March 24, 2015
Creating Influence, Part Two
Part one of this “Creating Influence” blog post was published on February 24. It outlined two main ideas from Dan Pink’s book,…
Posts categorised with 'Career Skills'
March 23, 2015
How to Lead Under Pressure
Authenticity is something I’ve become very interested in as my career has progressed. I loved being a news journalist for many years but towards…
March 17, 2015
What Helps you Stick to Your Goals?
I often challenge myself to go without something I enjoy for a period of time. At the moment, I’ve given up chocolate, and my…
March 16, 2015
What I Learned From Losing a Million Dollars
It’s not often I find myself unable to put down a business book. But this was recently the case with “The Objective Leader,” by Elizabeth…
March 9, 2015
Learn to Love Networking. Really.
I run my own small business and, several years ago, I joined a business group to network with other entrepreneurs in my community. I was…
March 2, 2015
Weekly Lessons in Leadership
I’ve never been a leader of an organization and I’ve always shied away from management roles in my journalism career, preferring to stay “at the…
February 27, 2015
Think Like a Pro…crastinator
I can honestly say that writing this blog is the best part of my job. As an editor, I spend much of my…
February 27, 2015
Regain Your Spark!
Around a year ago, I had dinner with a friend to celebrate her promotion. She’d worked for her organization for more than 10 years,…
February 20, 2015
Sweet Dreams
I used to be a terrible sleeper. And, if I’m not careful, I could become one again. When I was a student, I had poor…
February 3, 2015
You can Achieve Anything you put Your Mind to!
Last Thursday, I attended the second day of the Learning & Technologies Conference 2015 in London and, genuinely, it was the best HR/L&D…
January 27, 2015
Bye Bye January Blues
I don’t know about you, but I always find January a bit depressing. Aside from being one of the darkest months of the year,…
January 13, 2015
How to Turn a Great Idea Into Reality
I am full of good ideas… honestly, I am! I’m always coming up with grand schemes and plans for new businesses, inventions and projects.
