Great Success In Business Grows From a Tiny Seed

There’s no silver bullet that effortlessly launches you out of your cubicle confinement and into the free world of entrepreneurship.  For some, the dream to be your own boss grows for a long time, even years, before it finally comes to fruition.

The truth is, great success in business grows from just one, tiny seed.

Find out how a few successful women entrepreneurs got their start and grew their businesses over the years.

And we will leave you with a little quotation gem:

“My desire to build, create, and learn, surpasses my fear. Every challenge I’m faced with now, becomes a greater experience of learning my true power.”

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2018 Women of Color Achievement Awards

100 Black Men of Seattle, Inc., in partnership with the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), announce the honorees of the 2018 Women of Color Achievement Awards. A total of eleven women were recognized for outstanding professional achievement and demonstrating exemplary customer service.

This year’s honorees included: Phyllis Campbell, Meredith Everist, Naomi Gonzalez, Tanya Jimale, Trish Millines-Dziko,Trena Payton, Mary Pugh, Angela Shen, Sheryl Willert, Claudia Mitchell, and Jessie Woolley-Wilson.

“We are very proud to continue our ongoing partnership with 100 Black Men to acknowledge a distinguished group of influential women business leaders,” said Dr. Marsha Firestone, President and Founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization.

Read the entire article highlighting and honoring outstanding women entrepreneurs.

Want to Get Better at Something?

If you believe that anyone can get better at anything, then ask yourself these two questions.

Learning anything new is, by its nature, uncomfortable. You will need to act in ways that are unfamiliar. Take risks that are new. Try things that, in may cases, will be initially frustrating because they won’t work the first time. You are guaranteed to feel awkward. You will make mistakes. 

Now that we know all that, read on to unveil the two questions and to start improving instantly.

How to Inspire Your Employees to Become Leaders

Aspiring leaders need help realizing their potential. Some simple day-to-day actions from managers can help.  Here are 4 ways that management teams can support developing leaders on a daily basis.

1. Know who they are
2. Get good conflict resolution
3. Empower them
4. Get comfortable with coaching

Read the entire article on how to inspire your employees to become leaders.