How do CEOs (business owners) avoid complacency and sustain high performance through the middle years of the role? There is no magic formula, but from these authors research and experience in the field of CEO excellence, they are confident the odds are greatly increased by the following:
Read on to learn more about all of the above.
Approximately 20% or 1.2 million of these employer businesses were owned by minorities. They employed about 9.9 million employees and had annual payroll of $357.4 billion.
Learn more about who owns America's businesses and how minority business ownership differs by sector.
Check it out here and learn from WPO members the answer to this key question: Why did you join WPO and what have you gotten out of it?
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They are the future of work. Learn why.
Our WPO CEO Camille Burns sums it up nicely in this LinkedIn post.
To learn more and to register, visit here. And be sure to stop in at the Pre-Forum Workshop I'll [Laurel Delaney] be moderating on Intentional Growth Beyond Borders (May 10th at 9:30 AM local time).
See you there!
In this interview with Jessica Abo, she shares how it all started and her advice for kids and teens who want to launch their own big idea.
You can access the list if you are a subscriber to Crain's, here.
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But back to President of the United States. While pundits debate Nikki Haley's chances, historian Alexis Coe looks back at a speech former President Gerald Ford gave to a group of children and wonders if he—and whole bunch of film and TV writers—was right all along.
In 1989 a bespectacled girl with a yellow ribbon in her hair asked Gerald Ford if he had any advice for a “young lady wanting to become president of the United States.” Ford didn’t recommend the best schools or list acts of service. He didn’t even answer her question, instead pivoting to a morbid prediction.
Read on to see what it was.
Co-founder and CEO Kate Isler said it was crucial for women business owners to find a place to sell their products and services in order to survive the pandemic and thrive going forward.
Just like the Women Presidents Organization, "Women supporting women" is also a core part of The WMarketplace, according to Isler, who said that mindset is how women entrepreneurs succeed.
Read on to learn more about the backstory on The WMarketplace.
When it comes to gratitude, however, Florsheim saves her biggest thank you for the WPO. “I find it difficult to express the depth of my gratitude to the WPO for providing an opportunity for women in business to get together,” she says. “It’s such a unique experience to have even the possibility to sit with such interesting, successful women, and to learn from them, to share experiences in such a non-judgmental and informal way.”
We love having Ali as a WPO member and she is inspiration to us all. Read the entire WPO interview here.
Globally, according to a not-for-profit that helps build workplaces that work for women, women control about $32 trillion in annual consumer spending. That’s a lot of purchasing power.
In the U.S., women account for 85% of all consumer spending, and they are responsible for a growing number of highly significant buying decisions, including 93% of food and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, 92% of vacations, 91% of new homes, as well as 89% of bank accounts, 80% of health care, 66% of PCs and 65% of new cars.
To help your products or services connect with savvy female consumers, these five tips may help.
Learn the science behind the questions.
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you’re in the right place.
Each book in this collection comes with its own recommendation because it’s important to understand why that title was important to its curator, to determine if it might be important to you, as well.
And once you start your business, visit the Women Presidents Organization to get even more inspired. Reach a million-dollar mark in annual revenue and membership can be yours. A dream come true.
From Chicago to Peru to South Africa – no matter where the WPO chapter is located – we are with our Turkey WPO sister in spirit, love and support.
If you want to help support Turkey, our WPO chapter chair, Gaye Goker, has suggested two trusted organizations:
Read CEO Camille Burn's entire post here.
The PNC Bank [PNC is a long-stand WPO national sponsor] survey found that women business owner (WBO) expectations for their own companies remain strong, with 41% feeling highly optimistic -- up from 29% in the fall of 2020 but down from 67% in the fall of 2021 – while the share of those feeling pessimistic has held constant at just 1%.
“We are seeing a new pattern of self-empowerment among women business owners that are very encouraging,” said Beth Marcello, director of PNC Women’s Business Development. “Their own hard work to survive the pandemic is the source of their confidence and optimism today.”
The survey suggests that women have a take-charge, can-do attitude.
Read more here.
How has being a WPO member helped your business?
Being a WPO member has helped me grow my business and given me the confidence to keep moving forward. I use the ladies in my chapter as a sounding board for new ideas or things I need to change. They are a support group of women who understand the issues we all face and that helps me when I am in a very male-dominated industry.
Read the entire interview, including the challenges she has faced, what inspired her to start her business and what her favorite WPO event is.
Along with NOW, let's all of us honor the memory and the legacy of Dr. King on this holiday.
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