Women in Business – do you get the Joke?
OK – who got the joke in the title? Did the women get the joke? Did the men get the Joke? Last week in Can You Take Women in Business Seriously? I set out my stall, and asked you (yes, that’s you with the keyboard) to comment. I am very grateful to the ladies who [...]
Setting up on your own – it’s not as scary as I thought!
This is my first blog and I have found it difficult to choose a topic on which to write about, I know I won’t have much problem stopping once I’ve started – I can talk for England! But wanted to write something that would appeal to others and that I could draw on my own [...]
New Year, new resolution and new job
It’s mid January, festivities are over for another year and it’s back to work and back to school. Perhaps one of your resolutions is to return to work since it might be the end of maternity leave. Whatever the reason for a career break returning to the workplace is often not as easy as it [...]
Practice makes perfect
I suppose this truism is repeated so many times and in so many different ways, just because we don’t want to believe it. Genius is 99 percent perspiration. The harder I work, the luckier I get. I don’t think it’s just that we are lazy. Sometimes I think it comes down to that trained fear [...]
Diversity – the Bottom Line
There are many moral and ethical reasons why businesses should engage in the whole diversity agenda (by which I mean respecting and valuing difference). But in addition to the pink, fluffy feel-good stuff, there are also some pretty solid business benefits to be gained. Understanding the diversity of potential customers and what might appeal to [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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