Category Archives: Growth

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Success Tip: Lead–Grow–Volunteer

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Often when I am speaking with an audience or sharing ideas with leaders and  entrepreneurs, I hear a question that starts like this: “How did you get people to give you a chance to …”

It’s a recurring theme.  We want to lead. We want to grow. We want to make a a difference.  So, how do we get people to give us a chance to do it?  In 2010, I had the opportunity to  share ideas with the Society of Women Engineers.  We we focused on the 5  C’s that build success. One of those C’s is Community.  Here is what happens when you get involved in your community and volunteer.Continue reading→

Success Tip: Check out the BIG Game

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Today is the big day, Super Bowl XLV.  Folks will be donning green and gold or gold and black.  Friends will gather around TV sets across the country gobbling up things they know that should not eat and for this one day of the year the DVR is set not to skip the commercials, but to catch them for instant replay.Continue reading→

Following your star…

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Over 2000 years ago, three wise men followed a star.  A young woman and her husband  began a journey that started with the ‘impossible’ and a child was born that became one of the greatest leaders ever known.  The world has never been the same.

For many of us, 2010  has been a year of personal and professional challenges, but just imagine the challenges these people once faced. Continue reading→

Business Tip: Schedule a mental health day

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As leaders, innovators,executives, or entrepreneurs, our brains are often stuck in overdrive.  There is so much to think about and often we take little time to to park these mental challenges.  Add to that a million daily distractions like con calls, meetings, and email and the result can  be running out of gas in the middle of the fast lane.Continue reading→