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As women, we are sometimes programmed to help others. We see problems, we know exactly what needs to be done to solve them, we run in to fix them, and all is good. And this is a good thing most of the times.

In corporations large or small, women are often the ones who notice what needs to be done, get the work done, and are the glue that hold everything together. If you are a mother, you know that you are often the first one to notice that your child is upset, is uncomfortable, needs to be fed, etc.

However, we may run into roadblocks when we transfer this desire and this know-how to working with potential customers. Have you experienced working with a potential customer where you can see exactly where they are struggling and where you have the perfect solution for them, but you can’t get them to buy from you for some reason?

You go over the benefits, how your product or service can solve their current issues, how implementing your solution will save them tonnes of money and time? And nothing. They walk away, they say they’ll call you back, and maybe they do, or maybe they don’t.

I’m going to challenge you today to stop helping them. Stop jumping in and offering to help, offering to give your products or service at a discount, or worse, for free. Just walk away. But before you do – ask them a few questions.

Ask them if they are seeing the challenges that you see in their business. Ask them if they have a plan to resolve it. Ask them how they’re going to fix it. And then walk away.

The key is – you can only help people when they are ready to be helped. People hate being told what to do, what to buy, where to buy it from, especially if they don’t already trust the person giving them advice. Your solutions, or pitch, or whatever you call it, will fall on deaf ears if your potential clients aren’t attentive to the fact that they even have a problem. And you telling them what their problem is doesn’t really go over well.

So instead of giving the solution, ask the question. Get them to think about whether they are doing well with their current course. Could things be better? Could they be more efficient? What problems are they not even aware of? Do they have a plan on improving things? How are they going to do it? Then leave them with your contacts and an opportunity for a further discussion.

When they call you back – they would have had some time to think about their issues, and they’ll be a lot more receptive to what you have to offer.

Felicia is a business coach specializing in working with women entrepreneurs on business growth and development. She is the Founder and President of Candeo Communications Inc, a strategic partner of the leading Ghost CEO program in development for professional and business women.

The Olympic spirit is gripping Vancouver right now and I feel so lucky to be living in this city to experience it. It’s really quite an incredible experience to step out on the streets and see seven times as many people as you’re used to.

The energy is electric. I’m also loving being part of the MetroBlenz News Squad – a group of local bloggers in Vancouver who are sharing their experiences during the Olympics via posts, photos and videos.

Yesterday I was lucky to attend a fantastic lunch seminar put on by the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) at PricewaterhouseCoopers and blogged about it here on the MetroBlenz site.

The theme was `Being the Torchbearer in your business and community’ and was perfectly aligned with the Olympics. I also got to hold the Olympic torch who’s inscription is ‘With Glowing Hearts’.

We were treated to an intimate discussion on leadership and how to become one of the driving forces in your business and community by the following:

• Tina Osen, CEO, Hub International Insurance Brokers
• Tracey McVicar, Olympic torch bearer, CAI Capital Management, FWE Board of Directors
• Christina Anthony, Olympic torch bearer, Odlum Brown Limited & Founder/President of FWE
• Chris Clark, CEO & Canadian Senior Partner of PwC.

Christina Anthony with Olympic Torch

As true leaders I found their insights heartening, honest and humbling. Each of them had come into their role as a leader from different paths.

A common thread that weaved between all four speakers was that leadership comes from a place of serving. Taking ego out of it and putting everyone else first.

How can I best serve?, how can I empower you in your role?, how can I make you an enamored customer?

According to Michigan Ross School of Business, three critical characteristics necessary for business leadershipsuccess are mindfulness, sense making and resilience. It was apparent from today that heart is also a big factor.

I refer to heart as passion, a desire to make a difference, to be the change and to ensure that those you impact have the ability to become leaders too.

All the athletes at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games are showing true leadership qualities in their chosen field by exhibiting leadership characteristics each time they step up to compete. This is what makes them so inspiring to watch and learn from.It’s truly energizing.

It takes true leadership to remain devoted and committed to your cause, your individual or team pursuit and your business. Let’s look to ourselves to become Torchbearers in our lives. Go light that flame to burn eternally in the hearts and minds of others.

If you’re interested in seeing a quick snapshot of the Olympic Torch ceremony watch this video!

My friend had recently talked to a dynamic young lady called Danielle Cuomo, founder of Virtual Assist USA. He was looking to source his administrative activities and was so impressed with what she was doing that he sent me a Facebook message saying `You should interview her for WomanzWorld!’

So I did some research and realised he was right. Danielle has been nominated to the exclusive list of the Best 50 Women in Business Top Businesses to Follow on Twitter in 2010. I shot her an email and within 20 minutes had a reply, two days later we had a Skype call. Luckily I recorded it so we could all benefit from Danielle’s passion for what she does.

Danielle is the perfect example of dealing with what life throws you and making it work for you. She was working as an IT Consultant for a large firm when she was laid of in September 2007. Rather than starting the job hunting process, she decided she’d take the plunge and go in to business herself.

Danielle did her research and looked for a recession proof idea. She knew that it was 30% cheaper for an employer to have a virtual assistant than a full time executive and figured that was hugely compelling in tough times.

She found two competitors in her area, but they didn’t have any virtual assistants – they were just doing it between themselves. So she created a one stop shop whereby where she grew she could bring on more women as the work volumes grew.

Now she has a dynamic enterprise that is devoted to helping businesses succeed by delegating all those tasks so that her clients have more free time and go from “I’m too stressed out,” to “I love running my business again”.

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Today I felt extremely human. Somewhere along the way I lost my Wonder Woman cape and instead turned intoMiss Cranky Pants with sleep deprivation.

I was short with the friendly Google Analytics course instructor. I didn’t enjoy the first day of the course I’d been looking forward to.  By the end of the day I was totally drained, more confused than ever and feeling like a total imbicile.

Brian explained that today was more for developers and coders and tomorrow was more for marketers wanting to make real sense of all the information and I realised the others were equally as overwhelmed.
Mistake No. 1  Assuming you’re alone in this feeling.

I also noticed my inability to just focus on the content and instead checked my email that is steadily piling up, answered texts on my iPhone and made a mental list of the fantastic interviews I need to type up for WomanzWorld plus the video footage I need to edit.
Mistake No. 2 – multi-tasking is not productive.

I berated myself for being behind in doing my 20 minute daily task on the $100 Biz Forum I’m part of to propel my business ideas for WomanzWorld forward. Whilst other people are going great guns and making amazing progress I’m just holding it all together.
Mistake No. 3 – benchmarking yourself against others is pointless.

Then it struck me that I was severely lacking in sleep, pushing myself by training for World Club Champs Ulti Frisbee 4 nights a week and trying to work on two businesses. Was it any wonder that I might not be Wonder Woman today?

Time for a SWOT analysis of yourself

As part of the $100 Biz Forum, one task I did achieve late last week was doing a SWOT analysis on myself, not my business idea but me. I think it was a great exercise to make me aware of my limitations but also to understand what I should focus on to be truly happy and successful. I’d like to share it with you because I’m sure many of you can relate.

This was my exact response on the forum:

We’re all exhibiting the signs of a true entrepreneurs – we are, at heart, ideas people who are passionate about many things, love learning and chasing the `Shiny new object’ and then have a tendency to not follow through on our ideas to execution and an exit strategy. Taking on too many things and then wondering why we can’t do it all.

So first off admit that and go easy on yourself, and then work on how you’re going to develop better habits to take you past the ideas stage and giving up just when you’re likely close to succeeding. Surround yourself with people who possess those skills you don’t, outsource to your areas of weakness and have a really clear vision for what you’re wanting to achieve, backed up by solid annual, quarterly and weekly goals to break it down and make it manageable.

That said, I don’t always practice what I preach so here goes:

Strengths: Huge amount of energy and passion, tenacity, drive and enthusiasm for learning, helping and connecting with others. High standards and expectations, aim to be the best person I can and help others to too. Nine plus years of a diverse range of marketing, comms, brand and product management skills and more recently strategic planning, technical product/ app development, business development, PR, Social Media and investment/ financial understanding.

Weaknesses: take on too much and get overwhelemed, get distracted/ or avoid tackling the big scary tasks sometimes, strong willed & competitive (can be +ve and -ve!), brutally honest, don’t suffer fools gladly, impatient.

Opportunities: working on aligning my values with some solid foundations and goals that make all my plans more manageable and enjoyable. Two businesses that I am totally focussed on experimenting with, growing and turning into successes. Putting all that I’ve learned in the first year of business into useful tools for other entrepreneurs, collaborating with the awesome people here with complementary skill sets.

Threats: losing sight of the big picture and not following through on my master plan, getting burnt out, not creating enough value for my business or solving a real pain.

If only I’d read my own analysis of myself I could have seen this day coming

I’d love to know your SWOT analysis of yourself in the comments below!

Part Five of the Sassy Sunday Series: Where I aim to inspire you to be an Evolutionary Entrepreneur.

It’s a fantastic day when you happen across a resource that is solely focused on helping female entrepreneurs get access to money. Springboard 2000 Enterprises does exactly that.

What’s more it’s run by a bunch of impressive female co-founders who clearly figured that women-led businesses should be receiving more than just a measly 1.7% of the billions in venture capital being invested back in 1997.

Especially given that in 1997 women ran 9 million businesses with revenues of $3 trillion and a work force of 27 million. Why shouldn’t we be accessing way more of that equity?

Research showed that the growth rate of women-led businesses was twice the rate of their male counterparts and the industries they were choosing to enter were the “non-traditional sectors” such as finance, manufacturing and technology. However women were not accessing the equity capital necessary to finance these non-traditional businesses so Springboard came to the rescue.

SpringBoard recruits, educates, showcases and supports women-led high-growth businesses as they seek venture capital and grow. The co-founders include Kay Koplovitz, Amy Millman, Denise Brosseau, Cate Muther, Jim Robbins, Andrea Silbert, Debra Filtzer and Karen Bixby.

The entrepreneurs involved with Springboard are the newest faces in the world of emerging growth enterprises and, certainly, the first wave of women to launch non-lifestyle businesses and finance the launch of their businesses via the equity markets.

Springboard companies have raised capital, grown their businesses, expanded their networks and made new business connections thanks to being involved with Springboard. Their impressive results speak for themselves:

• 383 women entrepreneurs at 18 venture forums hosted in 8 markets in the USA and Israel.
• Over $4 billion in equity capital, grants and strategic investments raised.
• 7 Springboard companies listed as publicly traded companies since July 2004.
• 25% merged or were acquired.
• 80% of Springboard companies continue to grow as independent or part of merged entities.
• 2/3 of Springboard alumnae are serial entrepreneur and have graduate and/or professional degrees.
• Most have launched new ventures, become investors or returned to the corporate world. Springboard alumnae are global leaders headquartered or doing businesses in China, India, Singapore, Israel, Ghana, Germany, England, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan among others.

5000 women entrepreneurs leading software, technology, new media, consumer & business products, bio & life sciences industries have participated at Springboard Forums, Workshops and Equity Matters Seminars.

5000 investors, financiers and business development professionals have actively participated in Springboard programs and recruiters, coaches, screeners and attendees.

Springboard is all about enhancing your ability as an entrepreneur, to connect with their peers, other entrepreneurs with a similar growth profile, business leaders, trusted advisors and investors.

That’s what I love to hear.

Are you an innovative or creative entrepreneur?  Do you often have new ideas, and if you do, do your ideas usually come to fruition?  Or are you more the type that has loads of reasons on why your ideas won’t work?

I recently discovered something called the Disney Creative Strategy, which is apparently how Disney is able to continually innovate new ideas and bring them to the market.  It goes something like this:

There are 3 departments in Disney:

1. The Dreamers
2. The Realists
3. The Critics

The Dreamers’ jobs are, well, to dream.  Flying elephants – great idea!  Monsters that generate their city’s power by scaring kids – bring it on! Once the Dreamers have come up with ideas for a new movie, they take the concept to the Realist Department.

The Realists make the idea into a plan – they create the storyboard, the flow, the characters, and determine a plan to make the vision come to life.  The plan then gets submitted to the Critic Department.  The Critics’ role is to determine where and why the plan wouldn’t work.  Then the feedback is taken back to the Realists to implement.

The key to why this works really well is that the Dreamers are never exposed to the Critics in this process.  If they were, most dreams and visions would be crushed at an instant.  The only way to allow the creative process to germinate is to provide a safe environment for the dreamers and the critics to do their jobs, without running into each other prematurely.

We each have a dreamer, a realist, and a critic in us.  Do you allow your dreamer and your critic to sit in the same room?  Do you think of a million reasons why your ideas won’t work before allowing the dreamer in you to even finish the thought?  Strive for a way for the dreamer and critic within you to do their part, and you’ll be more likely to see your creativity come to life.

If you are intrigued, read “the Opposable Mind” by Roger Martin.  See how great leaders intentionally hold opposing thoughts and ideas in their minds or organizations to create healthy tension, significantly improving the decision making process and outcome.

Now go make room for your dreams to come true!

Felicia is a business coach specializing in working with women entrepreneurs on business growth and development. She is the Founder and President of Candeo Communications Inc, a strategic partner of the leading Ghost CEO program in development for professional and business women. Felicia is skilled in creative problem solving, and has a natural ability in inspiring her clients to take their business and professional development to the next level. Her experience includes building and bringing new services and products into markets, developing business opportunities for entrepreneurs, creating networks and connections for entrepreneurs, and being a mother to two amazing daughters. She holds an Electrical Engineering degree and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.

I was fortunate enough to meet the phenomenal Rose Shuman in Santa Monica, LA over my Christmas break. Over coffee I got to learn more about this human ball of energy and inspiration. A TED Fellow and Social Entrepreneur, Rose is incredibly engaging and her enthusiasm is infectious.

What I admire most about Rose is that she cares passionately about every aspect of her enterprise. She describes herself as very opinionated and uppity as well as strongly motivated and unafraid of challenging situations..

Question Box is no exception. She knew that 4 billion people in the world aren’t online but increasing numbers have mobile phones. She asked how do you take the promise of the internet and deliver it to people speaking obscure regional languages? Her answer – why not build something that does it for you and uses the networking ability of GPS and mobile phone network infrastructures that even Grandma could use?

She spent three years incubating it and 5 iterations of software and produced a brilliant yet simple innovation. Literally a box with a big button on the front that’s hooked up by mobile phone, it helps users ask for exactly what information they want, when they want it, and how they want it – live, in their local language.

It’s currently being used in Pune, India and piloted last summer in rural Mbale and Bushenyi, Uganda. Callers ask about anything they wish – agriculture, education, sports, health.

Question Box in action

As Founder and CEO of Open Mind, she’s on a mission to bring Internet information to everyone who lacks access. On a daily basis she handles major strategy and company vision, investor relations and fundraising, business development, marketing/collateral development, complex international project management, research, operations management. What’s more she directs 15 team members on three continents, including engineering staff!

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This is the fourth post in the Savvy Sunday Series where I aim to inspire us to all become Evolutionary Entrepreneurs.

I’ve long admired professional female tennis players for their strength, dedication and grace under pressure. It’s also one of the few sports where women are true equals with men in terms of prize money and audience popularity. That’s no mean feat in the world of professional sports these days.

This weekend Serena Williams won her 12th career Grand Slam singles title. She’s been ranked World No. 1 on five consecutive occasions and has just set a record for a new Open era. That’s pretty phenomenal. It makes my record of attending the Australian Open 10 years in a row pale in comparison. Let’s focus on what I think we can all learn from Serena, the champion.

1. Be an undeniable force of nature

To see Serena in action you can’t help but be blown away by the sheer power she puts behind every single shot. She uses her strengths to her best advantage. She continually drives herself forward to improve on her past results. To win 10 times in a row and still be hungry for it shows an incredible tenacity to always be the best.

We can take a leaf out of her book and do the same for ourselves and our businesses. Remember too, that she surrounds herself with an incredible support team – a coach, a fitness trainer, a hitting partner, family and friends. You must do the same with mentors, coaches, advisors and colleagues.

2. Adopt a laser like focus

Among other traits that I admire about Serena, is her ability to keep her eye on the ball no matter what (pardon the pun). She manages to do this consistently even when running at full pelt to reach a drop shot, racing back to cover a lob or lining up a serve to hit a killer cross court forehand.

Every professional tennis player trains day in and day out religiously to improve on their technique and fitness, so as entrepreneurs why shouldn’t we? Why don’t we start gaining that focus everyday. Push away all those time consuming distractions that have nothing to do with your end game. Develop daily habits to keep your eye on the prize and don’t let anything step in your way.

3. Develop your killer mindset
Champions have an overinflated belief in themselves and their abilities which sets them apart from the rest of the pack. This was more obvious than ever in Serena’s win at the Australian open. She showed absolute grit and determination despite a ton of strapping on her legs indicating multiple injuries. She pushed through every ounce of pain because she wanted that win so badly.

It’ may seem unrealistic to do this on a daily basis yourself and to push through the tough times to reach your business goals no matter what, but imagine how great you’ll feel if you do? Like a champion. Show unwavering commitment and excellent to every act you undertake and you’ll see the results. Are you prepared to make sacrifices to get these results?

I’ve been practicing this myself over the month of January. On the business front I’ve been learning a new skill every day and putting it into action. You can see this in the redesign of my site and in the next few days in my brand new WomanzWorld iPhone app!

From an athletic perspective I’ve been focused on increasing every aspect of my fitness for the upcoming World Ultimate Frisbee Club Championships that our women’s team Zephyr recently qualified to compete in. I want to be at peak fitness to play to my best abilities at this event.

That’s why I’m also excited to be part of the MetroBlenz News Squad – a community of bloggers and photographers based here in Vancouver who’ll be covering the upcoming Olympics as of tomorrow and being featured in the Metro News for all to read.

Check out previous Sassy Sunday Posts including `Entrepreneur 2.0′, `Dealing with a New Year Reality Check’ and ‘Falling in love with your business again.’

I’m always on the lookout for how my entrepreneurial sisters are changing the face of business around the world.

I wrote about the awesome momentum women in business in the US and Canada are achieving in this post and more recently in my spotlight on Female Entrepreneurs.

This week I want to focus on European Entrepreneurs as the facts I found were surprising: Scandinavia is stifling opportunities for women, French entrepreneurs are performing well, Slovakia is lagging behind the EU yet Hungary is keen to grow their female entrepreneurial community.

Here’s the scoop:

Scandinavia Stifles

Government monopolies are stifling entrepreneurship so much so that Scandinavian nations, especially Sweden and Denmark, are among the bottom countries when it comes to women’s share of entrepreneurs.

Apparently policy makers in Nordic countries have been attempting to increase the number of managers and female entrepreneurs in the private sector for years, with relatively little success. In Sweden, the share of companies run by women has in fact decreased during the past 20 years.

Recently the Norwegian government decided to force publicly listed firms to have at least 40% female board members or face liquidation. We’ll see how that impacts the situation.

Germany Grinds

The share of female entrepreneurs setting up businesses is increasing slowly, but women still account for only 29% of all German start-ups. There are about 520,000 companies managed by female entrepreneurs, which is 18% of all German companies but – for a range of reasons – they produce only 5.6% of the total turnover of German firms.

Even Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel is unhappy with the level of female representation in the labour market and in politics. She knows her own Christian Democratic Party (CDU) has too few women in key positions with just four female ministers out of a 15-strong team. At least she’s setting an example as head of the government.

There’s a huge under-representation of women in top positions -  just 21% of senior decision-makers are female. In Germany’s 600 most important companies there’s a measly 42 women out of 1,721 board members and that’s been declining since 2005.

Jutta Glock, a very well-known professor and lawyer in Berlin argues that it is scientifically proven that companies with at least three women on their board are more successful – naturally!

France forging ahead

Despite a strong performance as entrepreneurs, women still earn on average 17.9% less than men in France. There are no female CEOs at the 40 biggest French companies and the board of directors of these companies include just 8.8% of women.

Only 29% of businesses are created by women even though they usually hold higher-level degrees, apparently because they are less experienced than male entrepreneurs and they invest less money!

The French state implemented a funding system exclusively for women in 1989 after realising that banks were more reluctant to lend them funds to start their own business.

United Kingdom unimpressive

The number of women who are self-employed has grown in recent years, but much of the growth is in women working part-time and among those focusing on more flexible working patterns to fit into domestic commitments.  I’d personally like to see this change as there’s a wealth of talented females in the UK who it to themselves to start their own businesses and take their ideas to the world.

Czech Republic courage required

Female entrepreneurs make up just 9.6% of total female employment which is pretty poor next to the 20% of working men categorised as entrepreneurs.

Most female entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic focus on providing services in areas like cosmetics, hairdressing, massage and cleaning as they do not tend to take risks according to Helena Cetlová, president of STAM, a regional organisation of female entrepreneurs and managers.

Lenka Š?astná from the Association of Female Entrepreneurs and Managers (APM) agrees that most women prefer being employed to starting up their own business as it’s too time-consuming in addition to taking care of babies. Women are also facing problems adjusting to the ways of “male business networking”.

Italy increasing

Female-run companies have been increasing at a higher rate since than those owned by men at every level with 25.5% of businesses owned by women. Compared to 2007, the small army of women managers has performed relatively better than their male colleagues, particularly in business services such as information technology, professional services and advice.

Plus research proves that companies with a stronger female presence have fared better during the economic crisis. These companies have also offered higher yields and generally performed better economically.

Yet Italian women occupy only 4% of leading positions in business, occupying just 167 out of 2,831 seats on company boards. Of the 1,200 chief financial officers (CFOs) at the most important companies in the country, only 70 are women.

Slovakia supports

In 2008, women made up around one in four of all enterprises in the Slovak Republic and they’re concentrated in the services sector, and are very rare in the industrial sector.

In Slovakia female entrepreneurship is influenced by significant regional disparities. Even though the number of new entrepreneurs in Slovakia is rising, it lags behind the rest of the EU in attracting women to start up their own business.

The economy ministry says female entrepreneurs in Slovakia have equal opportunities when trying to access state support. But organisations defending the interests of Slovak women running their own businesses expect more to be done to promote female entrepreneurship like the initiative ‘Best Female Entrepreneur of the Year’ award for promoting female entrepreneurship and motivating Slovak women to start to run their own business.

Hungary on the hunt

In Hungary 8.33% of entrepreneurs are women compared to 15.17% of men. Women are twice as willing to start individual entrepreneurial activity as men, but when it comes to heading up limited companies, men dominate the top positions, where women run just one third of large companies.

Female entrepreneurs are supported by the economy and transport ministry. Several organisations, including the Centre for Young Entrepreneurs in Budapest, use this resource to fund projects. The social affairs ministry is tyring by offering several programmes for enhancing the participation of women in public and economic life. Sadly, the presence of women in high-profile positions is not yet mainstream in Hungary.

Wondering where I got my sources from? Here’s the link.

If you’re a female entrepreneur in Europe let me know your thoughts. What’s the situation like in your country and for you personally?

I woke up this morning at a silly hour of 3am. It happens to me often especially when my mind is overstimulated and I’m too excited to get on with my day and all that I want to achieve.

I’m happy to say I’ve had a productive two hours already and my early start was topped off by seeing that Chris Guillebeau had written a great post about Seth Godin’s new book Linchpin.

I’m a huge fan of both so that the fact that Chris got to interview Seth was a double bonus. If you haven’t checked out either of their blogs then I highly recommend you do.

I was particularly drawn to Seth’s response below that inspired me to write this post and encourage all of us to unleash the artist within and create a brilliant canvas for ourselves and others that we want to reach out and touch:

“What I am writing about is the ability of each of us, without authority or permission, to do work that matters, to have an impact and to create a place for ourselves in a society that’s brainwashed us into doing something that’s an easily replaced commodity.

A big part of that is acting like an artist. Being personal, making change, communicating a vision. I wrote this book for every single person who’s frustrated with the status quo and wants to do more and better work.”

I do. I’m sure you do too otherwise you wouldn’t have started your business, you wouldn’t have created that product or service to better someone’s life, you wouldn’t dare to challenge the world each and every day as an entrepreneur.

I have a huge canvas that I aim to paint a masterpiece on and I’m so glad you’re here to join me in making my vision a reality. The recent redesign of this blog is just one part of palette and there’s much more to come.

I’m tuning in every day this week to a great initiative by Sue & Steve called the Millionaire Affair , whereby they’re interviewing some of the most prolific movers and shakers like Gary Vaynerchuk and Sarah Prout  in the online business world today.

As of February 1st I’m super excited to be one of just 150 people partaking in the 30 day $100 Business Forum by Chris Buillebeau and the amazing Pam Slim (Author of Escape from Cubicle Nation), where we’ll start a small business on a small budget.

What’s more I’m still buzzing about my recent collaboration with the awesome Felicia Lee, Ghost CEO Advisor and resident Business Coach for WomanzWorld.

I’m also working in overdrive to bring you some excellent interviews over the next few weekens with some incredible women – stay tuned.

Finally I’d like to thank the talented, dedicated and super wonderful Leah for the redesign of WomanzWorld. We’re so close! She’s also an entrepreneur and I highly recommend her – although give her a few days rest as I’ve worn her out!

Here’s to always challenging the status quo and asking the best of yourself!