It is the start of the New Year, and our thoughts turn from holiday cheer to the challenges of managing and growing our businesses in the months ahead. As you set your business goals for 2005, give special attention to the web of relationships that help define the world you work in. While the specific [...]

Without proper long- and short-term planning, technology mishaps can wreak havoc on your overall business goals. To get value from your technology investments – whether it’s a networked office or a customer relationship database – a plan must be developed, tweaked and followed. Your plan will help you to increase productivity, streamline your processes and [...]

You’ve probably seen negative networking occur at New Year’s parties: people put everyone around them on the spot by forcing their cards into their hands, trying to sell their business or to get a new job. It’s being insensitive to other people or the nature of the party-to celebrate!
Yet you can celebrate the New Year [...]

Setting Limits
Dear Jill,
I’m a human resources manager at a small company, providing HR services to several departments. A newly hired peer doesn’t seem to have the knowledge or experience to handle his job. He’s swamped with work, and my boss has increasingly asked me to pick up his slack. At first, I assured her that [...]

Well, we’re already a few weeks into 2005 — are you sticking to your New Year’s resolutions? Did you create your goals for 2005? As a Career and Business Coach, I’m here to say that committing to goals and creating a framework to work toward them really works. Back in the mid-’90s I created the [...]

The first interview of the year is with the self-employed communications consultant and writer Leslie J. Yerman. Her vast experience working in public, private and nonprofit sectors, as well as her life experience, have helped Leslie to build her business and a solid clientele base, and have given her the confidence she needs to follow [...]

Dear Readers,
Our 8th Issue of Womenandbiz.com brings even more inspiring ideas to succeed in life and in the business world. For the first issue of 2005 we chose to write about Setting Business Goals, so that we all can start the year in the right foot. Thank you to our guest writers, who talk about [...]