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The 5 Silent Career Killers For Women

Women fail to sell themselves, to the disadvantage of their careers.
By Lauren Carlson (CRM Analyst, Software Advice)

A recent Harvard Business Review post explores certain behaviors of women that can hold them back in the professional arena. The article cites studies which show that only half of women display high self-confidence while the other half admit to feelings of self-doubt regarding their performance. As a result of this self-doubt and reduced confidence, women can end up inadvertently sabotaging themselves.

Inspired by this post, I decided to write a post for my site, digging deeper and looking specifically at a field that has been traditionally dominated by men: sales. There are studies that show that women are

03/19/12

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Stop Sabotaging Your Own Success: A Manifesto

By Sara Rosso (VIP Global Services Manager, WordPress)
 

If you’re new here, you should probably read my biography just to give you a better sense of who I am. In short: I do a lot of stuff. I’m curious. I love learning. I take risks. I speak my mind. I dare.

The risks I take are reinforced by a belief that I owe it to myself to at least try. I’ve always seen myself as a bit of a Jack of all trades, rather than an expert in one subject, but I’ve come to believe that’s a blessing rather than a curse. Releasing myself from the aim of being an expert or being perfect at something means that I have the complete and utter freedom to try. And fail.

03/01/12

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Do You Talk Business? (Language and Women’s Place)

By Isabella A. Woods (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0)
Women are from Venus or any of the gazillions of relationship self-help books on the same theme?

Different things are important to us and we communicate our concerns differently.

But for women in business, their normal way of operating may be damaging the health and affecting the perception of their business. This may be one reason why the glass ceiling still operates for some women: an inability to talk the language of business

11/02/11

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When Babies Become Taboo (Work/Life Balance)

By Melissa Fudor (Program Manager, Women in Wireless) I have babies on the brain. As a woman in my mid-twenties, starting a family has always been something that will eventually happen in the far and distant future. I have the timeline figured out: finish college, travel, start a great flexible career, meet someone, fall in love, get married by 30, and get pregnant (the latest) by 32. But recently I’ve been dreaming up some pretty hefty career goals which includes becoming an entrepreneur and starting my own business, which has left me wondering two things:

  1. Where a family fits into my ten-year plan
  2. If having a baby will sabotage my career goals.

10/28/11

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Build Your Business Empire by Thinking Big and Starting Small

By Adelaide Lancaster (Co-Founder, In Good Company)
Taking the plunge into entrepreneurship is simultaneously exhilarating and paralyzing. If you’re like most entrepreneurs you’ve been living and breathing your business idea for what feels like forever, growing its potential in your head with each passing moment. And despite the anticipation and excitement, when the time comes for action, you feel stuck. Where do you even begin? How do you go about building an empire, changing an industry, or creating a legendary business?

The key to success for most entrepreneurs is learning to toggle back and forth between thinking big and moving things forward

10/13/11

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Be Bigger: Lessons from The Big Enough Company

By Adelaide Lancaster and Amy Abrams (Founders, In Good Company)
The blank canvas. When you start your own business you have the opportunity to do, create and decide whatever you want. That’s the most exciting (although sometimes scary) part of entrepreneurship.

This all leads to a tremendous and inspiring amount of diversity in the world of business. Not only does each entrepreneur have unique motivations but they also have different desired purposes, outcomes and goals. Each of us approaches entrepreneurship with a distinct philosophy and idea of what we must get

08/08/11

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How to Use Lean Startup to Stop Insanity and Denial

By Sue Kim (Founder, Dress Me Sue)
It's been the most unexpected turn of events. I'll start at the beginning.

Two years ago, I got bit by the startup bug and then proceeded through all manner of motions at entrepreneurship. One of my major mistakes was thinking one could do a startup on the side if one just worked hard enough. I first tried to juggle the startup alongside a consulting biz. Then shut down the biz in favor of a full-time job [fact: I actually thought this would work].

08/02/11

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