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2024 Annual Public Policy Forum, December 4, 2024 REGISTER

On this past weekend’s “Minding Your Business” on News 12+, we covered a panel from NJBIA’s recent 10th annual New Jersey Women Business leaders Forum where subject matter experts discussed how women in the workforce can improve their assertiveness skills. 

Panelists included: 

  • Stephanie Staub, NJCCC & Consortium 
  • Sarah Switlik, Switlik Survival Products 
  • Robin Tabakin, New Jersey Women’s Chamber 
  • Monica Dema, MDinc. 

“It took me five years in my career to learn the word ‘no.’ I never knew I could say that. I was working 80 some-odd hours and one of my managers said, ‘You know, you can say no to this project because I don’t know where you’ll find the time’ … and it just blew my mind because I had always said ‘yes’ and, I think, once you start saying ‘no,’ after saying ‘yes,’ people understand you really mean it,” Dema said.  

NJBIA’s “Minding Your Business” is a weekly TV show and the winner of seven Telly Awards over the past three years, including a gold 2024 Telly in the Interview & Talk Show category.  It airs on News 12+ at 9:30 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday, as well as 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.