Today is International Women’s Day. We celebrate Women’s Day today but in my life we celebrate strong, smart, powerful women every day! As a business owner and a mother of three girls I have both a professional and a personal …
Change initiatives are a vital component of keeping a business competitive. To ensure a successful outcome, two sets of processes are necessary — those which are constructed as part of the change initiative, and the processes that are used to …
Recently I facilitated a breakfast briefing for the New Hampshire High Tech Council featuring Candy Alexander, a cyber security professional. Candy provided insight into pursuing a career in this field, with its skills in high demand. Read more…
These days, the old adage about “change is the only constant in life” is a concept you can’t ignore. Upgrades to your business – whether to keep up with product innovation, technology, business models, your competition, your evolving customer base, …
When managing new change initiatives within an organization, I use a productive process called “springboarding” to launch the project in the right direction. Essentially, I repurpose the well-known project “post mortem” exercise and use it at the start of an …
Across our country and certainly here in New Hampshire, the Skills Gap and Workforce Development tend to monopolize a lot of conversations I am hearing. And although the impacts of the gap are felt across industries, it seems that it …
This is the third of three installments featuring the insights of a panel of speakers present at the New Hampshire High Tech Council (NHHTC) TechWomen Power Breakfast called, “Wanted: Women Angels.” The panel discussed women’s involvement in angel investing. Read the first …
A strong relationship between women and money is not as easily envisioned as that between men and money. That is, cultural biases exist that result in women being underrepresented in financial leadership positions, as well as in their having less …
When you’re taking charge of a new initiative, it’s tempting to grab hold of its various complexities and get moving. This is especially true when your company’s leaders are very busy or just want you to handle it. However, a …
Through my consulting work, I’ve been seeing much higher levels of recognition that the active pursuit of innovation is imperative to a company’s future. I’ve been writing a lot lately about different aspects of innovation. In this article, I’d like …