Passion. Collaboration. Community.

Passion, collaboration and community are key to running a successful business. That’s according to a recent survey of women business leaders as part of PNC’s bi-annual Economic Outlook Survey.

“Women entrepreneurs are leading with passion for their business, confidence, and optimism for the future,” Peterson-Sheptak, head of Business Banking at PNC, said. “We need to make sure we have the resources and people to support their success.”

Why Collaborative Work Looks Different Depending on a Variety of Factors

As Renee Cullinan, chief executive officer and co-founder of Stop Meeting Like This, says in the Harvard Business Review: "In any organization, people apply unspoken rules and understood norms to get collective work done — in other words, they collaborate."

The value people place on relationships is a strong influencing factor on whether and how they collaborate. Relationship-heavy cultures are marked by inclusion, personal connection, and relationship-based decision making. They tend to be friendly, warm places to work. 

Read more how in collaborative work cultures, women carry more of the weight.