I highly recommend this book: Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want.
It’s a must-read for all women, not just women in academia. Order it today (and then get your friends to read it, too). Wish I’d had it to read 25 years ago. Let’s just say it [...]
Tags: female faculty, leadership, Linda Babcock, money, negotiation, Sara Laschever, women
Question that was sent in:
Since you’ve done so much work consulting, I’m wondering if you can provide me some quick advice. A small college has asked me to consult on an evaluation of their promotion and tenure policies. I can imagine how this would work substantively, but not financially. Have you ever done something like [...]
Tags: college, consulting, pricing, promotion, tenure, university
Babcock, Linda & Laschever, Sara. Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation–and Positive Strategies for Change.
This book will wake you up. I only wish it had been available at the beginning of my career.
The authors also have a new book, Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get [...]
Tags: Linda Babcock, money, negotiation, power of negotiation, Sara Laschever, strategies, women
Just a suggestion (prompted by a Life of E’s member). Postage goes up in about 6 weeks, and you might as well buy some Forever stamps. I buy hundreds everytime I go to Costco…and will use them when postage is about $1/envelope…just kidding, or maybe not.
Anyway, good way to get ahead and have something that [...]
Running a small business, which includes a household (and keeping up with the administrative portion) can get unwieldy in a hurry. If you are starting out and looking for ways to file and organize your business receipts, here are some suggestions:
First, be careful not to make this more difficult than it needs to be. I [...]
Tags: accounting, bookkeeper, credit cards, Marie Gibson, QuickBooksPro, receipts
Pricing of services is never easy, especially when you are entering a new business or offering a new service. You may wonder, “How much is enough?” “What is my value and how do I put a dollar value on it?” “Do I tell people in my marketing materials what my price is or wait until [...]
Tags: consulting, Marketing, money, pricing, Speaking, value
Small business owners (as well as any other working person, which I hope is all of us!) often wonder how to hire help that’s not too expensive, but gets the job done. You might have had these questions, as asked by a Life of E’s member:
Can you give us more information about using teenagers to [...]
Tags: Delegation, teen employees, teen tasks, teenagers, teens, workers
Marie Gibson sent out this email to those who participated in her wonderful ShoeBox 101 Teleseminar (which is still available as a download).
It has been just over a month since you participated in the ShoeBox-101 Teleseminar where you learned the basics of setting up your accounting system. It is now February, and I am nudging [...]
Tags: Add new tag, bookkeeping, Marie Gibson
One of the people I have learned the most from in the last 4 or 5 years as I’ve built my company is Alexandria Brown. On Thursday evening, March 5th, she is hosting a free teleseminar (that I wouldn’t miss) entitled “How to Create Your OWN Strong Economy This Year…with Online Information Marketing.” You can [...]
Tags: Alexandria Brown, business, economy, entrepreneur
Speakers (of every different ilk, i.e., keynoters, workshop leaders, consultants, trainers, etc.) often wonder what to charge and how to decide their fees. Since I have been a speaker (in all of these roles) for many years, I’ve given this question a fair amount of consideration. Here are some ideas on how to determine your [...]
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