All Entries in the "People in the News" Category
Your breasts or your life!
This post has questions and a few tips on that. I am not a doctor. (Photo Dr. Michele Y. Halyard, Mayo Clinic) I am a cancer conqueror – a term I prefer over survivor. I’m wondering whether women especially Black/African American women are choosing not to be treated, diagnosed, or have a mammogram, change life styles, and do other things to take care of themselves and their bodies out of their fear, family history, cultural beliefs about hospitals, or myths about the Big C… Tips include creative expression and more.
Open source for the mind on Culture & Tribes.
Why should culture be important to you? Because it’s the invisible glue that holds a group of people together – a business, an organization, any group, your family, your online community, etc. Culture is the system of agreements, the experiences, the beliefs, values, attitudes, that are subscribed to, that are bought into. A group so aligned is a “tribe” (aka community). Here’s open source knowledge for the mind – a free audio book on “Tribal Leadership” about organizational culture.
Wise Words for Wannapreneurs
Wannapreneur: A person who talks about organizing and managing enterprises, esp. businesses, usually with considerable initiative and risk, but never actually does. If you’ve decided the answer to your economic situation is to move from government or corporate work to become an entrepreneur but haven’t taken the plunge, you may be a wannapreneur. Here’s a [...]
Pizza and Outrageous Customer Service Zappos-style
When Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh came on the stage of the eWomen International Conference, we got access to his successful business philosophy, employee recruitment methods, and customer service commitment. As we learned (and laughed) with his “pizza story” Zappos reps will find a way to make you happy no matter how long it takes or what it involves. He proved that quality customer service is memorable and the stuff business profits and legends are made of. Video follows…
Lorena Valencia 2010 Positively Powerful Woman Entrepreneur
Lorena Valencia, President/CEO, Reliance Wire & Cable is selected as this year’s Positively Powerful Woman Entrepreneur Award Recipient for her business success and leadership of nonprofit organizations especially The Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council. She is the GCMSDC Council MBEIC Chair and national MBE co-chair of the upcoming National MSDC Convention. Lorena’s motto is [...]
Debbie Paine, First Positively Powerful Woman Nonprofit Executive Winner
Debbie Paine, Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix is the first Positively Powerful Nonprofit Executive Award Recipient for her vision and programs that bring together art, artists, and businesses as well as her organization’s “Business On Board” program that prepares diverse executives to serve and lead boards of directors. Debbie, mother of Brian, [...]
Angela Curley First Positively Powerful Corporate Woman Winner
The 3rd annual “Positively Powerful Women Celebrate!” Awards Luncheon will be Friday, May 21st at the Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, Arizona from 11:30AM T0 2PM. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $75. Please join us as we honor three exceptional and diverse women servant leaders Angela Curley, Debbie Paine, and Lorena Valencia. Originally from [...]
The Winner’s Summit: All that and more.
Enthusiasm. Passion. Engaged. Informative. Caring. Business-like. Connecting the dots. Collaborative. Customer service. Use of social media. These and many more accolades go to the event producers and planners who get it right. As a speaker, I experienced this most recently at The Winner’s Summit produced by Deborah Hardnett. The audience was prep’d and ready for my message “Transformation’s In The [...]
Mellody Hobson: Financial Genius, Heart & Smarts
Dr. Kay Lovelace Taylor Phoenix Chapter President of the Links and John McAuliffe Executive Director Business Development Officer Western Division of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney linked up to bring Mellody Hobson to the podium and it was a great event. Mellody is the financial phenom. She’s President of Ariel Capital Management, LLC, the only (and first) African American-owned money management and mutual fund company [...]
Celebrate Haiti’s significant contribution to our world, as you give.
In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti’s vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today — as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.
