Do you realize how courageous you are to have chosen to walk the path of a brilliant entrepreneur? Well, you are! Here’s a short video blog I created for you that shares some of my thoughts and tips on how to call upon your courage in the face of fear.

I would love to hear from you about this subject of courage. Where are you finding yours? Where is your courage lacking right now? Do you have any tips you find helpful in getting you back on the path of your brilliance? If you do, please share them here in the comment section.

If you’re ready to take inspired action (Tip #3 from my video), I want to let make sure you know about the upcoming “How to Charge What You’re Worth and Get It” Virtual Workshop I’m facilitating on Tuesday, June 22. It runs from 12-4 pm eastern, and is done via teleseminar, so you can join me from wherever you have a phone.

Plus, if you register by June 15, you can take advantage of a $100 Fast Action discount! (I’m even offering a 3-pay option to make it really easy on your cash flow). To learn more and register today, please visit: http://BrillianceMastery.com/workshop

As the leader of your business, the buck stops with you. If something isn’t working to your satisfaction, if a team member isn’t meeting your expectations or standards, it’s up to you to express your dissatisfaction and request a change. But dishing out criticism, even if it’s phrased as “constructive,” isn’t always easy to do effectively.

Women, in particular, seem to have a tough time delivering the news. Sometimes we store up our unhappiness and frustration because we tend to be master conflict avoiders. However, you can avoid rocking the boat only so long until resentment and frustration builds to a point of pressure where we lose our composure.

Are there ways for us, as women entrepreneurs, to deliver needed feedback without having to cringe while doing so?

Absolutely!

Here are some ways I recommend you deliver feedback effectively and clearly, and stand in your power in the process.

1. Be Prepared

Do yourself a favor and write a few notes out to help clear your head and get clear on what’s not working. Look at the facts of the situation. Leave any judging or guessing why someone isn’t meeting your needs out for now. Get grounded in knowing what your request is and what the consequence will be if the situation doesn’t get turned around to your satisfaction.

2. See the Feedback as a Gift

When delivering feedback to someone, set an intention to come from a place of service – to yourself and to the other person. Keeping quiet and letting resentment start to brew within you doesn’t help anyone. Telling someone your truth is a gift, even if they end up being disappointed or hurt in the moment by it.

3. Speak Straight and from the Heart

If you have bad news to deliver or a request to make, get to the point. Avoid the tendency women have to start to use indirect language as a way to worm out of delivering a critical comment. Speak from your heart and invite the other person to see how your request for change is in service of the greater good of your company and the people you serve.

4. Be Prepared to Listen

When delivering feedback, it’s important that you allow space and time to listen to the other person. It’s not all about you talking. It’s also about listening. Give the person a chance to be heard and to have their views acknowledged. You may still end up parting ways, but at least you have defused any potential for lingering resentment or upset.

Using these strategies, I bet you’ll be surprised at how quickly and effectively you’ll be able to deliver feedback without cringing!

It’s become apparent in today’s economy that this dog-eat-dog competitive model of business that our society has adopted is falling apart.  Buckminster Fuller talked about it a long time ago when he said, “We have to make this shift from a model that’s based on scarcity and independence into a model of thinking about abundance and interdependence.”  I believe this is where women can really step-up to shape and mold the business world into a new sustainable direction.

Women possess a unique quality of feminine leadership and a particularly unique role and vision that they bring to the biggest problems.  In the business world, women face a unique set of challenges.  Women tend to have a more holistic approach to solving problems.  Women are very much tapped into (and designed with) an intuitive sense.  This can be both good and bad.

Women tune into how everybody is feeling.  Is this working?  What do I have to weave together in my role?  Women are naturally geared to looking at the care of other people.  On one hand this can become a challenge because in business there are decisions to make.  As a woman, you need to be able to handle people not agreeing with your opinions.  You need to let go of the expectation to make everyone happy.  On the other hand, a woman’s ability to hold a holistic view and form relationships in the right way is going to make a big impact in how to solve some of the challenges that are faced.