Confidence
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Meetings: a love and hate affair
Don’t we all love meetings? The endless hours each week spent in communication that could have easily been handled by and email, the agendas with no outcomes or decisions, the time-wasting chit-chat and one-upmanship. If they needed a fifth...
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Reach down and lift someone up
I am the first to warn that in the business world if you trust no-one, you are off to a good start. But this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be trusted. Business is often a cruel world and people will...
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Stop talking yourself down
Have you listened to yourself in a meeting lately? In an interview or presenting to an audience? How often do you talk yourself down… minimising your accomplishments, achievements and skills? Do these sound familiar: Oh I’m overqualified for my job but… It’s not my...
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5 reasons you should trust your decisions
As an entrepreneur, one the battles I’ve faced is trusting my decisions. In general, I have been able to make sound decisions. Yet, when it comes to operating my business, I have faltered. One may wonder why? The answer...
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3 questions to make your day powerful
It’s important for any female entrepreneur, career or business woman to know she’s growing, aligned and powerful. Without this, confidence can take a nosedive and in business confidence is everything! Recently I adopted the habit of asking myself three...
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Dangers of diversity utopia
When the topic of diversity is discussed, often even the shyest people have something to say. Why? Because we have all been discriminated against at some time for some reason. Yes, all of us — whether we know it or not....
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5 tips to choose the best role models
Professionally, I look to a number of people as my role models. My list of well-known role models that I aspire to have some or all of the characteristics of includes: Richard Branson (not to be clichéd), Oprah (again...
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Look lady, you are your own worst enemy
After recently writing a piece for my Fight or Fade BlogSpot, I realised a reoccurring theme for me seems to be guilt. Writing my blog has become my personal therapy session. It allows me to sift through the journey...
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Diversity debate must include men
Everywhere you read and listen, diversity and inclusion are hot topics right now. Everyone seems to be talking about them, arguing about them, even pushing for new laws about them. Yet we don’t seem to be making much progress...
