Leadership

E, I, and EI, Oh!

I was lucky enough to have the company I work for pay to have our department go through DiSC training. DiSC is one of those personality tests, but the nice thing about it is that it focuses on group dynamics more than some other types of tests. This got me to thinking about what I… Continue reading E, I, and EI, Oh!

Leadership

Busted, or Your Lack of Confidence is Showing, Part Two of Confidence Talk

After having learned about confidence builders and destroyers in "Confidence Code" I felt compelled to share what I learned and get it on as many Sisters' To Read lists as possible. At every Femcity social, business members get the opportunity to update everyone on their business/lives for about thirty seconds (I'm usually the timekeeper and… Continue reading Busted, or Your Lack of Confidence is Showing, Part Two of Confidence Talk

Books!, Leadership

On Confidence, Part One of Confidence Talk

March's theme turned out to be Confidence, so I decided to write a new mini-series called Confidence Talk. I read the book called "Confidence Code" by Kathy Kay and Claire Shipman. After finishing it, I decided to talk about it at the Femcity March Local Social and then got called out almost immediately on my… Continue reading On Confidence, Part One of Confidence Talk

Books!, Sales

Features & Benefits

The past few weeks have had the the subject of features and benefits pop up a lot. For the non-marketing people out there, let me explain the difference. The Feature: What makes a product or service that product or service.  It's the steak.  It's the drill. The Benefit: What the customer gets out of buying that… Continue reading Features & Benefits

Around The Town, Leadership

Athena Leadership #2 (there’s still time to apply)

I've been a little tardy at writing more about my experience with Athena Next Gen.  But luckily, they have extended the deadline to April 8th to apply for their next class, so you're okay.  A few weeks ago, I attended their breakfast where they had two past Athena class members and Annetta Wilson, who was one… Continue reading Athena Leadership #2 (there’s still time to apply)

Leadership

Athena Leadership #1

Through my old job, I was enrolled in the Athena NextGen Thought Leadership Series of 2015.  It was an eight month, eight session series where we learned about the pillars of leadership from a woman's perspective. I told my male bosses that while I love learning leadership from them, they, being guys, can take on different styles… Continue reading Athena Leadership #1