All posts tagged "Featured"
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Why women struggle to be engaged at work
Lately I’ve been wondering if we are often focusing too much on our clients at the expense of our people. While organisations concentrate on building organisational efficiency, improving customer service systems or introducing the latest...
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Why distractions are a good thing
‘Distractions’ have such a negative stigma attached to them. But distractions are a good thing if managed correctly. We’ve been taught that they’re a detriment to our work and that reducing them will actually increase...
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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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10 times playing dumb is smart
You’re an intelligent, savvy career woman. But are you smart enough to know when to play dumb? And by that, we don’t mean being stupid. There are times when not showing off everything you know...
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Stop being voyeurs
Every once in a while, I watch talk shows. Not the informative or even entertainment shows that provide celebrity interviews and current events. I like those but there are times I want to look at...
