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Women business owners have a lot of positive attributes in common.  They are generally organized multi-taskers who are deliberate in their actions and succinct in their responses.

While women generally don’t waste any time getting to the point, they are the first to ask for more information if needed.  But according to author, speaker and organizational development expert Joni Daniels, “sometimes women misunderstand their power as a professional.”  Daniels’ experience in working with business owners finds that while men tend to ask for validation that solutions they use for business are the best ones, women often hesitate and ask, “How can I become more powerful?”

Joni Daniels

Speaking recently to 30 women business owners at SBDC’s December women’s business roundtable at Towson University, Daniels presented her insights on the topic:  Energy and Focus:  Where it went and how to get it back.  Here it was clear Daniels undoubtedly knew how to effectively engage an audience.  Her leadership abilities and facilitation skills evoked earnest, heart-felt and productive conversations which brought lucidity and insight to a group of confident women entrepreneurs ready to collaborate about issues in common.

The group of Baltimore women entrepreneurs hung on every word as Daniels delivered a highly spirited and spontaneous presentation on how to activate one’s personal power tools to improve concentration and enliven a vision of success. Juggling multiple roles and self-imposed heavy work/life expectations were the root cause of many misplaced priorities, resulting in lack of energy and loss of focus.

Educating her audience on how to retool and realign their personal and professional life, Daniels proposed re-harnessing one’s inner strength as a more effective means to power up. Daniels advocates that improved utilization of one’s vision, intuition, parameters, communications and relationships, can help re-position them for personal and professional success.

Steadfast in her belief that success is primarily bred by improved self realization, polished intuition and honed skill sets, Daniels recharged this group of enterprising women to be more effective and efficient.  Personal experiences and working examples yielded many ah-ha moments as collaborative conversation helped the group identify opportunities for personal and professional growth.

As a select trainer and subject matter expert on organizational development for SBDC’s CEO Accelerator program, Joni Daniels-principal of Daniels and Associates, a Baltimore-based business solutions consulting firm- will continue to shepherd SBDC business owners through her empowerment zone processing model.

If you are interested in attending SBDC’s CEO Accelerator training topic sessions, include your name, email address and phone contact information in the return section of this blog.  We’ll contact you with updates on the CEO Accelerator training schedule series featuring topics such as: goal clarification, problem assessment and delineation, target market analysis, and effective business optimization techniques.   Stayed tuned for our January 25^th blog to find out more about the CEO Accelerator program.