Tag: The Wow Factor: The 33 Things You Must (and Must Not) Do to Guarantee Your Edge in Today’s Business World

Contradict Yourself This past week, I ran across the below quote from Marcel Duchamp. I love it: “I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own… Read More
Wow of the Week: Play it Up We all know the phrase, “play it down,” for making less of an emotion or situation than we might otherwise be feeling. And I think this can be a useful… Read More
Downtown Women’s Club of NYC The Downtown Women’s Club of NYC had me in to speak on “10 Things You Can Do Today to Wow Tomorrow.” Special thanks to Venus Dennison from HBO who had… Read More
Tweak your personal habits to get ahead in business By Wendy Leung from Tuesday’s Globe and Mail: Author Frances Cole Jones says your business-lunch habits, the state of your desk and grammatical miscues could be holding you back If… Read More
The Power of Moms = Wow I get frequent emails from Moms who have been out of the workforce for a while and consequently have concerns about their ability to re-enter the fray. I also hear… Read More
50 Best Business Books for Women #9 on the list is The Wow Factor: The 33 Things You Must (and Must Not) Do to Guarantee Your Edge in Today’s Business World by me! Check out the… Read More
Stay Composed in the Face of Interview Zingers Originally published on “The Work Buzz” blog by CareerBuilder.com: Have you ever been asked a question in an interview that seems to come out of left field? One that makes… Read More
Best Formula for Selling Yourself By Frances Cole Jones for  Here’s the thing: Sometimes we’re selling our ideas, sometimes we’re selling our products and, these days, many of us are selling ourselves as the best… Read More
Hosting a Work Dinner Party? My new article on Maria Shriver’s The Women’s Conference: As someone in the workforce, you may find that you have to entertain your boss, and/or your colleagues, in your own… Read More
The Formula for Selling Anybody, Anything, Any Time Read my article published on MSN Careers by CareerBuilder.com: Here’s the thing: Sometimes we’re selling our ideas, sometimes we’re selling our products and, these days, many of us are selling… Read More