‘Business’ Category
Is your voice being heard?
Shirley Palmer talks about women and Sheryl Sandberg's book 'Lean In' on US' Blog Talk Radio 'Shed the Bitch' As the show discusses why women's voices are still not being heard equally Bernadette Boas, the host of the radio show and Shirley Palmer, CEO and Founder of Calmred™ discuss what women should be doing. Defining [...]
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Control or Trust – Manager or Leader?
Trust is probably one of the most important qualities needed in business today. It would be difficult to envisage any aspect of work that is not dependent on trust. Leaders should be trustworthy, without trust they lose credibility and therefore lose responsibility. A great leader must demonstrate the 3 C’s; Credibility; the extent to which [...]
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Promotion – In a Rut or on a Rung!
Whether you are climbing the corporate ladder or working in a small business it is important to have a path of progression in mind. Sadly it takes a bit more than your academic credentials, your job skills and your performance to help you attain the executive level but first and foremost you need to have [...]
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Beat Stress – Perform Better!
Stress is a common feature in all our lives and affects different people in many different ways. Everyone has a different method of dealing with it which determines whether or not it becomes a negative force in your life. Often seen as a negative emotion stress can play an important role in our survival. It [...]
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Is patience a virtue?
We all remember the proverb ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ but patience comes from the Latin word patientia which means to suffer, to endure and to bear. It is the ability to be able to control your impulses or emotions and stay calm when faced with adversity. But with today’s fast society have we [...]
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How do you manage conflict?
Every business has to deal with conflict but what we sometimes forget is that a little conflict in business is healthy. Businesses want to be successful and in order to do so you need to ensure that you have employed intelligent, confident and bright individuals. However with a full team with these attributes it is [...]
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Are you a good manager?
Being a good manager is all about building relationships and the mannerism in which managers direct people clearly separates the ordinary from the good and the exceptional. These relationships must be based on trust and commitment, and the essential role of a good manager is to build these relationships and engage with their staff for [...]
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What is the real meaning of success?
“What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do” by Bob Dylan How do you measure success? Success can mean many different things to people. More often than not success is measured by material wealth. [...]
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Why do the wrong people end up leading businesses?
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” by John Quincy Adams Just for a minute let’s consider those people able to climb the ladder to the celestial heights of board membership. Board members are typically success driven individuals who wield intelligence and know-how about [...]
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Entrepreneurs……. You have an idea, what are you going to do about it?
So you have taken a leap of faith and allowed yourself the notion the bright idea in your mind is plausible. You feel that you want to investigate it, spend some time seeing if it could work. The first thing you must do is research, research, research! The power of your business will be in [...]
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An entrepreneur and inspirer who encourages people and businesses to another level of “la joie de vivre” globally.