Road for Businesswomen Paved with Successes
By Holly Fisher Only 18 women lead this country’s Fortune 500 companies. Women make 77 cents for every $1 a man makes. Sometimes it’s easy to look at national statistics like that and feel discouraged....
View ArticleRecognizing Women in Business: Got Influence?
It’s nearly impossible to pick up a newspaper or listen to the news without hearing a story about how an executive, politician, celebrity, etc. has misused their power and influence. At the other end...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of a Home Business
OK, admit it. You’ve fantasized about what a cakewalk it would be to work from home. I mean, just imagine: Your commute time becomes about 30 seconds, you can stop and put in a load of laundry at...
View ArticleAfter Passion Comes the Work: Five Tools to Succeed As an Entrepreneur
Anyone who’s sought to be in business for themselves has probably heard this sage old advice: Find what you love to do and the rest (meaning cash) will follow. Of course when I was younger, all I...
View ArticleBecoming Aunt Polly
Speech by Jane Perdue, CEO, The Braithwaite Innovation Group Charleston Regional Business Journal Influential Women in Business Luncheon July 12, 2012 If you had asked me about my life and career ten...
View ArticleThe World of Consulting: It’s Not for Everyone
Photo by Jack Alterman I teach Polarity Thinking for a living. Polarities are defined as interdependent pairs that may seem competing or even contradictory, when in fact, they are mutually reinforcing...
View ArticleSocial Media for Recruiting: Are Women Business Owners at a Disadvantage?
No matter the size of your business, recruiting the best employees is a challenge. With the increased usage of social media as a recruitment tool, women business owners may be at a bit of a...
View Article6 Tips for Starting a Consulting Practice (or Launching a Job Search!)
“Take my advice, I’m not using it” has always been one of my favorite lines. Why? Because it describes in a comical way how I started my consulting practice as a Career Coach and Training Consultant...
View ArticleNational Business Women’s Month- Salute to Working Women
Have you reached a road block in your career or small business? Is it time to reach out for new ideas and new contacts? Are you balancing your work and family and stretched for time? As a working...
View ArticleUnconventional Art
Photo by Alicia Khoury A professor cautioned once not to write about an experience of which we are in the midst. “Step back,” he said. “Gain some time away from it and then revisit the story later.”...
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