Executives Over 40 – A Few Choice Words from Your Sponsor – Part 1

Executives Over 40 – A Few Choice Words from Your Sponsor  – Part 1

From clients as well as students I teach at NYU, I am getting a lot of questions about the importance of having a career SPONSOR, specifically: 1) The role of SPONSORS vs. Mentors2) How to find a SPONSOR3) What to expect from a SPONSOR4) What SPONSORS expect from you. Those are all questions that serve…

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Take Our Profiles Quiz: Women Over 40–What’s Your DARE Profile?

Take Our Profiles Quiz: Women Over 40–What’s Your DARE Profile?

Our quiz will give women over 40 a sense of their DARE Profile: the degree to which they Drive, Advance, Rule, or Express their efforts to improve their careers, community, or lifestyle. So, how do you DARE? DARE to take our quiz and find out!…

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DARE to Charm – It’s NEVER out of style!

DARE to Charm – It’s NEVER out of style!

Here are some powerful tips from the “Access/Approach” and “Exchange” methods featured in my book, Get DARE From Here, 12 Principles and Practices for Women Over 40 to Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest of Their Lives: Be exceedingly nice to…

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Bully for You? Et tu, Brutus? DARE Not Be A Bully, Especially If You’re a Woman Over 40!

Bully for You?  Et tu, Brutus?  DARE Not Be A Bully, Especially If You’re a Woman Over 40!

    Glinda the Good Witch VERSUS Cruella de Vil           “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but…

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Three DARE-ing Women Over 40, Three Different and Inspiring Legacies

Three DARE-ing Women Over 40, Three Different and Inspiring Legacies

Margaret Thatcher – 1925-2013 You loved her or hated her. She saved Britain, or changed it irrevocably into a greedy, heartless, vastly divided nation.  Either way, she was charismatic, powerful,…

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Trains = brains, and dresses = stresses? New research doesn’t bode well for next generation either.

Trains = brains, and dresses = stresses?  New research doesn’t bode well for next generation either.

Are boys born loving trains and guns while girls reach for dolls and pretty pink dresses? Are boys born with different brains, enabling them in the areas of math and…

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Launching a Small Business Post-Recession? Branding is just the first step.

Launching a Small Business Post-Recession? Branding is just the first step.

Having built my career in brand marketing, I’m often asked about the art and science of effective branding by friends who are launching small businesses and nonprofits – and whether…

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Does Money Make Us Happy? Part Two: “Oh Happy Days – Here are 7 of my Favorite Ways”

Does Money Make Us Happy? Part Two: “Oh Happy Days – Here are 7 of my Favorite Ways”

To read part one of this blog, click here                                          There are all sorts of orators, spiritual advisors and other experts with plenty of advice on how to be happy. I…

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Does Money Make Us Happy? Somewhat…

Does Money Make Us Happy? Somewhat…

  Does Money Make Us Happy? Somewhat…But Studies Find It Isn’t the Most Precious Irreplaceable Thing – especially for Women Over 40 What is it to be happy? What are…

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Caregiving for Baby Boomers: Blended families have blended loyalties

Caregiving for Baby Boomers: Blended families have blended loyalties

The baby boom generation is history-making, life-changing, innovative and unusual. Boomers take literally the mandate of “…Do not go gentle into that good night.” And the boomer cohort is HUGE.…

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Hello, your insurance company called. They want your baggy pants back.

Hello, your insurance company called.  They want your baggy pants back.

Recently, I blogged about the realities of working at home for many women over 40 and offered some initial tips on how to relieve the bleak boredom of it all,…

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Working at Home over 40 – Fast Track to Middle-Aged Wasteland?

Working at Home over 40 – Fast Track to Middle-Aged Wasteland?

Working from home, on your home, or partial telecommuting? With each passing year I meet more and more people who work from home for a variety of reasons, and despite…

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About Liz Weinmann & The DARE Force

Elizabeth (Liz) DiMarco Weinmann is the Founder and CEO of The DARE-Force Corporation, an educational resource company providing online and on-site training, consulting, and resources for visionary, intelligent, motivated over-40 women who want to pursue new ventures – in their careers, lifestyles, and communities.

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