Mentoring is essential to becoming a successful leader. Far too many leaders don’t invest the needed time and energy in mentoring, It is seen as a less important part in being in control, which is something I definitely disagree with. If you do not mentor, you will be holding back your coworkers which will ultimately hold you back as well. Mentoring is crucial to achieving success. Managing, or bossing someone around, actually does nothing to help anybody. Management gets thi

IT'S NOT SO DIFFERENT There has been some argument over whether or not being a female CEO is somehow harder than being a male. When people ask the questions like, how is it to be CEO, they aren’t really asking how it is to be CEO but how is it being a girl and being CEO. And the response they want to hear is all about the difficulties of being a female CEO. Although that’s what people want to read and hear, it’s not exactly the issue it should be. No doubt there are some bad

There are many things that come into play when an applicant is looking at an organization. Companies want to engage their audience. This is means they utilize their resources and creativity to communicate consistency and an appealing image. The familiarity of a brand is just one of the factors for attracting customers. Applicants want to see an amazing company culture, which displays opportunity for career growth, as well as perks and benefits. The culture of a corporation is

There are many things that come into play when an applicant is looking at an organization. Companies want to engage their audience. This is means they utilize their resources and creativity to communicate consistency and an appealing image. The familiarity of a brand is just one of the factors for attracting customers. Applicants want to see an amazing company culture, which displays opportunity for career growth, as well as perks and benefits. The culture of a corporation is

During the last few months, my datebook has developed into a war-zone. “doing lunch,” meeting up for coffees, networking over drinks, schmoozing at dinners, and even happenings & other events contend for small time-slots in throughout the business week and mostly I observe the available slots as being somewhere around two per day, excluding most Friday evenings as I designate them for downtime and sleep. On the weekends, you never know what you are going to face, and as a CEO

Do you want to have or think you have a personal brand? What did you do to develop it? How do you continue to nurture it? Here are a few of my top ideas on developing and nurturing your personal brand. Work to be known as a person of great honor. Folks with integrity succeed! But, be true to yourself as your reputation is all you’ve got. Also, you need to know your standards and stick to them. If you have not previously articulated your particular principles, take a fe

Ladies still escape low blows in the public domain. They are willing to fend-off attacks of the personal or professional natures to focus on what matters to themselves whether it’s in political affairs or in the place of work. No matter if we’re referencing any woman from any side, whether it's Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin, everyone would agree that “thick skin” is beneficial in positions of leadership. The utmost in embarrassing moments for each of these two contenders may

Finding time to say thank you to customers and staff for their continued relationship with you has real power, as they are your allies in success and should be treated likewise. Research in The Journal of Marketing researched a jewelry chain who reached out by telephone and thanked a cluster of their customers, who then afterwards spent an additional seventy-percent than the group of patrons who were not called and thanked. Showing appreciation to customers constructs their r