Years ago, I worked with a student named Alex. When he first interviewed with my company, he was rough around the edges. But we needed to fill a training class fast, so we gave him a shot. I assigned the group a tough task: to memorize an essential part of our training manual in about…
I’ll admit it: when I started my personal growth journey almost five decades ago, my motivations were selfish. I wanted to grow so I could be successful. Maybe that’s why you’re reading this magazine right now. There are goals you want to accomplish and milestones you want to achieve, but you know you need to…
I would never say that my elementary school bullies made me who I am today. Yet those early experiences shaped my career and my leadership style in ways that I’m still discovering. I went to a very small elementary school—think 40 students total—and always tried to help the new girls who came from other countries…
You have three main assets that helped you become a leader: your record, your in-depth industry knowledge and your years of experience with your clientele. That’s the good news. The bad news? None of these three traits will help you answer the question of how to be a great leader. And that is really, really…
Leadership is the great challenge of today, in all fields, and leadership will continue to be among our greatest challenges in the future. I want to begin by recognizing one of the most challenging roles in leadership: parenting. Yes, one of the greatest challenges of leadership is parenting. Unless we take our children by the…
ShaKeia Kegler, 25, knew she wanted to start a business. After serving for five years in the U.S. Navy and working for one year at a pharmaceutical company, she was ready to branch out on her own. Her first idea was for a memorabilia company that would make molds of pregnant women’s bellies. It didn’t…
High-achieving women have always faced barriers to success, whether they’ve focused on intrapreneurship or entrepreneurship as a long-term career strategy. What’s more intriguing, however, is that these women have always seemed to muster the courage and determination to secure a seat at the table and the power to effect change. But even with a long-standing…
The farm was beautiful: A moderate house and 11-stall barn built on 40 acres outside of Nashville. It reminded Christy Wright of her dad, and of Bo, the wobbly legged foal she watched take its first steps nearly two decades prior. Bo was her first horse. He was wild and adventurous, kind of like her.…
No idea is a bad idea, business coach Christy Wright says. If you’re struggling to know whether your ideas can develop into a successful YouEconomy venture, try this exercise: On a blank piece of paper, draw a grid with six columns. Atop the columns, fill in six S’s: story, skills, strengths, situation, social and solution.…
@nina_p_v via Twenty20 While women-owned small businesses are still a minority, the numbers are set to rise with more and more women starting up on their own. Related: How Women Are Rising in Business Why do so many women start their own businesses? For many of us, the reason is work-life balance. We believe that…