Are you Passionate enough?

This isn't a hypothetical question. Having passion is a very real soft skill which successful leaders have and truly influences people.  Even if you are not yet in the leadership role you
by Marisa Santoro

Pitch it, until you Stick it (your ideas that is).

Pitching your ideas is not just done during projects where you have that light bulb moment. Pitching your ideas is asserting yourself whenever you believe a change in course is needed or you have a fresh take on how things should be handled in your firm.The problem is not in having a lack of relevant ideas. As smart intuitive women, we're full of them. (More below...)
by Marisa Santoro

Fake it, until you Make it

I'd like you to take a moment and recognize that when new opportunities cross our path,  there can be moments when our initial gut instinct is that we CAN'T DO IT.  If you took
by Marisa Santoro

Co-workers from Hell

Listen in to Audio Introduction: Why you need to read this piece. (4 minutes) We have all been there, stuck working with someone who makes our life miserable and feeling forced
by Marisa Santoro

Meet a Gutsy Shoe Designer: Mor Koren founder of M Shoe Design

We are pleased to introduce our latest success story: Mor Koren an artist, singer, painter and now rising shoe designer and mumpreneur based in New York City. Mor delivers an honest authentic perspective on the reality of pursuing something you love, while learning the ropes as you go along. It's not all rosy but if your gut instinct tells you to stick it out and your soul is in the right place then you can't go wrong. Enjoy our interview with New York City's Mor Koren, founder of M Shoe Design. (More below...) .
by Marisa Santoro

Successful Women Make Gutsy Moves!

It’s the classic self-defeating story women make up in their minds. It’s the voice that whispers: 'no way', when considering a gutsy move in business - whether working for ourselves or for someone else. We've all tackled self-defeating thoughts when visualizing the desired pay raise sit-down with our boss, or the deal we want to cut for online advertising to reach the eyeballs we need to attract business. (More below...)
by Marisa Santoro

Is your Workplace M-O Sabotaging your Career?

Has it crossed your mind that you may be giving off negative vibes about yourself back at the office that could be preventing you furthering your career ? Given the differences of how men and women are programmed, assumptions that you’re making at work and about how your behavior is perceived by men can play a major role determining how far you go. (More below...)
by Marisa Santoro

Women: Start Collecting Women!

As women in business, when setting our sights on raising our leadership-rank in the firms we work for, we will weave our way up, sideways navigating the corporate landscape to make our mark. While our networking prowess makes savvy business sense when working for someone else, its career currency tends to drop when we begin working for ourselves, taking the off ramp to entrepreneurship.
by Marisa Santoro