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Top Tips For Women to Achieve Success in the Business World

jo_cameron_head_&_shoulders.jpgJo Cameron -  Former Apprentice Candidate and Managing Director of URhired.co.uk –the UK's most progressive women’s development company introduces her top ten tips for women who have just set up a business.

Women have made huge strides over the last thirty years but still run fewer businesses than men. Women don’t lack confidence (how can we when most of us endure childbirth!!) we just need to understand more about the rules of the business game. Here are my top ten tips to succeed in the business world.

1  Play to WIN – with less women and girls taking part in sport it means that we need to develop the ability to compete in other ways. I’m not talking about competing to make someone else look bad, but business is a game and we need to want to win it (otherwise our competitors get the business instead)

2  Control OVERTHINKING – women are prone to ‘over thinking’ (most commonly called worrying) learn to control the ‘overthink’ otherwise you can become paralysed and not able to make a decision. You become what you fear so stop being fearful.

3  Stay Womanly – There is tendency for women to become like men in order to succeed. The down side is that women don’t like it and neither do the men so its lose lose!

4  Work of your WORTHINESS – previous generations of women have taught us to put everyone else before ourselves. This serves to make us feel like we are not worthy of the business or the price we are charging. This is why women usually charge less for their services than men.

5  Stop OVERAPOLOGISING – we are used to apologising too much. This serves to highlight our mistakes and can loose us business. Say sorry once and move on like the men do!! Watch your friends do it too!

6  Create WEBS of contacts – strategically chose who to network with and make the most of connections. Join a club to boost your connections because people like to do business with those who they like or have common ground. Webs of support are important to keep you going when it all gets a bit tough.

7  Use your WISDOM – women are very instinctive, use this in business too. Utilise the expertise that you have already gained, this is the best way to build a business  - on what you already know about.

8  OWN your achievements – become proud of what you have achieved to date. Learn to politely but graciously say “I’m proud of what I do”. Learn to say "thank you" when someone pays you a compliment for the work you have done. Ask for testimonials and put them on your website.

9  WORK Smart - work only on what’s most important. Don’t become a pleasaholic – trying to please everyone all the time only makes them stronger and takes your energy.

10  Define what you WANT to achieve – most of us go through life not being clear about what we want and why we want it. Start today by writing down something that you want to achieve and why.

11  OPTIMISE TIME –  don’t succumb to the time stealers. Make sure that you own your time not everyone else, otherwise you will get dragged from pillar to post and become stressed.

12  Minimise words – women think out loud so be succinct, use less words and get to the point quicker.  This will ensure that you keep the other persons attention.

These tips form part of the WOW factor programme produced by URHired.co.uk and is available as the wow factor at work too. WOW is about progressing women at work and improving gender balance. Call 0870 2626 555 for more information.


 
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