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Carla Harris: Expect To Win - Blog Business Success Radio

Twenty year Wall Street professional, a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, and author of the empowering book Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet Carla Harris, shares secrets for climbing the corporate ladder in any industry. She recognizes that knowledge and hard work are very often not enough, and she describes how to level the playing field. Her real world business experience provides you with valuable tips, for getting ahead in business or any other profession, the right way.

Carla Harris is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 12, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Twenty year Wall Street professional, a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, and author of the empowering book Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet Carla Harris, shares secrets for climbing the corporate ladder in any industry. You will learn:

* Why authenticity and being true to yourself is so powerful

* Why choosing the right mentor for you is so important

* How to maintain balance in work, home and leisure time

* How to be your best self every day in your career

Carla Harris (photo left) is a Wall Street veteran and Managing Director of Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley. She executed the IPOs for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Redback, as well as the $3.2 billion common stock transaction for Immunex, one of the largest biotech common stock offerings in U.S. history.

She has been the recipient of many awards including Black Enterprise's "75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street". Black Enterprise's "50 Most Powerful Women In Business", and Fortune's "The Most Influential List".

Her book Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet is already a business and career management best seller.

My book review of Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet by Carla Harris.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

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To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with twenty year Wall Street professional, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, and author of the empowering book Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet Carla Harris, as she shares secrets for climbing the corporate ladder in any industry. She recognizes that knowledge and hard work are very often not enough, and she describes how to level the playing field. Her real world business experience provides you with valuable tips, for getting ahead in business or any other profession, the right way. on Blog Business Success Radio.

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Expect To Win by Carla Harris - Book review

Expect to Win

Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet

By: Carla A. Harris

Published: Jan 22, 2009
ISBN: 9781594630514
Format: Hardcover 240pp
Publisher: Hudson Street Press

"Most people don't realize that they are responsible for actively and aggressively managing their careers", writes successful Wall Street executive Carla Harris in her empowering book Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet. The author points out the absolute necessity of taking charge of your own career, and avoiding the widely held myths about hard work, career advancement, and meritocracy.

Carla Harris understand that hard work alone isn't enough to build a successful career. To build a strong career path, as she did at the major investment bank Morgan Stanley, required much more than letting others manage her career. As a woman of color, she recognized subtle obstacles in her way, and describes how she overcame them. Her honest discussion of the mistakes she made in her early business career, and the description of the many steps she took to keep herself on the highly competitive fast track, are crucial parts of the book. Her varied work experiences, and her pearls of wisdom gleaned as a result, are lessons that can be applied by anyone to a career in any profession.

Carla Harris (photo left) recognizes, not only the value of having a career mentor, but in the vital importance of find the right mentor to guide your way. Her experiences with seeking advice were often not helpful, but were more discouraging instead. She felt the frustration of alternating between receiving bad advice, and hearing advice so vague and general, that it was almost useless. The book fills in that information and advice gap very well, so that new members of any profession can steer their way up the ladder of success. Indeed, the book helps the reader manage their own career, so that a mentor can share even more specialized advice, rather than simply the basics of the job.

For me, the power of the book is its practical no nonsense format. Every chapter teaches valuable lessons in career management, in easy to read and understand language. At the end of each chapter are the priceless pearls of wisdom that Carla Harris learned in her management career on Wall Street. Each of the pearls, as she calls them, are concepts that can be applied readily at any point in a person's career. At the same time, the author shares insights into balancing work and personal life so the reader can enjoy the benefits of a balanced life in both worlds.

I highly recommend the essential Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet by Carla Harris to anyone, regardless of gender, race or personal background who seeks to manage and take control of their own career and personal life. Instead of letting someone else be in charge of your life, the book provides the tools necessary to be your own career coach.

Read Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet by Carla Harris, and learn to ask the right questions of advisers and mentors, and to make the right career choices and decisions. At the same time, the author demonstrates clearly how to avoid the devastating mistakes that can damage or even derail a career. Instead of being a pawn in the corporate world, learn instead to be empowered, and in charge of all facets of your own life.

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Richard Laermer: 2011 Trendspotting For The Next Decade - Blog Business Success Radio

Public relations professional, Founder and CEO of RLMpr and author of the thought provoking book 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade, Richard Laermer gazes into the crystal ball and makes forecasts about business, social, entertainment, and technological trends over the next decade. He describes how to ask the right questions of experts, as well as how to personally influence change. By understanding the trends for the future, you can profit from change and not get left behind in the dust.

Richard Laermer is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.

The show airs live on Thursday, March 5, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Public relations professional, Founder and CEO of RLMpr and author of the thought provoking book 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade, Richard Laermer gazes into the crystal ball and makes forecasts about business, social, entertainment, and technological trends over the next decade. You will learn:

* Why spotting trends is so important to your business future

* How to spot trends as they are happening in real time

* Discover some of the major trends in business, technology, and society

* Learn how ethical and honest business practices are making a comeback

Richard Laermer (photo left) is a frequently-quoted authority on media culture and hype, Richard Laermer is a PR visionary, former journalist, and author of five bestselling books including 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade, Punk Marketing and Full Frontal PR.

My book review of 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade by Richard Laermer.

My book review of Punk Marketing by Richard Laermer and Mark Simmons.

Listen live on Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with public relations professional, Founder and CEO of RLMpr and author of the thought provoking book 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade, Richard Laermer as he gazes into the crystal ball and makes forecasts about business, social, entertainment, and technological trends over the next decade. He describes how to ask the right questions of experts, as well as how to personally influence change. By understanding the trends for the future, you can profit from change and not get left behind in the dust on Blog Business Success Radio.

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2011 Trendspotting For The Next Decade - Book review

2011

Trendspotting For The Next Decade

By: Richard Laermer

Published: Apr 11, 2008
ISBN: 9780071497275
Format: Hardcover, 256pp
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

"Welcome to a business book for the next decade", writes best selling author and public relations expert Richard Laermer in his thought provoking book 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade. The author presents dozens of intriguing trends in business, technology, entertainment, and society that he sees emerging in the next decade. Indeed, many of the trends are already taking form, and are accelerating toward new and different ways of viewing business and society.

Richard Laermer doesn't set out to be futurist or to forecast the future. Instead, he presents trends that are appearing all around us, in every aspect of our lives. What is especially exciting about the trends identified in the book, is the return of honesty, transparency, and ethical behavior in both business and in society as a whole. The trends, as the author sees them, are moving away from celebrity worship and the end cultural preference for image over substance. In business, ethics and customer service will become essential, especially in a society less likely to choose hype over quality.

Richard Laermer (photo left) recognizes the importance of technology to our working and daily lives, but also how people are less excited about new technology based products. Instead of viewing the new devices and enhancements as toys, the products will be forced to demonstrate their usefulness for improving the quality of life. In fact, the author thinks enhancements to the overall quality of work, leisure, and home life will take center stage in the next decade. In a new decade of more open and personal relationships, both online and offline, society will expect and demand and expect open and honest behavior. The days of style instead of real substance are over.

For me, the power of the book was its powerful insights into the growing need and desire for more honest and ethical business practices. In an economic downturn, people will be less inclined to spend scarce resources on products and services that fail to meet expectations. Those consumers will simply ignore companies who don't value their customers. At the same time, companies will be more selective in whom they have as customers, to conserve precious time and money for superior service to their valued clientele. The many trends presented by the author, in short easy to understand chapters, provide the reader with room to expand upon or take full advantage of the events of the next decade.

I highly recommend the visionary 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade by Richard Laermer, to anyone who is serious about understanding changing trends in business and in society. Many of the forecast societal changes are already happening, and their arrival in full force will occur very soon. Being prepared for the future provides lead time for preparation for the arising opportunities.

Read 2011: Trendspotting For The Next Decade by Richard Laermer, and have the future events of the next decade, in your hands today. The future, after all, starts right now.

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Denise O'Berry: Small Business Cash Flow - Blog Business Success Radio

Entrepreneur, small business expert, and author of the practical independent business guidebook Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success Denise O'Berry, demonstrates how cash flow is the secret to small business success. She describes ways to adjust and enhance cash flow to meet your business financial obligations and how to keep the cash flowing. She also shares ideas for proper pricing of goods and services, as well as tips on budgeting and record keeping.

Denise O'Berry is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on Blog Talk Radio.

The show airs live on Tuesday, March 3, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

Entrepreneur, small business expert, and author of the practical independent business guidebook Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success Denise O'Berry, demonstrates how cash flow is the secret to small business success. You will learn:

* Why good cash flow management is crucial to small business success

* How an accountant can help with planning and monitoring cash flow

* Why budgeting is vitally important to an independent business

* How to find additional cash flow hidden within the business

With more than two decades of operational and management experience, Denise O'Berry (photo left) has developed a sharp eye for how businesses get bloated with inefficiencies, cross-purposes and miscommunication -- and how they can retool for a sleeker, smoother, strategically focused organization.

An entrepreneur who quickly built her own successful consulting business, she helps other small business owners set priorities, take action to grow their business and create the balance they want between life and work. Her clients have ranged from telecommunications giants like Verizon to Mom-and-Pop retail shops with a primary focus on those having 10 or fewer employees and up to $2.5 million in annual sales.

Denise frequently speaks to professional organizations, is the author of three booklets, and several "how-to" manuals. She writes a weekly small business column, hosts an online small business owners forum and is called upon regularly by publications such as Entrepreneur, Bank Rate Small Business, Florida Trend, Inc., various newspapers, radio and television to provide expert comments on small business issues.

My book review of Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success by Denise O'Berry.

Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.

To call in questions for my guest, the number is: (347) 996-5832

Let's talk with entrepreneur, small business expert, and author of the practical independent business guidebook Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success Denise O'Berry, as she demonstrates how cash flow is the secret to small business success. She describes ways to adjust and enhance cash flow to meet your business financial obligations and how to keep the cash flowing. She also shares ideas for proper pricing of goods and services, as well as tips on budgeting and record keeping. on Blog Business Success Radio.

Tags: Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success, Denise O'Berry, cash flow management, Blog Business Success, Blog Talk Radio.