Set your price to include time spent on prep work, your professional development, and the cost of your availability to show up, and it guarantees you have all the ingredients in the packaging & pricing recipe. Every good recipe can be tweaked and improved....
For part 2 of the 22 Black Women (in Finance) to Watch in 2022 series, we’re looking at Financial Gurus paying it forward by educating people
As the year comes to a close it's a great time to pause and do a post-mortem on all that we've accomplished, all that we want to continue, and what we're willing to let go of. A simple Start-Stop-Continue exercise is a great way to kick off your Q4 post-mortem and set...
Getting your money right and creating an operating budget BEFORE starting a business is a good idea. I know it's not sexy and no one wants to talk about it but there's something to be said for ironing out your money mindset issues before you get too far into your...
One of the common money mistakes I see a lot of new business owners make is not separating their business and personal expenses. To some, tackling money may feel very challenging and there might even be resistance around getting started. Using some simple strategies...
Let's get into it folks. I'm talking about money, and when to reinvest in your business. It's February, which means you should have received all of your 1099s and W-2s at this point. We're getting ready to file taxes. If your business is responsible for quarterly...
Today I'm talking about how much better LinkedIn for business is, compared to Facebook. We continue our theme for the month around networking and I've already talked a lot about in-person networking, the old school way of doing it, face to face, avoiding small talk....
Today I'm talking about the best strategy to pay off debt as fast as humanly possible - the Debt Snowball strategy. A lot of folks I know feel kind of paralyzed and overwhelmed by debt. I just want to tell you that it is completely possible to get out of debt. The...
Continuing our theme for February around personal financial fitness, I wanted to talk to you about some of the fun and free budgeting tools for managing your personal finances. It does not have to be all tedious meetings, and numbers, and blady-blah. I want to give...
Budgeting For Two Last week we talked a little bit about budgeting, and how quick, easy and painless it is to actually get started writing and keeping a monthly budget. Today I wanted to jump on and talk a little bit about how to share financial responsibility with...
Financial Fitness February Today we jump into February, and I want to dedicate February to financial fitness, and so ... love that, right? Three F's for those alliteration fans out there. So February is all about financial fitness. I talk a lot about business finances...
Fall Is For Reflection It's November and I consider November the very end of the year. You could continue building goals and try and distract yourself for another 90 days. Those who know me know I like to work in those 90-day Madwoman Cycles. But I think at this point...
We are not alone in our leadership crisis. Stranger times have been traversed. And all signs point to evolution, not obliteration.
The Problem with Calling People ‘Resilient’ "You’re so resilient." It sounds like a compliment—but is it? During the February Facilitator Forum, we explored the question: How is resilience a compliment? Through this dialogue, one thing became abundantly clear: many of...
What Does Decolonized Leadership Mean? When thinking about leadership at large, countless books have been written on management, leadership, and how to “get it right.” Some of my early favorites included works by Dale Carnegie, Ken Blanchard, Jim Collins, and Napoleon...
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