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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Women In Business-Are We Ready To Take On Small Business As A Society?
Now is the time for women in business to excel and thrive in the small business world! We are poised to seriously move forward as a gender related society in small business. Women are everywhere, from politics to corporate leadership, but small business is where women have ample opportunity to excel and thrive now and into the next decade!
In my experience as a coach, I wonder if women are really ready to proceed as leaders in small business? I encounter resistance, insecurity, and passive characteristics with some clients and prospects. I feel they are almost ready, but not quite there yet. They have distrust for other people in small business, and wonder what's in it for them.
However, I also encounter women of great strength, courage, tenacity, and a feeling of indescribable unity (amongst all women in small business). Many women have identified the significance of their role and leadership in business, and I see the spirit of connectedness making a serious effort to advocate and advance women in all roles for the next few decades.
So, are we ready to take on small business as a society? Yes....and no is the correct answer. This is evolutionary, exciting, and scary. We are making progress and have ample opportunity for future market share, and the fear and anxiety we feel can only amplify our spirit to greatness.
Women in business.... let us seize the moment, unify in masses, and come forward to for all women everywhere, and for the strength of the women of the future!
Thanks and hope you enjoyed this message. Comments welcome. Contact me at donnaslater@women4womenclub.us
In my experience as a coach, I wonder if women are really ready to proceed as leaders in small business? I encounter resistance, insecurity, and passive characteristics with some clients and prospects. I feel they are almost ready, but not quite there yet. They have distrust for other people in small business, and wonder what's in it for them.
However, I also encounter women of great strength, courage, tenacity, and a feeling of indescribable unity (amongst all women in small business). Many women have identified the significance of their role and leadership in business, and I see the spirit of connectedness making a serious effort to advocate and advance women in all roles for the next few decades.
So, are we ready to take on small business as a society? Yes....and no is the correct answer. This is evolutionary, exciting, and scary. We are making progress and have ample opportunity for future market share, and the fear and anxiety we feel can only amplify our spirit to greatness.
Women in business.... let us seize the moment, unify in masses, and come forward to for all women everywhere, and for the strength of the women of the future!
Thanks and hope you enjoyed this message. Comments welcome. Contact me at donnaslater@women4womenclub.us
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Small Business Owners - "Outsourcing" vs. "Building A Team Of Professionals"
I am pretty sure we all agree small business owners need to outsource some of the skills and resources they don't possess themselves. Perhaps they don't have the time to complete all the tasks!
I see a trend of small business owners just hiring anyone who answers their call and reacts to their problem. As a coach, I see more "just call someone and fix the problem" than building a team of professionals (around you) which you can count on and they will return your calls, share ideas with you, collaborate with you, and refer client's and other professionals to each other because you share a mutual trust and respect for each other.
My message is to build relationships with the professionals you work with, share the same values and goals, feel a connection, and create a working partnership, which is a win-win for all. More and more "accountability partners" come out of this relationship building.
The creation of a professional team evolves over the life of your business, creating a static environment of constant re-assessment and re-evaluation of your vision and mission statements.
If you want to take this further, you can create an "affiliate program" to pay and receive business and revenue, as a result of your outgoing referrals or referrals sent to you (by someone on your professional team). This subject is easier discussed over the phone or in person, than through a blog.
Look for my article about this subject with more information and solutions in the next week.
Hope you enjoy my blogs and contact me with feedback: donnaslater@women4womenclub.guru
I see a trend of small business owners just hiring anyone who answers their call and reacts to their problem. As a coach, I see more "just call someone and fix the problem" than building a team of professionals (around you) which you can count on and they will return your calls, share ideas with you, collaborate with you, and refer client's and other professionals to each other because you share a mutual trust and respect for each other.
My message is to build relationships with the professionals you work with, share the same values and goals, feel a connection, and create a working partnership, which is a win-win for all. More and more "accountability partners" come out of this relationship building.
The creation of a professional team evolves over the life of your business, creating a static environment of constant re-assessment and re-evaluation of your vision and mission statements.
If you want to take this further, you can create an "affiliate program" to pay and receive business and revenue, as a result of your outgoing referrals or referrals sent to you (by someone on your professional team). This subject is easier discussed over the phone or in person, than through a blog.
Look for my article about this subject with more information and solutions in the next week.
Hope you enjoy my blogs and contact me with feedback: donnaslater@women4womenclub.guru
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Women In Business- I Challenge All Baby Bloomers To Mentor A Millenial In 2015
I have little doubt that in the next future decades, the millennial women of today will help advance and advocate for women in small business of the future.While the journey for women in small business is evolutionary, millennial women are best positioned to move and grow right now! So let's support them the best way we know how!
This article explains the millennial characteristics very well..... http://talent.linkedin.com/blog/index.php/2013/12/8-millennials-traits-you-should-know-about-before-you-hire-them
I am a self-described baby boomer who has over 25 years in business. I admit I do not have many characteristics the millennial of today possesses. However, as long as I have capacity (lol), I can still learn, and learning is what I've done to start my business. Thanks to the millennial, and those who preceded them, there is not one thing you can't do on the internet.
The only thing I and other baby boomers have left for a millennial woman is to mentor her, advocate for her, and leave her with a positive influence. Who gets value like that? I can speak for many baby boomers who did not have a female mentor, advocate, and positive influence in business. Certainly not like our male counterparts did.....
So, my challenge is to women baby boomers.....seek a female millennial who you think you can influence and help prepare her for the future of women in small business.
Please share if you commit to this challenge with other women you know and me at donnaslater@women4womenclub.guru
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