I spoke to a wonderful group of business women in Philadelphia last week. Organized brilliantly by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the Philadelphia Business Journal, a sold out crowd of women and a few men grappled with the challenges in the economy and the ever-changing dynamic of balancing work and family life. Women Take Charge features women professionals and their accomplishments in the business world and politics.  I particularly enjoyed meeting Renee Amoore founder and president of The Amoore Group, Inc., a conglomerate consisting of four thriving entities and author of “The Elevator of Achievement: Determination Requires a Choice.”; Donna Allie, founder and President of Team Clean, a $17 million company that employs over 700 people;  Martha Soehren, Chief Learning Officer and Senior Vice President, Comcast University for Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, who is on her second career; Faith Williams, Loyalty Marketing Manager, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a cancer survivor who stressed the importance of balance; and Lisa Schiffman from Ernst & Young who is doing wonderful work with their Winning Women's program.

I am reminded every time I attend events where women small business owners and women corporate executives meet that it is where big ideas are hatched, business gets done and problems are solved. Make the effort to go out, meet people and be seen.  Check out the Make Mine A $Million Events page to see where we’ll be next!  That is where the action is.

Courtesy of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

Believe in you,
Nell