Navigate Forward Anne Sample, CEO For the foreseeable future, much of our professional lives will take place in the virtual world. For senior leaders, jobseekers, hiring managers and board candidates, that means it’s time to master the virtual meeting. Here are a dozen of our most important Dos and Don’ts for your next […]
Hard-Earned Wisdom: 8 Lessons Every Businesswoman Needs to Learn
By Alice Combs After running my own business for forty-five years, I am able to reflect on what I did right and wrong over the years. Looking back, I can distill what I learned into eight basic business lessons. My hope is that the next generation of women business leaders can take these lessons […]
Is Being an Activist Brand Right For You? If So, How Do You Get Started?
Social activism is the brand shift du jour, from Aunt Jemima to Facebook boycotts. But is it right for you and your brand? And if so, how do you do it without seeming opportunistic, particularly if this is new territory? Brand activism begs a significant strategic shift and not just a small change in […]
Female Entrepreneurs and Starting a Business During Covid-19
Research by British Business Energy reveals the top ways female entrepreneurs and business leaders are rebranding, pivoting and starting businesses during and post Covid-19 We spoke with six female entrepreneurs who revealed how they were starting and managing a business during Covid-19 29% of male entrepreneurs will eventually build businesses with sales of £1-£50m; only 13% of […]
How to Speak Up When It Matters
By Caroline Goyder Have you ever been in a meeting where tough decisions were being made and you knew with every sinew in your body that you should speak up, but you held back? For many, and for women, in particular, it’s not speaking that’s the challenge — it’s speaking in the moment when, as […]
How To Make It In The Music Industry In Your 20’s
BY RIA DEL MAR The music industry is one of the toughest and most rewarding industries a person can be in. It’s like riding a rollercoaster that can land safely at its destination or completely derail while going one-hundred miles per hour. Nonetheless, it is the ride of a lifetime. Although challenging, it is possible […]
The Economy Changed Overnight. Here’s How The Class of 2020 Can Adapt
As the new year rolled in, the Class of 2020 had a lot to look forward to; the economy was roaring, unemployment was low, and the job market for educated professionals was going strong. But, as they often do, things changed. In the wake of the pandemic, unemployment – though it may finally be slowly […]
Leading Remotely – Five Ways to Overcome the Loneliness of Leadership
By Melanie Parish Being a leader is lonely work, none more so than now. As an executive coach, I hear it from leaders often. They say, “I was doing a good job as an individual contributor, but now I’m not sure what I should be doing after my promotion. I feel really alone.” They find […]
Spotlight on Female CEO Elyse Stoltz Dickerson
By Katie Marler When Elyse Stoltz Dickerson, CEO and co-founder of EOSERA, Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas biotechnology company specializing in ear care products, found herself out of her big pharma job in 2015, she was devastated. Instead of sulking, she turned around and launched her own company the very same year. (Insert slow clap.) […]
WOW Your Anxious Employees by Showing Them You Care (Here Are Nine Ways to Do So)
By Deb Boelkes As the pandemic churns on, your employees may be getting somewhat settled into their strange new routines. But don’t be fooled: Even as they get acclimated with Zoom meetings or working in masks, their anxiety hasn’t gone away. If anything, it’s just gone underground. That’s why it’s up to you as […]