My first month as the new NAWBO Columbus President has been amazing. I have an incredible board. If you haven’t met us all personally, please do. We would love to talk with you. We can work together to help you and the women you know get involved in this extraordinary organization.

Over the past year, we’ve helped our members and guests grow through educational presentations on so many helpful subjects. If you haven’t already, join us at the meetings throughout the year to see what you might be missing. It might be just what your business needs to succeed.

At NAWBO, we pride ourselves on our resources to help our members succeed. You may ask, “Why do some women succeed in spite of the odds?”

Check out this information from Barbara Black, Successful Professional Women of the Americas. She stated that women:

• Cited their participatory style of management as key to their success
• Tend to credit the group and take personal responsibility for failure
• Try to get to know people instead of deals
• Few had true mentors or sponsors in the workplace and cited their families as a strong source of support, particularly their husbands and fathers
• Thought education was a factor in their success
• Downplayed the role of their gender in their success in a negative or a positive way, but often mentioned difficulties they encountered because they were women
• Believed qualities leading to success aren’t predetermined; they can be acquired by ambitious young women, and taught and encouraged by managers and business educators

One of the keys to business success, experts agree is mentoring. NAWBO is a great resource for mentoring. We do it often, and we do it with care, passion and commitment.

10 Tips for a Successful Woman:

1. Creativity takes time and silent space.
2. There are cycles of creativity.
3. Select mentors, friends and dream partners wisely.
4. Commit to yourself.
5. Set strong boundaries.
6. Work from your strengths.
7. Fear is a companion of creativity. Make friends with fear.
8. Stop criticizing yourself.
9. Get over perfectionism.
10. Play, have fun, feel joyful, get in the flow.

If you’d like to get more involved in NAWBO, please call my cell phone, day or night at 614-270-6482.

Speaking for myself and the board, we look forward to getting to know you and helping you toward success!

“The more involvement, the more mentoring, the more success”