January 23, 2012
I would like to share a recent experience that has reconfirmed my belief that The Universe works in mysterious ways. Ways which often baffle and frustrate us, but ultimately create situations which force us to take a closer look at why things happen and what we are supposed to learn from a specific event.
Several months ago...
Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition (February 14, 2012 in Mountain View, CA) is a full day of learning from product innovation leaders who built Flickr, Facebook, Zipcar, TaskRabbit, LARK and more.
Both men and women working in...
A new year usually comes with new hope, renewed focus and a desire to start with a clean slate. That’s why the beginning of the year is a great time to set goals. Have you set new goals for 2012? If you haven’t, it’s not too late. Here are 5 steps to get you started:
1- Consider what you want to achieve: Goal setting requires thoughtful planning and consideration. Carve out...
You might not guess who was voted the three most popular Women of the Year, in France. I did not; and, you might be similarly surprised, at the results below.
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Nicole Kekeh is a contributor...
The picture spoke volumes, instantly re-broadcast as it hit the wires.
The first American Secretary of state in almost fifty years (Secretary of state John Foster Dulles paid a visit to the country, then under British rule, in 1955), greeting the iconic opposition leader of Myanmar, or Burma.
For my Thanksgiving blog I am giving thanks for entrepreneurs’ endeavors to create something tangible and great starting from mere ideas. Many compelling stories about well-known, highly regarded companies—Zappos, Southwest, Chipotle, CarMax, and Apple, to name a few—center on the opportunities, complexities and risks inherent in entrepreneurship. These ventures navigated the hurdles of early stage company and capital formation, scaled up, achieved exceptional customer and brand loyalty. Their narratives bring to...
Thus I found myself dialling Mr Cat's phone number. As a gentle refresher this person is very good friends with my CEO and was working for a well known, publicly listed, financial services company. The original strategy had been for him to introduce me to his 'contact list' in the middle...
Do you ever feel like you do it all... again and again... every day? Do you ever have me time?
Research in Women and Leadership has shown a 42% decrease in work/life balance. I like to call this the lack of pie. That's right - pie - and make mine chocolate. So what does this mean:
Every day you wake up with a whole pie... and during the day many take or we...
I'm spending a lot of my time volunteering and connecting with people on LinkedIn and other websites. I find this a rewarding use of my recent free-time (despite the extra weight I've gained). Below is a recent discussion with a fellow Dress For Success volunteer on the DFS LinkedIn Group about women and mentorship. If you have any insight, please do share....
By this stage I was sitting in the centre of Dubai wondering how on earth I was going to make this role work. I was living with some very generous hosts and their felines, who were good friends of the CEO (the humans not the cats). What had failed to be...
