Posts Tagged "Challenge"

#11 Power Plays for Women: Why women bosses shouldn’t permit challenges to their authority

Posted in BLOG MENTORING, Career & Leadership, POWER PLAYS for WOMEN

#11 Power Plays for Women: Why women bosses shouldn’t permit challenges to their authority

Janetta was a star employee. Two years ago she had been hired by her contracting firm out of a top school. She spoke a foreign language. She was assigned all the top projects. She was promoted. But in her new role, she encountered the most unlikely of push-back: From her trainer.

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Blog Mentoring: Are You Organizing the Proverbial Sock Drawer?

Posted in BLOG MENTORING, Career & Leadership, Our Events

Blog Mentoring: Are You Organizing the Proverbial Sock Drawer?

This Saturday, March 10 is Guerrilla Mentoring at the George Washington University. This is part of our SisU learning series where in women share a goal or a challenge and get feedback in a very specialized manner. What is your goal or challenge for 2012?

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#40 Surviving a Business Crisis – Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time

Posted in MDBT-Million Dollar Biz Part Time

#40 Surviving a Business Crisis – Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time

A lot of entrepreneurs "spin it." You have to, for funders, clients, etc. "How is everything?" "Oh, greeeaaat! Greeaaaat!" But, when DO we share the truth? So, when I detailed the crisis which almost de-railed #sisU2010 Academy - previously known as - Sisterhood University - last weekend, my husband: #1. Couldn't believe I survived without having a nervous breakdown and #2. Discouraged me from writing about it.

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Summary of Posts 1 – Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time

Posted in MDBT-Million Dollar Biz Part Time

The below is retroactively posted from November 28, 2008. It's a "Cliffs Notes" of the posts and my learnings between March and November 2008. Whew! A lot of challenges, but, ultimately success.

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From Challenging Childhood to Celebrated Writer: Delores Williams’ Case

Posted in Teachable Role Models

“At the age of 15, she had had enough, and did the thing her mother had done, she walked out the door to never return.” Student reaction: It was stories like that of Delores Williams which allowed me to change my mentality and use the energy I put into justifying my failures to exploring the opportunities I did have and to succeed. From The Hot Mommas Project Learning Series: Delores Williams’ “Moving From Abandonment to Defining Herself“ Case themes include: professional drive and creativity, family, confidence, individuality, dreams, change, and...

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