shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business » balance http://shelley-ann.com Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 10 Power Tools for Women http://shelley-ann.com/2009/11/10-power-tools-for-women/ http://shelley-ann.com/2009/11/10-power-tools-for-women/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:52:00 +0000 Shelley http://shelley-ann.com/2009/11/10-power-tools-for-women/
  • Be a Mentor or a Mentee – it’s one of the best ways to learn and grow
  • Tell your story to other women. We all have them. Maybe you overcame an illness or some other setback in your personal life or career.
  • Be open to change. Change will happen regardless of whether you want it to or not. Either you do it with grace or with pain.
  • Never stop learning. When you think you know everything it is when you are likely not listening to the truth around you. Learn by doing, take a class in something that scares you. Just try it.
  • Be powerful in word and deed. Being assertive is about being powerful. Being a bitch is not.
  • Make peace with technology if you haven’t already. It can help you accomplish your goals
  • Define what your mission in life is. When you have a mission define making decision about what you will and will not do are easier to make
  • Delight in your accomplishments and brag about you have achieved. Embrace your uniqueness. Revel in it. There is power in being who you are
  • Contribution, giving back to your community is important. No matter how big or small. Just give.
  • Be grateful for all you have. Keep a gratitude journal


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    Yesterday, I attended Step Up New York’s Power Breakfast featuring Karen Rose. Mrs. Rose is a business consultant, a director of Maidenform Brands, Inc. and serves as its chairman of the board, chairman of its audit committee and is a member of its compensation committee and nominating and governance committee. The Power Breakfast was held at Maidenform on Madison Ave and we were all treated to a lovely breakfast and we were told we would be receiving a gift from the company.

    Before she began her talk Mrs. Rose wanted know what the participants wanted to learn from her. There were a wide variety of questions but the most asked about questions were about how to achieve work/life balance, creating change at work how to get on boards, mentoring and how she felt she had achieved her success.

    Work/Life balance will always be a constant struggle and you will have to adjust as you move ahead in your career based on what is most important to you at the time. If you have kids do want is right for you. You will feel guilty regardless so accept it and move on.

    Have a mentor and being  mentored are great ways to learn and grow in your profession and as a person.

    Change can happen from the bottom up but you need to have an advocate at least in the middle who has influence with the people who can make a difference.

    A lot of people also wanted to know about branding. Mrs. Rose wasn’t afraid to say that wasn’t her area of expertise. She did say that being yourself was important and that being genuine would get you further along in business than being a fake. She also attributed a lot of her success to luck and circumstances.

    It sounds like Mrs. Rose has a family that supports her in what she chooses to do and this has allowed her to achieve both personal and professional success.

    Download the Karen Rose_PowerBreakfast mind map.



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