has found a raised voice to be one of the least useful habits to have in leading a team. Here are three essential leadership skills that she believes have enabled leadership to…
Are you your own CEO? This doesn’t mean you have to run your own business. If you want to, and that’s what is best for you, perfect. Do that. But you can still be your own CEO even if you’re not working for yourself. What does that mean? Well, who is making the decisions? Suzanne Lucas shares a story told to…
Beat the Mean Girls Without Sacrificing Your Authentic Self Fran Hauser, former President of Digital at Time, Inc., Angel Investor, and author of The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate (out April 17) believes being nice is a “superpower”. She believes in negotiating effectively by leveraging your empathetic “she-nature.” CoveyClub: What inspired…
Women’s many contributions to technology are frequently left out of the history books and women in tech are left out of the discourse. But lately, that’s been changing. Here are 15 great ladies of technology you really need to know about. 1. The women who cracked the secrets of the universe with computation: Williamina Fleming Fleming worked as a compute…
Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women know a thing or two about career success. The 50 businesswomen on the 2017 list have climbed up the ranks of corporates in a wide range of industries—including tech, energy, defense, and consumer goods—to C-level roles. Here’s the career advice they have for women who want to follow in their footsteps: 1. Be your authentic self Karen…
As we continue to discuss the problem of lack of women in management in corporate America, Accenture offers a way that can be a step in the right direction to remove gender divide in the workplace. International Woman’s Day is a holiday during which people and companies around the world celebrate women’s accomplishment and reflect on the gender divide. In…
There are a myriad of ways to achieve success starting with little or nothing. Whether one has the cash for a personal coach or not, practicing daily habits that lead to success is accessible to almost anyone. Practicing these habits without a purpose doesn’t guarantee success. These successful female entrepreneurs have both. The ability to stay consistent with a practice, and apply…
We all have heard stories about those who made a career change and was immensely successful and those who failed at it. A research, Studying Career Change, tells us that we might be going about it the wrong way. Everyone knows a story about a smart and talented businessperson who has lost his or her passion for work, who no longer…
Arielle O’Shea, a contributor at Forbes, tells millennials that early retirement is possible. If you read the Internet, you might already know this is true. It’s been done. But you might not know what it takes. The answers are pretty much across-the-board maybes. Retiring at a young age takes a commitment; how you make that commitment can vary. One thing you…
Here is how women in NYC can find an interest-free business loans. WE Fund Crowd is a city initiative designed to champion the cause and needs of women business owners in New York by providing interest-free business loans. Any woman in New York can apply for a zero-interest loan of up to $10,000 on the Kiva Crowdfunding Page, and the city…
