Motivational

Tarana Burke is busy these days. The founder of the Me Too movement is juggling press requests, international travel, and creating a safe and nurturing space for those of which the movement was founded. Her work around sexual violence has given many the courage and confidence to shed their shame, share their painful experiences, and […]

You dread these responses to your pitch in all of their varied forms. “Your price is too high,” the prospect says. Or perhaps they tell you, “Your competitor has a much lower price.” And worst of all is when your dream client says, “You are our first choice, but I need you to sharpen your

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about happiness. It’s a subject not many people devote themselves to. Until the advent of “positive psychology” in the last decade, the psyche was largely studied through the window of unhappiness. Psychologists had their hands full treating anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and a host of other maladies the mind

Change is not in the air; it has hit the ground running. Or should I say running rampant? If it hasn’t affected you or your business in some way, you are in the minority. Breaking news! Have you heard? The economy is down! It hasn’t been this way, this bad or this low for about

Miss Elsie Keasoner, the celebrated war correspondent and only American woman who witnessed the coronation of the queen of the Netherlands, is the recipient of new honors, as she is the youngest member of the Paris Commission, being the Chicago representative of the Associated Press at the French capital. The New York and London office

You may already know this woman. Or you may already aspire to be this woman. She is someone who’s made an indelible impact, inspired her peers or otherwise influenced countless people around her. She is a Woman of Influence. This year, SUCCESS cast an important initiative: to do more than just notice these women and

If anyone had ever sat me down and told me, “You’ll spend eight years of your life as a housewife. It won’t be that bad; you’ll just lose your confidence, lose yourself, and squash all your hopes and dreams,” I would have run screaming from the room, leaving a Lisa-shaped hole in the wall. Maybe

Quality customer service is your competitive edge. Everyone can have similar products or services, but what they can’t replicate is your people, how your employees treat your customers and how your customers feel when they are doing business with you. The best way to “wow” your customers is to take care of the people who

We’ve been here before. Times have been tough. We’ve survived and learned valuable lessons along the way to make us better people, smarter salespeople and stronger business leaders. If you doubt me, talk with anyone who lived through the Great Depression, one of the most troubled economic periods in modern history. It may not have

I remember the day I arrived in New York City from Johannesburg, South Africa. It was 8 a.m. I had just disembarked from a 16-hour flight. I had two suitcases, a faux fur coat and a jumpy tummy. This was my new home, my new life, and I knew not a single soul. What I