Strategies and Tactics for Women by Dr. Shannon Reece

In an effort to always bring you the latest and greatest information, I am happy to present another installment of our Advisory of Women Entrepreneurs Spotlight on Success interview series.

We designed this series to, not only showcase our community of amazing women entrepreneurs, but to also share their best tips, strategies and insights for wanna-be and established women entrepreneurs.  Our mission for this community is to bring an incredible group of women together to inspire, motivate, and support women in business by networking, collaborating, and, in the case of this spotlight series, showing you why they shine so brightly!

This week I am happy to share my wonderful interview with  Nora Whalen, President and Founder of The Institute for Beautiful Business.

In our interview, Nora graciously shares…

• The top strategies she uses to stay laser-focused
• The number one decision she made for herself and her business that helped her get very clear on her priorities
• How you can take a free quiz to see how you are faring in your business
• Her new book, the upcoming launch of her group coaching program called The Brave Entrepreneur, and so much more!

Please pardon the technical difficulties that sometime arise with Skype. We pushed through to capture the amazing tips Nora had to share. So even if the video isn’t the best, the content is outstanding! Enjoy!

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Nora Whalen, is the President and Founder of The Institute for Beautiful Business, a practice specialized in coaching creative and ambitious female business owners worldwide to create and grow beautiful, profitable, and sustainable businesses while enthusiastically enjoying life.  Nora is driven by a desire to help women discover their true mission, passion, and the key to success – being authentic. Nora’s compassionate, energetic, and practical nature assists her clients to stay focused on their vision while having a supportive yet challenging cheerleader.

The Institute for Beautiful Business has allowed Nora to work with clients and fellow coaches in: Australia, Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States.

Nora is also a published author with articles, such as 1 Easy Tip to Remove the Fear of Walking into a Room of Strangers and Solo-Professionals – Is Your Company the Best Or Worst Place to Work? Nora is in the process of co-authoring the upcoming book: How to Break the Glass Ceiling Without a Hammer: Career Strategies for Women due out in August 2011.

Nora is also the co-host of the Career Coaches Special Interest Group (SIG). The SIG is a sharing community of professional career coaches co-sponsored by Coach U, the leading global provider of coach training programs.This community provides resources to career coaches, and coaches who seek to specialize in career coaching. Our purpose is to help coaches to deliver greater value to their clients and to grow and sustain a fulfilling career coaching services practice.

Nora was trained through CoachU, a training institution accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). She is a member of the ICF and is pursuing PCC certification. She holds a BS in Business Administration from Trinity University in Washington, DC.  Nora became involved with A Hand Up Coaching in 2010 as a volunteer coach, and quickly joined the Board of Directors. She has also served as the Treasurer and Chair of the PR committee. The natural next step for Nora was to step into the position of Executive Director, which utilizes her organizational and strategic planning strengths, her nonprofit experience, leadership skills, and energy to serve the beautiful clients, volunteers, partners, and sponsors of A Hand Up Coaching. Connect with Nora on Twitter and Facebook.