http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog RSS Feed for the NextGenWomen blog Copyright 2012, Selena Rezvani CGFeedMaker 1.0.17 on CMS Made Simple selenarezvani@gmail.com erin@jackoutofthebox.com ( ) RSS Feed for the NextGenWomen blog http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog http://www.selenarezvani.com/uploads/CGFeedMaker/selena_blog.jpg http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/53/Don-t-Avoid-Women-s-Conferences-Help-Them-Modernize/ A waste of time.  Stale content.  A tired venting session.  These are the some of the terms I hear from a growing number of working women who find women-only conferences and events counterproductive.  Whether a national gathering of women, an... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:15:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/53/Don-t-Avoid-Women-s-Conferences-Help-Them-Modernize/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/52/Psych-Yourself-Up-For-Negotiating/ You probably know that negotiating on the job can land you better pay, interesting work assignments—even a more flexible work arrangement.  Yet, how often do you choose to ask for what you really want?  If you’re like many people, you... Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:52:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/52/Psych-Yourself-Up-For-Negotiating/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/51/Deal-making-Tactics-for-Women-Entrepreneurs/ ***This post was originally published on Inc.com, written by Jeff Haden.*** Studies show women lack confidence when it comes to asking for what they want. Here's how to get it back. Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:45:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/51/Deal-making-Tactics-for-Women-Entrepreneurs/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/50/How-To-Negotiate-A-Raise/ Is it really possible to negotiate for better pay in today’s job market?  If you’re apprehensive about talking dollars and cents, you’re not alone.  Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:35:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/50/How-To-Negotiate-A-Raise/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/49/Why-Do-Women-Hate-Negotiating/ Earlier this week, I stood before hundreds of women leading a workshop on negotiating skills. The scene was the Pennsylvania Governor's conference for women. My job was to give attendees techniques to maneuver through tough bargaining conversations. Tue, 01 May 2012 09:05:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/49/Why-Do-Women-Hate-Negotiating/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/48/4-Lessons-I-Learned-From-Writing-A-Book/ Today, as I release my new book, PUSHBACK: How Smart Women Ask-and Stand Up-For What They Want (Jossey-Bass), I can't help but reflect on the ways that book writing has changed me — both personally and professionally. Yes, some of... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:53:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/48/4-Lessons-I-Learned-From-Writing-A-Book/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/46/Collaboration-with-LinkedIn-Negotiate-Like-a-Ninja/ On the eve of my book being released, what a thrill it's been to collaborate on a survey with LinkedIn covering one of my favorite topics “negotiating!"  Surveying 2,000 plus global professionals for the study, LinkedIn's results ”just out today”... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:28:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/46/Collaboration-with-LinkedIn-Negotiate-Like-a-Ninja/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/47/People-Don-t-Respect-Free-Work-So-Charge-Them-for-It/ We're all used to the idea that we have to earn our credibility, our expertise, and our reputation.We also know that there's a price placed on the accumulated experience and skills that we've built over time.  Yet one tradition among... Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:45:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/47/People-Don-t-Respect-Free-Work-So-Charge-Them-for-It/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/2/Marriage-Hazardous-to-your-Career/ If you do even a little research on what top women executives have in common, you'll hear an earful about their educations, work experiences, and styles of leadership.  You'll also learn about the strategic career moves they've made on their... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:41:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/2/Marriage-Hazardous-to-your-Career/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/3/So-You-Wanna-Go-To-Business-School/ Whether you're in the middle of the MBA admissions process or you haven't even decided if B-school is for you, you're no doubt considering the potential profits and losses of this important decision. Perhaps you've compared the curriculum specialties at... Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:52:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/3/So-You-Wanna-Go-To-Business-School/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/4/4-Ways-to-Quell-Your-Presentation-Anxiety/ Last week, I found myself presenting a workshop to over 1,300 women around the globe ”none of whom I could see or hear!"  I was leading a webinar on leadership for a high-powered, top-notch group of women as a guest... Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:58:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/4/4-Ways-to-Quell-Your-Presentation-Anxiety/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/5/Why-Women-Need-to-Network-Online/ LinkedIn , the professional networking site that's 100 million members strong, recently released a study showing that men are savvier online professional networkers than women. LinkedIn defined savviness in terms of the number of connections men have and the ratio... Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:58:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/5/Why-Women-Need-to-Network-Online/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/6/How-to-Bounce-Back-from-Failure/ Is there a risk that you've been talking yourself out of? That's a question I often ask in my leadership workshops and one that creates quite a buzz in the room.  Participants will call to mind those deep down goals... Wed, 18 May 2011 06:08:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/6/How-to-Bounce-Back-from-Failure/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/7/Five-Low-Cost-Resources-for-Becoming-a-Smarter-Negotiator/ While negotiating for better pay is a perennial subject in women' publications, there's truly no better time than now to better equip yourself. Given that today is the 16th annual Equal Pay Day , women have more bargaining chips than... Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:33:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/7/Five-Low-Cost-Resources-for-Becoming-a-Smarter-Negotiator/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/8/A-Woman-s-Perspective-of-Wall-Street/ While I've never had a clear picture of what it's really like to work on Wall Street, I recently devoured three well written books that convinced me otherwise. Consecutively, I read No Backing Down by Tameron Keyes, Susan G. Bell's... Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:48:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/8/A-Woman-s-Perspective-of-Wall-Street/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/9/Swim-in-Office-Politics-Without-Getting-Stuck-Part-2-of-2/ In my last post , we looked at how you can become aware of the politics that exist at your workplace. I offered up questions ”much like an external consultant would ask” to help you quickly understand your surroundings. This... Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:50:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/9/Swim-in-Office-Politics-Without-Getting-Stuck-Part-2-of-2/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/10/Swim-in-Office-Politics-Without-Getting-Stuck-Part-1-of-2/ When the topic of office politics comes up, I'm accustomed to hearing moans and groans from leadership workshop participants. I want to stay above the politics many of them remark. Others ask with exasperation, Why sully my own reputation by... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:55:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/10/Swim-in-Office-Politics-Without-Getting-Stuck-Part-1-of-2/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/11/3-Ways-to-See-Your-Career-Long-range/ Why is it so frustratingly easy to lose sight of the big picture?  Our vision of what we want, who it is that we want to grow into, and where we're going professionally aren't just blurry, for many of us... Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:57:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/11/3-Ways-to-See-Your-Career-Long-range/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/12/Are-You-Afraid-of-Success/ Many of us live in fear of screwing up. The possible consequences are all too familiar: embarrassment, a damaged reputation, and of course, what they will think of us. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:32:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/12/Are-You-Afraid-of-Success/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/13/Thanks-Mentor/ Mentorship can be a funny thing. Some guides engage us over long periods giving us consistently helpful advice and helping us grow and progress.  They offer coaching and candor.  They even bestow much needed cheerleading from time to time. Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:34:00 -0500 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/13/Thanks-Mentor/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/14/Managing-Criticism-So-You-Don-t-Fall-Into-Imposter-Syndrome/ Nine months into traveling around the country, promoting the ideas in my book to different audiences of women, I found myself on top of the world the other day. I had a particularly high-pressure presentation to give, to a... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:38:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/14/Managing-Criticism-So-You-Don-t-Fall-Into-Imposter-Syndrome/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/15/Notes-from-the-PA-Governor-s-Conference-for-Women/ Having just returned from the PA Governor's conference for women , I am inspired, thoroughly exhausted, and newly connected to some incredible people... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:42:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/15/Notes-from-the-PA-Governor-s-Conference-for-Women/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/16/Quick-Hits-7/ Over the course of writing my book , I got to sit down with some truly incredibly women. Their quotes are woven throughout the book and I always felt that they helped the book really come to life. Until today,... Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:44:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/16/Quick-Hits-7/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/17/Q-and-A-with-Real-Estate-Rockstar-Julie-Tanpitukpongse/ One of the very best parts of my job is interviewing exceptional women.  Julie Tanpitukpongse is one such woman who has found balance, happiness, and a career that she manages on her own terms.  Read our Q&A below and learn... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:46:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/17/Q-and-A-with-Real-Estate-Rockstar-Julie-Tanpitukpongse/ http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/18/Want-to-Stand-Out-Go-Above-and-Beyond/ Once you've built an unshakable foundation at your job, consider how you can maximize your combined skill set. Are there activities that can propel your job further--cementing your positive reputation? Below are some examples of ways to boost your... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:48:00 -0400 http://www.selenarezvani.com/blog/18/Want-to-Stand-Out-Go-Above-and-Beyond/