Tag Archives: Mentorship

Saving money is likely important to you as a business owner, especially if your company is small and new. I put together these money-saving tips …

Perhaps you already are an entrepreneur, with a business. Maybe you are aspiring to one day take that leap of faith. Either way, as you …

Starting and operating your own business is not for the faint of heart. After all, your whole world gets turned upside down when you take …

Launching your own business is an exciting time in your life. There’s a lot to be proud of and thankful for at the end of …

Building a successful business is all about surrounding yourself with people you can trust to do the best possible job. It’s no secret that the …

Let’s face it, living in this world is challenging, especially if you don’t have a strong support system and mentors from which to glean. Growing …

As a parent, you’re going to have challenges raising your children. Most of the time, you’ll figure things out fairly quickly and move forward with confidence. …

In order to be successful in sports, business or in life, for that matter, it is essential to understand the power of camaraderie and teamwork. …

Women’s lives can be busy with home, children, work, pets, and significant others. Self-care and reflection can slip through your fingers without awareness much of the time. It’s not surprising that many women shy away from leadership roles at work or in other organizations. After all, who needs the added stress? However, the world needs strong women to show up and share their unique abilities and gifts. So, how do we enable ourselves to lead more and still keep the balance? Furthermore, how do we encourage our daughters, sisters, friends, clients, neighbors and moms to fulfill their leadership potential? Here are my top 5 ways to encourage women to be leaders!

Entrepreneurship can be one of the most exciting and rewarding career moves a woman can make. However, it can also be one of the most challenging things to pull off successfully. There are some savvy things you must get under your belt if you want to make a name for yourself in business. Having the right tools, resources, and contacts is a must.

So the Australian Open tennis tournament is on in Melbourne at the moment, and watching the Australians play and compete got me thinking... We have this thing in Australia called the ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’. Mind you, I think it’s in other places around the globe, but this is my experience of it here. It’s a rather ugly scenario where Australians like to chop down those around them who are standing taller or achieving more than they are, so that everyone appears to be on the same level, average -not making any one look less!

I've been thinking about how humbled I am by the fact that I am surrounded by such amazing women on the new author panel. These women have many other things they could do with their precious time but have chosen to give me and this magazine a slice of that time. It's an honor...really.

It's one thing to come up with a great plan to lead you to victory, but it's another to work that plan and keep it a priority. Being accountable to another person or group of people is one way to increase your chances of success.

What are you giving? How do you present YOU to the world? What gifts and talents are pouring out of you regularly? Do you spend too much time wishing that you could do something different only to miss living the life you have?

Perspective; oh, so important, yet so hard to achieve! We can become so ego-centric, as we get busy with life, to-do-lists, and so forth. I am someone who can put herself in other people's shoes. Most of the time.