by BalanceGirl | Jun 22, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement, Women's Issues
Conflict in business is a given. Tough negotiations, pointed fingers, and guilt assigned to the person who made a mistake (unless you have been pre-selected to take the blame). Handling problems is an art in itself. Today we are looking at one specific strategy: does...
by BalanceGirl | Jun 14, 2018 | Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
Meet Deb. A talented painter with lots of life experience, and much of it hasn’t exactly been a Cinderella story. Truly, her life has been difficult. It’s a typical entrepreneur story. Deb’s childhood was filled like so many of our own. Hardship, tragedy, and a good...
by BalanceGirl | Jun 7, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Self Improvement
As business owners we are flooded by decisions to make and tasks to accomplish ASAP. Lately, I have been writing a lot of proposals and for each one I am forced to pull out my capability statement, look at my website, review the language of my marketing brochures, and...
by BalanceGirl | Apr 13, 2018 | Relationships, Self Improvement
A long day at work. Attending meetings, running around, taking the train to downtown Los Angeles, furiously answering emails at 8 p.m… And that’s when my Fitbit tells me I am falling short. There it is, the circle is not green. I haven’t walked 10,000 steps ...
by BalanceGirl | Apr 5, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
You’ve heard before that you need to have an elevator pitch—that verbal polished gold which explains in a few seconds what you do and why you’re better at it than anyone else, without sounding like a narcissist. Well, it’s true. You do need a pitch....
by BalanceGirl | Mar 8, 2018 | Balanced Leadership, Growth Architecture, Self Improvement
The impromptu discussions with audience members after a presentation or panel talk is where facilitators and speakers like me feel the pulse of the audience. Beate, how did you build and sell a business to Bill Gates as a single mom immigrant? What advice do you have...
