Welcome to the world of Corporate Crossovers^®

This was a guest post I wrote for The Guardian that was recently featured on their website here. After having children, there may come a point when you want your career back, but perhaps returning to traditional work isn’t for you. Some people come to relish the freedom and flexibility of being a stay-at-home parent, [...]

This was a guest post I wrote for Woman Unlimited that was recently featured on their website here. I’ve often wondered why some businesses erupt and are huge, enabling the owner to have financial freedom, whilst others, with an equally valid value proposition stay small, providing an income and if we’re honest, another job. This [...]

  Often we are so busy that we forget how much we actually have achieved. When we have no one to remind us, it can sometimes feel like we are in a feedback vacuum. Typically, we rush from one meeting to the next, one call to dialling the next one that our days can seem [...]

We are told time and time again that networking is essential for our business. And that if we don’t do it we won’t generate new prospects and strategic alliances. Yet, how often do we take the time to review the amount of time and money we spend on this activity? It can be so easy [...]

  Creating and building a business stretches us all the way out of our comfort zone Then to keep growing it, we have to stretch some more…and sometimes we can feel a little intimidated by what we have to do to get the business up a level… Imagine if you had no fear. No fear [...]

  If your business is stuck and you’re frustrated that it’s not growing. Even with all of the work you are putting into it…take a look in the mirror! I want you to ask yourself, are you really doing what it takes to move the business up to the next level? Or are you playing [...]

  Women are too relational when we network; we need to be more transactional like men. Have you heard this? This conclusion is based on the many studies done to exemplify the difference in men and women in business. Apparently, we are too nice when we network and never ask for what we want. You [...]

After 10 years of running my own business, and working with hundreds of women business owners, I think that running your own business is an intense personal development experience. Most often this is not what we expect when we crossover from our jobs into entrepreneurship. We are always learning from things that happen when running [...]