Other People’s Recycled News | Nov 14-20
23 Nov
Women have special talents for small firms, adviser says
When it comes to starting a small business, women have special talents that can be a blessing in weathering an economic recession. But many remain plagued by personal circumstances that can hinder their development as an entrepreneur. That’s the word from Janine Brunelle, a business adviser for the Women’s Enterprise Centre, which helps women start their own businesses.
How they managed to rise to the top
Women who lead have the ability to see opportunities in setbacks, and the will to make themselves heard, a new book contends
An opportunity to grab uncontested market share
A strategy to win over the ‘un-customer’. Amid fierce competition, owners of small and medium-sized businesses who get inventive about broadening their market stand to come out at the top of their sector once the economy recovers; their normally threatening rivals preoccupied with licking their wounds will take months to recoup lost ground and catch up.
Build your confidence like Buffett
Executive coach Marshall Goldsmith rarely encounters self-confidence problems among his CEO and potential-CEO clients. But when he gives seminars at university MBA programs, with students drawn from lower echelons of organizations, self-confidence is a topic they want to talk about. On Harvard Business School blogs, he offers this advice for those struggling with self-confidence:
Andy Buyting has been in the retail industry since he was six years old. Today, he applies his entrepreneurial know-how to Green Village Home & Garden, one of Canada's most successful specialty garden stores. Green Village Home & Garden is currently expanding into multiple locations throughout eastern Canada.
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WOW! “Build your confidence like Buffett” is a wealth of good business advice, as well as a healthy presentation of general methods one can use to be more confident in life itself. I found the section talking about using a more positive approach to interviewing potential job candidates to be particularly enlightening.
Thanks for recycling that one.