All posts tagged "women in business"
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Why we should pay attention to women in business
Before there was Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer or Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, there was Katherine Graham. In 1963, Graham took the helm of The Post Co. and became publisher of the Washington Post. For the next thirty...
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Why the beauty industry remains a strong career for women
We hear increasingly more about raising the numbers of women in the so-called ‘traditionally male’ fields… science, technology, engineering. And then we also hear increasingly more about poor treatment of women in those fields: scientists...
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You call that an elevator pitch?
You’re at a business social event, and someone comes up to you with that welcome request: “Tell me about your company.” Do you stammer: “Er… um… well, we get a great view from the office...
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Are you a blogger or a business person? Maybe not both
A few years ago, I started a blog on healthy eating. At the time, I thought if I produced good content consistently, people would magically find it. And that is the starting point for just...
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Unexpected ways your teeth affect your career success
It would be a wonderful world if the only things that impacted our success were our qualifications and performance. But that’s just not the case in the real world. Not only do office politics and...
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5 rules for a kick-ass business
There’s good business, there’s great business – and then there’s kick-ass business. The business that gets out there and just keeping exceeding targets, building teams and connections, and making money (don’t forget money). The best-selling...
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Why goal setting doesn’t work
Goal setting doesn’t work! Yes, I said it! I know, it is very surprizing to hear it from me, someone who actually achieves her goals most of the time (and sometimes even surpasses...
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Take the emotion out of it
As Women, our gift is that we ‘feel’. However it can also be our downfall when we feel too much. I am sure that you, like me, are a very passionate, fiery business woman with...
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Does the glass ceiling really exist?
We hear a lot about the glass ceiling, and how it prevents women from achieving at the highest levels. But is there really a glass ceiling or are we as women holding each other back?...
