by Jennifer Goldsmith | Mar 20, 2019 | General Business, Self-Care, Success
If you’ve ever met me at an event of any sort for business, you might think I’m one of “those” people. You know the ones. The people who have it all together. The people who are so “perfect” that it makes your skin crawl. The people who are...
by Jennifer Goldsmith | Jan 16, 2019 | General Business, Negotiations, Success, Uncategorized
If you have been keeping up with my blogs, you know by now that there are 5 distinct Negotiation Styles: Competing, Compromising, Accommodating, Avoiding, and Collaborating. Each of us has some of all 5 styles, but we tend to rely most heavily on one or...
by Jennifer Goldsmith | Dec 11, 2018 | General Business, Success
The other day my little brother was talking to me about his parent-teacher conference for his youngest daughter. She is in the dual immersion Spanish-English program at her school and is in first grade. Apparently, she is at the top of her class in a lot...
by Jennifer Goldsmith | Nov 7, 2018 | General Business, Success
Compromise is a dirty word! I know, you think I am insane. We are told all the time to compromise…and told that it is the best thing ever in a negotiation or disagreement…but is it really? The reality is that Compromise in the world of negotiation is...
by Jennifer Goldsmith | Apr 4, 2018 | General Business
Negotiation Styles – Part 1: What ARE they? There are 5 major identified negotiation styles: Competitive, Compromising, Collaborative, Accommodating, and Avoiding. Each style relies on a person’s Assertiveness and Cooperativeness. People rank from Low to High in...
by Jennifer Goldsmith | Apr 3, 2018 | General Business
“Act Like a Lady” – They Said So many women out there have a story of someone telling them to “act like a lady.” Unfortunately, most of those stories aren’t the kind that we enjoy telling. They are the stories about how we were told to make ourselves small; to keep...
