Meetings, like or dislike them, are a fact of business life. There will be times during your career when you’ll probably be asked to facilitate or lead a meeting. To some women in business facilitating a meeting comes easily and to others, it can be a nerve-wracking challenge.

It is easy to get discouraged when “things” in your business and career aren’t happening fast enough or aren’t going as planned. You may feel as if you are working hard and doing all the things “gurus” are telling you to do and yet, you’re disappointed with the results. What should you do?

I work with women in business who want to become successful leaders but, aren’t quite sure if they have what it takes to lead. So, what makes a great leader? Is leadership something we are born with or can we become a skilled leader by observing and learning from others?

Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager; Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Self Leadership is a little book with a big message. If you are interested in becoming an empowered leader and a more effective problem solver, this is a book you should be reading with pen and paper in hand.

When it comes to sales, it’s not about what you want - it is about what the customer wants. The other day I witnessed a business owner almost talk herself out of a sale. She started pushing too hard for what she wanted to sell and didn’t pay attention to what the customer wanted to buy.

When I first began my email newsletter, I took every unsubscribe and opt-out as a personal sign of failure. Every time a subscriber “unsubscribed,” it was like a stab in the heart. I realize now that unsubscribes are actually helping me create a more targeted and focused moneymaking list.

Have you ever had someone ask you to meet her for coffee and then ended up sitting through an unsolicited presentation about joining a business? I call it the sneaky approach to network marketing. In the long run, this sneaky approach will prove to be detrimental to building a successful business.

I found the subtitle very intriguing: Time Management Tips and Techniques for More Success with Less Stress. I quickly picked up my copy of Make Every Second Count and headed to the checkout counter. I’m ready for more success with less stress!

Used correctly, a social media presence can actually save the busy woman in business time, energy and money. Once you’ve set up your accounts, the return on your time-investment can be quite high when you weigh the time you spend against the number of people you can potentially reach.

Logically, why would anyone be afraid of success? Isn’t success the “gold medal” that every businessperson is aiming toward? Believe it or not, locked in our brain are memories about achieving, or not achieving, success that unconsciously work to encourage or discourage our willingness to succeed.