Category Archives: Women Leadership
Share — and monetize — Your Passion THIS Year
Tweet As women entrepreneurs, many of us are working daily in our “passion projects” — those projects that start with our hearts and in many cases become the seed to an entire business built on that love. I’ll share a few more of my thoughts around passion in the following video: We are so good [...]
How Do You Rise to the Challenge of Compassion?
Tweet Compassion sounds a lot easier than it actually is sometimes. It is easy enough to be compassionate with someone you love, who is very special in your life… but what about the people you find it difficult to be around? What about the people in the workplace who seem to push all [...]
Harness the Power of Media
Tweet Picture this: It’s launch day for your new product or service, and it is almost time for you to go live. Potential customers are waiting “in line” (at your store, by their phones, or at their computers) to sign up with you or to buy your product because they believe it will be amazing. [...]
WE Are the Economic Solution
Tweet Sometimes at night, as I send emails and get caught up with my IN box, I have the news on in the background, and I get infuriated at all the ‘positioning’ and ‘strategizing’ on how we are going to boost this economy and create more jobs. I get infuriated because it reminds me of [...]
Vicky Westra: Changing Lives, One Bean at A Time
Tweet “We found that if you paint a picture of what type of performance you want, and then paint the person in that picture so they can see it, then they can achieve it.” – Vicky Westra, Owner & Founder of Artistas Café and Javámo Coffees As you can tell by that quote, Vicky Westra [...]
What to do when Trust has been Broken in Business
Tweet I recently had the experience that I am sure we all have at some point if we are in business for any length of time: a trusted source no longer feels trusted… what to do?? What I know is that the reason we choose particular people/companies to do business with is not necessarily because [...]
Tererai Trent on Oprah again… what a Big Fish!!
Tweet Many of you know my story about Tererai Trent…. for those that do not, a quick recap: In late 2009, I saw an Oprah show where Tererai was a guest. She was featured in the amazing book, Half the Sky (a must read!!), about women and how we hold up ‘half the sky.’ It is [...]
Success Story: Barbara Bencini
Tweet Every month I love to share the success story of one amazing Big Fish. This month, I am delighted to introduce you to Barbara Bencini, SVP of Investments at Merrill Lynch. Barbara is truly a pioneer in every way! In 1978, Barbara became one of the first women Financial Advisors in the US, yet to talk with her, you likely wouldn’t [...]
Success Story: “Stop Playing Small” by Michele Dortch
Tweet Guest post by Michele Dortch*, Founder, Write to Incite There’s a portion of a well-worn quote attributed to Marianne Williamson that says, “Your playing small does not serve the world.” I’ve read the quote a hundred times over since I first caught wind of it in 2003, right around the time I decided to quit [...]
Success Story: Rebecca P. Cohen of Rebecca Plants
Tweet “The Big Fish tools of Vision, Intention, and Bold Action are three tools that I still use every day…My ability to think bigger and achieve higher with a focus on deeply meaningful goals is a direct result of Big Fish.” – Rebecca P. Cohen, Founder and President of Rebecca Plants, LLC I love [...]
