Category: Women's Issues, Work
Posted on 24th June 2011
I had an interesting conversation the other night with an entrepreneur who works in a very male-dominated industry. He was wondering how to encourage more women to achieve greater success in his company. He made the point that the skills required to achieve board level are those possessed by both men and women and that he himself had entered the…
Category: Entrepreneurs, Work
Posted on 28th March 2011
What is a professional? A professional is someone who shows up for work every day, come rain or shine or whatever else is happening in his or her life. A professional is someone who, no matter how good they are at what they do, knows always that there is so much more that they need…
Category: Entrepreneurs, Values in Business, Work
Posted on 20th December 2010
I have just been watching the final of The Apprentice, the television series which attempts to give viewers an idea of what being an entrepreneur in business is really like. If you don’t work in the business world, you would likely be horrified by what you see. But if you do work in the business world, while you…
Category: Future Trends, Women's Issues, Work
Posted on 25th June 2010
I was lucky enough to hear Avivah Wittenberg-Cox give a terrific presentation on the rise of women as consumers in London this week. Avivah correctly pointed out that there is huge world focus on targeting the consumer in the emerging markets – Brazil, Russia, India, China and the Far East. But the real truth is much…