ALAYNE WHITE has owned her own business for the last twenty five years. Being a business owner is a wild ride to begin with; life comes at all of us who experience the joy of owning our own. More often it is how we manage the ups and the downs, sometimes in the same day, that can create feelings of success or failure. Things happens that challenge the viability of any successful business and Alayne will entice you into considering the very definition of success. Alayne’s personal mantra, what gets her happily out of bed in the morning, is to live the life you are living while you are living. She will speak about her amazing pivot by trying out many different ideas- almost daily- to see what would stick, especially her resilience during the last two years. What worked, what didn't and how she kept joy as her main driver during the often bumpy ride. Her enthusiastic and frank approach in letting you in on her adventures in the beauty and e commerce business will leave you with an upbeat and positive look at how she turned many negatives into many more positives (and didn't freak out in the meantime).

Energy in this session means the enthusiasm and dedication we have to complete our daily tasks. What if you had more of enthusiasm, more energy? Here you will learn the Energy Leadership Foundational principles, self-development to become the ideal leader; building on what stress triggers keep us from seeing opportunities and solutions. This is the roadmap to work life balance! Energy Blocks, identify and remove inner and outer blocks that keeps us from tapping into our highest potential. Learn tools to apply immediately and begin to gain more energy.

As a woman in business, you need executive presence to inspire others, establish trust, build credibility, and drive outcomes. Research has shown that women have specific strengths that, when applied in business, result in higher profitability, greater collaboration and create a better work environment. Join Angela Dingle, Author of Discovering Your Girl Powers, to learn more about a woman’s unique ability to use her style, poise and presence to become empowered and successful.

Negotiation is a skill that can bring significant value for everyone, yet women are far less likely to engage in the practice. With good reason. Studies and anecdotes galore tell us that women are often penalized for negotiating. In 2001, only 7% of women negotiated their first salary compared to 57% of men. Labeled aggressive instead of assertive or attracting the dreaded b-word, they avoid the process for fear of retaliation. Are women terrible negotiators? No. In fact, as expert communicator and negotiator Fotini Iconomopoulos shares, the opposite is true. Women’s superior trust and empathy skills make them ideal negotiators. Often they just need to work on their confidence and employ some subtle communication strategies to get what they want — without that dreaded label. Listen to Fotini share her negotiation war stories and how she overcame gender and age discrimination to go on to be the expert that Fortune 500 executives seek out for their high stakes scenarios. You’ll leave with the motivation and confidence and the knowledge to tackle your next negotiation with ease.

Being able to develop business is a critical skill for career progression—but the approaches finding new business can vary. No matter at what stage of your career you find yourself, there are behaviors you can begin to incorporate into how you work that become of the foundation of business development. Identifying and building a strong network of relationships is important to finding new opportunities, but like everything it is more effective when it’s intentional and natural. The key is to start by being who you are. During this session participants will evaluate their relationship building style and explore practices that work for them. They’ll explore the spheres of influence they need to cultivate and learn how to work through all the levels to position themselves to identify key people they need to build relationships with and how to approach the process. Finally, we’ll explain how to leverage your relationship ecosystem to find new business both inside and outside the existing client base.

What happens when you find yourself at a place in your life where all your priorities are competing, sometimes even colliding? For a large percentage of women, leaving the workforce has been the only option. This exodus of talent is crippling to the employers who need their skillsets and a major obstacle in our collective pursuit toward gender equity. Unfortunately, women, in particular, are also losing, often giving up personal long-term career aspirations to meet the very real personal responsibilities of _right now. _ What if staying or leaving wasn’t the employee’s only option? What if there is a better way? If navigating conversations to explore the option of a personal career break seem overwhelming, this session is for you.

We all grow up with certain beliefs - assumptions and convictions that we hold to be true, regarding concepts, events, people, and things. Sometimes these beliefs are so deeply ingrained in who we are that we never even consider questioning them. But what if these beliefs don't actually align with who we are? Sometimes we have to break free of the messages in our heads so we can then start the journey to Business, Balance & Bliss. Amy Vetter, from The B³ Method Institute, will share insights to help you to uncover what message is ingrained from someone else versus what you truly believe or how you want to show up in the world. Get ready to be courageous, aware, and inquisitive to get to your inner truth.

There is no shortage of qualified women to fill leadership roles: Women make up almost half of the U.S. labor force. They outnumber men in earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees and are nearly on par in getting medical and legal degrees. Yet from corporate boardrooms to Congress, from health-care companies to the courts, from non-profit organizations to universities, men are far more likely than women to rise to the highest paying and most prestigious leadership roles. Our current workplaces don’t always foster the kind of open, inclusive and trusting environment where all voices be heard. It’s a well-known fact that the more voices we have at the table, the richer and more meaningful the dialogue and outcomes. Women’s voices (among others) are often stifled in the workplace hindering their ability to rise in the ranks. Finding your place in the “boys club” of business can be an intimidating endeavor. Whether you’re a seasoned businesswoman, a rookie entrepreneur, or a female leader of any sort, you’re guaranteed to benefit from the support of other women. Join Shaara Roman, founder of The Silverene Group, and author of “The Conscious Workplace” as she shares 10 key strategies for elevating women in the workplace, and how her personal and professional background prepared her for establishing herself and thriving in a male-dominated world.

Whether working in industry, education, government, or a firm being able to set yourself apart from your peers can provide career success as happiness, as well as (believe it or not) work/life balance. Hear how three successful women discovered niches, solved problems, and impacted the culture in their organizations which also created benefits for themselves.