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Do You Have The Brains, Brawn and Mindset To Be An Entrepreneur: Carol Roth Interview

In these challenging financial times, President Obama is encouraging Americans to lift the economy and restore the stocks of this proud nation by reinventing themselves as the new wave of can do entrepreneurs. Great if you are cut out for it and have the appetite for calculated risks, a bright idea and the stamina of …

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Robert Jordan Interview: Six Success Tips for Aspiring Billionaires (How They Did It)

If you are like me, you too will wonder about what sets these seemingly ordinary people apart from the rest in terms of their capacity to recognize and identify a need, develop a service or a widget that addresses that need and then go on realize their goal of turning their ideas into millions of …

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Dal LaMagna Interview: Failure Is Not Final

If you subscribe to self-development eNewsletters, round about this time of the year, (late January of 2011), your inbox will be inundated with a ton of emails with subject headings like “10 reasons why your new year’s resolutions have failed” and that is usually followed by an offer of “How we can help”. If you …

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What has leadership got to do with becoming wealthy: Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I finished with the statement that a good leader demonstrates emotional intelligence in his/her daily dealings with their staff. A good leader realizes and publicly acknowledges that they cannot achieve their goals on their own, and a good leader learns to place their well-founded trust in their staff. This …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 4)

So, you have arrived at a position within your organisation that has some degree of autonomy and responsibility. In fact, you now lead a team of individuals, with unique talents. Your boss has handed you a brief that requires your team to deliver on an important project on time and on budget. You know that …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 3)

If my 2 previous posts have seemed less than optimistic, let me assure you that there is hope (for us all!). Below is an article by Professor Ginka Toegel the Director of Strategies for Leadership Program, International Institute of Management Development, Switzerland. Companies are not setting themselves these targets out of some generalized notion of …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 2)

Just in case you are wondering if there is still a stigma attached to being a woman and aspiring to executive and management roles, please read the article below. I would be very interested to hear your thoughts Maternity leave will kill your career, recruitment companies warn women By Jane Hansen The Sunday Telegraph, September …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 1)

If you think 21st century women have it made as top flight executives, Chief Executive Officers and the ultimate holy grail of governance as Chairman of the Board of a multi national corporation, think again. Male captains of industry have been fortunate to have so many outstanding male examples to model as they ascend the …

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