Being busy doesn’t mean we can’t stay healthy. Exercise can help prevent future health issues, even with a busy schedule. The best part is that effective exercise doesn’t have to be complicated and can be done in a short amount of time.

To honor Parent’s Day while empowering careers, employers can establish flexible work schedules, provide generous parental leave, encourage transparent communication, lead by example, automate property management processes, offer financial education, and create mentorship programs. These strategies foster a balanced work-life environment, benefiting both employees and the organization, and recognizing the value of family and career commitments.

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Effective time management is vital for teens, offering reduced stress, improved productivity, and personal growth. Research demonstrates a strong link between time management and academic success in teenagers. To excel in time management, teens should set SMART goals, create schedules, and seek support while balancing their commitments.

The Social Entrepreneur, changing the world through business.
Individuals who start their own business are motivated by different things. Some people dream of becoming wealthy and building a global company. Others want to pursue something they’re passionate about or yearn for the freedom of being their own boss. In recent years, a new kind of entrepreneur has emerged: the social entrepreneur.
A social entrepreneur is a person who creates a business that has a positive impact on their community, society, or the world. Typically, social entrepreneurs are driven by a deep desire to create positive change.

We invite many people who can invest in our Akiba Ya umoja community benefit savings and investment group of Uganda to enable us expand our operations in Uganda

Time flies when you’re have fun, and college is one of the places where there is a lot of fun to be had. However, you still need to study, attend classes, and make excellent grades in college. There is no doubt that time management skills are essential if you want to make the most of your college years.

To become an Effective Leader, the person should always be aware of all the cons and pros of all prospective options, have excellent communication skills, and have a graceful personality. An Effective Leader knows how things can be improved or how to overcome any problem. An Effective Leader rallies people to move on the right and better path.

Men and women are equal in settings that match gender roles. But when an organization’s leader happens to be a woman, some people raise an eyebrow or inwardly start questioning whether she has what it takes to take an organization to the next level – or at least ensure that it doesn’t go under.

Remote operations have become a familiar feature of our digital landscape. What can managers do to help balance both the advantages of remote work while maintaining high efficiency?

When women in business mature and reach those life-changing years, they tend to become even bolder, more courageous, but also more generous and kind. When women reach menopause, their bodies and their beliefs tend to change, but through adversity, we tend to rise and become better than we once were. That said, sometimes even though we were expecting it, menopause and all that it entails tends to come at us like a freight train in the middle of the night.

The pandemic has resulted in a huge rise in the number of remote workers. Working from home is obviously not a new concept, but a lot of people have only recently encountered it for the first time, and most of them have had an initial positive attitude towards this shift.

CRM, a short form for customer relationship management, is software used by business teams or individuals to optimize communications with customers. But what does CRM do? The software enhances relationship building and management for better customer experience from the first interaction to purchase and return.

Sleep is one of the most important things people need to survive and thrive in life. With this being the case, getting the right amount of high quality sleep is so important to your well-being as a leader.

You may find yourself having a hard time trying to stay motivated while working from home. Working remotely may be something you’re used to or it could be something that is new due to COVID-19. Either way, sometimes it can be hard to stay motivated.

A productive individual is one whose effort achieves the purpose of trying out an endeavor in the most effective way possible. I always put an effort to know more about ways to make myself more productive in every area of my life, and since you’re reading this, I’m pretty sure that you’re also putting in an effort to learn ways to be productive.

OKRs stands for Objectives and Key Results, a goal management system created by CEO of Intel Andy Grove that keeps workers on track to achieving project aims. OKRs are designed to align the goals of individuals and teams with the company’s, prioritize actions, improve team communication and engage employees in running successful projects.

Your credit score is more important today than potentially anytime in the past. A great score can help you to borrow money at a reduced cost, qualify for mortgages, valuable credit cards, and can even help you get a job. There are myriad reasons why you want to have a high credit score.

I recently came across Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts, the Wall Street Journal best seller from World Champion poker player Annie Duke, and found it was packed full of insights and advice that could easily be applied to leadership positions in any industry.

You may be a month into working from home and wondering how to remain productive while working from home. You are not alone. There are many things that you can do to create a home office that ensures success.

I like to think of myself as a productive person. I have a list of tasks and prioritize to get those tasks accomplished. However, I have suffered failures by not defining my productivity for a specific purpose.

Watching over your children and still remaining productive is a big challenge of working from home. What are the tricks to work from home and continue to lead by example both at home and in the workplace?

Becoming a female entrepreneur isn’t easy. Of course, some women are naturally fearless leaders and intuitive entrepreneurs, but many of us struggle to get to grips with being our own boss when starting a business.

Making sure your team is on the same page can be difficult when you have no face-to-face interaction or when your needs aren’t clearly defined. Letting your employees know from the beginning what your expectations are and remaining consistent are crucial steps to keeping your remote team focused, so your business can run smoothly.

Having a successful business is a glamorous idea, but it requires a lot of hard work. There are things such as production, human resources, operations, marketing, and finances that you need to keep in mind. However, there are things that you may tend to overlook when running a business. That is the cleanliness of your space. Cleanliness actually has a surprising effect on your business.

As an entrepreneur, you must make sure that you manage your calendar both effectively and efficiently. If you do not, you will soon find yourself lagging behind your close competitors. Therefore, it is important that you know about the signs that will indicate whether or not you are managing your calendar properly.

In this post, we’ll be talking about how you can achieve these changes successfully, and channel your inner alpha. Perhaps you just need a nudge in the right direction or some tangible advice on how to be alpha.

If you’re like most people, you’ll love working from home. However, it definitely makes a change from traditional office work. As long as you are prepared and have the right mind set, you’ll be able to see the benefits right away.

Becoming a parent can be an incredible adventure, but it’s not all sunshine and roses. For many parents, the most difficult thing of all is lack of sleep.

Thinking back from the road trips we have taken, we may not see right away the major takeaways. A road trip can teach you to be a leader in other aspects of your life.

The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress, Shirley Chisholm, once said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”

Employment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics occupations has grown by a staggering 79% since 1990. But while women have made tremendous strides in some areas of STEM, they are still extremely underrepresented in many sectors.

The idea of empowering women to embrace entrepreneurship or careers in agriculture, architecture, or science was only a dream just a few short decades ago. Today, it’s become a reality for many women.

Entrepreneurism is a challenging journey for most; and for women, there are additional obstacles in the way such as access to funding and overcoming the gender gap. Despite these challenges, there is no shortage of successful women to look up to.

One of the key foundations of leadership is trust.  You have to build relationships to build trust.

Women in business still face prejudices and stereotypes that their male counterparts don’t have to deal with. Changing attitudes and new opportunities are giving female entrepreneurs and business leaders a chance to shine.

Entrepreneurs, “solopreneurs,” top businesses, or newbie startups, all need the power of social media to get their word across to the thousands of people in the world.

Professional speakers understand that the center of attention should be the audience, not themselves.

One of the most important parts of my life is building the next generation of leaders. I find that no matter where I am, and who I am working with, there are a few things I find myself doing over and over again.

Leadership is all fun and games. Until it’s not. Being a leader, and being in a leadership position is about making hard decisions.

Getting through B-School was one of the toughest things I’ve ever done. It ranks right up there with having four children, and having a full time career. I’ve had to learn a few survival skills over the years, so I thought I would share some working mom career tips that I’ve learned.

There are plenty of tips out there for leadership.  In this article, we will talk about 1 leadership tip – build up others.

“Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day that says I will try again tomorrow” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

I am often asked for tips on how to succeed, so I thought that I’d offer up simple tips for job success. They apply everywhere, regardless of industry, and work anywhere.

Nearly everything in life is negotiable to some extent or another. This has been a realization that has been particularly slow to come to me, because I was raised to do what I was told to do without asking questions, and certainly without ever negotiating over the details. On the contrary, you should negotiate Everything.

Clearly, any aspect of your business can benefit from having a system. So what do you do? What do you “systemize” first?

These wonderful people have so much to share and are so willing to help other entrepreneurs. I couldn’t let all this wonderful advice be limited to those in my Facebook group, so I decided to share their entrepreneurial tips in my blog and newsletter.

Maybe you’ve heard that joke about how to eat an elephant? The answer: You eat an elephant one bite at a time. It’s good advice, not just for eating an elephant, but also for getting things done, especially when you’re feeling overwhelmed by your list of “to-dos”.

Being a parent is one long sociology experiment. I’d say that is particularly true if you have middle or high school kids in your house.

When I started on my own one of the biggest challenges I faced was how to be productive at my home office. As much work as there is to do, there is equally as many distractions vying for our attention.

If I can’t get more hours in a day, then I certainly want to get more stuff done in a day. Finding ways to squeeze more productivity out of the same number of hours is where finding the right tools and tricks comes in.  

One of the hardest things to handle at work is the constant pinging, poking, and the constant multitasking. Frankly, it is distracting, and a huge drain on productivity.

Someone on my Facebook Circle posted an article on my page that said Boy Scouts would be better with girls. In it, he says that Boy Scouts is a great Leadership program, while Girl Scouts is not.

Every so often, my entire world seems to flip itself upside down. It did so a few years ago, when my dad had to be admitted to the hospital. This isn’t the first time I’ve had to deal with this sort of thing, and I’m sure it won’t be the last.

When you leave corporate and enter into the world of entrepreneurship, the first thing to become obvious is that no one tells you what to do or how to do it. You are the one expected to make all the decisions.

One of the habits of very successful people is that they use their time wisely and productively. What this means for each person will be a bit different, but generally it means – all of your time should have a purpose. Become a Time-Master.

Sometimes life comes really fast. Sometimes it’s like a fun house gone mad, or a roller coaster ride that seems impossible to get off of. Keeping sane in midst of the insanity is not always easy to do, and many times is downright impossible.

One of the most important skills for MBA survival is time management. I will be posting a lot of tips in this blog about time management in general, but also specific tips that helped me get through the program, and do it with my sanity still (mostly) intact.

As a culture, we’ve actually normalized and even praised our common addiction to busyness. We expect successful people to be busy, so we present a persona of busyness in order to be perceived as successful.

One very important working mom survival tip is to build your team. However, I am limited to 24 hours per day. I require sleep.  I don’t do time travel either. So, what’s a girl to do?

One of the most difficult lessons in life is learning which battles to fight. You and only you can decide how you will expend your energy. It can be tough to remember that others do not get to make those decisions for you.

Think Win-Win. This is the fourth habit of highly effective people, from Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

In our previous Leadership Girl post on being Addicted to Busyness, we explored the first step toward tackling your Addiction to Busyness – by eliminating tasks on your to-do list that you find draining instead of energizing. The next step in overcoming this addiction to busyness is examining why we, as individuals, feel the need to stay busy.

Have you been struggling with time management and desperately need to reclaim your time? Time management is about getting more accomplished and having time left over to enjoy your life. If you don’t engage in effective time management, then you’ll find yourself wishing you could get more hours in a day consistently, and wondering where all of your time goes.

The second of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective people is to begin with the end in mind.

The first habit of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is to be proactive.  What exactly does being proactive mean?  What are the implications of being proactive?

In our faced paced, 24/7 culture, Addicted to Busyness Syndrome (ATBS) has become an unspoken epidemic, most commonly among women. Not only does our society put these expectations on us, but we also set unreasonably high expectations for ourselves.

I am so blessed to be part of a community of entrepreneurs and experts in their field. They all have so much to offer, and I wanted to share their tidbits of wisdom with other entrepreneurs – especially for those who are just starting out.

There are a host of feelings and internal messages that let you know something is not quite right with your career path. When you recognize that this is your current emotional state, you may come to realize that you are stuck. The great news is this state is not permanent.

All jokes aside, women can drive. For some reason, there’s a stigma around women drivers with the underlying notion that they are notoriously bad at things like parallel parking. Not so! In fact, women in motorsport have been around pretty much since the start of motorsport events.

If you don’t follow a timetable, you might begin your day by taking a seat at your work area pondering what you will do today. Chances are good that you won’t be very productive, and likely will not achieve anything critical.

Becoming a leader in your business and industry is much easier than it may seem. If you have the right personality and tenacity, then you can turn yourself into a business leader in four simple steps.

Do you ever feel so stressed that you’d just like for the world to stop spinning for a few minutes so that you can get off? I know there are times that is exactly how I feel. Too much to do and not enough time to do it in. In this 24/7 go, go, go world, how do you survive?

If you’ve set a goal and aren’t specific about how you will achieve it, then it’s just a wish, and likely to never be accomplished. The S.M.A.R.T. method is an acronym to help with setting and achieving goals in business of specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. It takes goals from blurry to real, actionable plans to achieve tangible and powerful results.

Too many entrepreneurs never learn to say ‘no’. In an effort to get their business off the ground and keep it up and running, they say ‘yes’ to everything. They end up trying to do too much for too many. Don’t let this happen to you.

Like most entrepreneurs, you’re probably juggling lots of hats and could use some help with productivity and organization. Fortunately, we live in a time where everything has an app. The following four apps will make managing all your hats much easier.

We live in a noisy world, where instant messages, social media and never ending emails are a constant distraction in the work place… and to our brain.

Many women want the best of both worlds – stay home with baby and be able to contribute financially to the family while working from home. This sounds like the ideal situation, until you actually try to do the work with children present. If you don’t set a realistic tone for your work-at-home venture early on, this will turn into frustration fast.

Time studies fall into the category of scientific management and their underlying purpose is to establish standard times for completing a given task. The basic goal of the time study remains the same – to establish some baseline from which to measure productivity and then to improve it.

I started the 60,000 strong Women’s Entrepreneur Network Facebook Group in May, 2015. It has been through a lot of ups and downs, but there are always those moments when you wonder as a group owner what exactly people are thinking. So, I’m going to share some of those here.

Have you ever wished you could get your day off to a better start? Or that you could actually get to bed on time without getting hooked into staring at Facebook for two hours? If so, I get it. And I have an idea that could really change everything for you. The idea is based on creating morning and evening routines, and you create these routines using habit stacking. Let me explain.

The First Annual Leadership Girl Live Summit, taking place at the beautiful Doyle’s Vineyard in Durham, NC, begins on Friday, September 22nd and concludes on Sunday, September 23rd, 2017 – connecting women entrepreneurs together to foster deeper relationships to drive community and collaboration.

The ‘Power of We’. It’s at the root of everything good in our world. Relationships are the cornerstone of any business. When we work together, we can conquer just about anything.

I imagine a world where women come together to grow their businesses. A world in which we learn and exchange knowledge for the greater good – where we collaborate and build the best versions of ourselves and our businesses.

Sometimes, maintaining that professional attitude at work is very difficult indeed.  While it may be temporarily satisfying to tell someone what you really think in the heat of the moment, it is not necessarily in your best interest to do so.

Without a balance of both family and career, you will most likely end up with one or the other — not both. I think it’s important to have both in your life in order to be truly happy and fulfilled.

Modern technology has enabled businesses to offer working from home more and more, so you’ve likely had the opportunity to decide if working from home is an option for you. However, unexpectedly having kids around the house can throw a wrench in your perfect plan. Whether they’re your own children or somebody else’s, getting work done while they’re around is difficult, but can be done.

I’d be lying if I said that I haven’t made more than my fair share of mistakes and that I haven’t had my fair share of frustrations with building the Women’s Entrepreneur Network group on Facebook. But now it’s a dynamic, fun, ever-changing group. Here are some things I learned while building my Facebook group.

Though it’s actually been a little while, it feels like it was just yesterday that I first started posting on Facebook and other social media sites and blogs. I remember it all too well. I had this great, if not naive, idea that I’d write fantastic content from my little MBA brain, and people would adore it, and share it, and it would instantly go viral. It didn’t quite go as planned.

When traveling for business, you probably like to have a little bit of fun on top of all the work you have to do. However, your top priority is probably making sure you stay on schedule.

There is no better time to start a business than right now, especially if you are a senior entrepreneur. What are you waiting for? You have acquired all the skills and experience you need, and if you need to brush up on a few things, then there are thousands of resources out there that can help you. Becoming your own boss is an incredibly rewarding goal in life, but you’ll have to work hard for it. 

It’s part of being human to want to be liked or even loved by everyone. The reality is that not everyone is going to love you, your business, your message – even your hair color.  There will be people who think you’re too pretty, too ugly, too tall, to short, too fat, too thin, too loud, too boisterous, and the list goes on. It doesn’t matter who you are, someone will find a reason to not like you.

To say that 2016 was a rough year in my life would be an understatement. Aside from all the challenges, this year also brought me a tremendous number of lessons.

My challenge to you as 2016 comes to an end is to find one way that you can make the world a better place.

Mindset isn’t just the latest buzz in the entrepreneurial world; it’s a real thing. Mindset is a beautiful and important thing when you’re growing your business. But mindset is only part of the equation.

November is inevitably that month every year when people start gratitude journals and make charitable contributions. It’s also that time of year when I look over the previous year and start to count my many blessings.