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Janet Hailes Michelmore
Director, Jean Hailes Foundation
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In job interviews, people often describe themselves as having a “positive, can-do attitude,” but do people really think this way? For this blog I am going to put my health hat on; however a lot of these ideas can be applied to all aspects of life, including business. And there is no doubt in these uncertain times that perspective can easily get lost or misplaced!With summer just around the corner,
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Naomi Simson
CEO, RedBalloon Days
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In challenging times businesses cannot afford the luxury of unproductive staff. Research by the Gallup Organisation shows unproductive staff cost Australian businesses $32 billion per annum. That’s three times the federal budget surplus. Clever businesses are tapping into their employee’s available ‘discretionary effort’. That is the available time that they could focus better, rather than chattin
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Kirsty Dunphey
CEO, Really Sold and Kirsty Dunphey
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Inspired by this post by Naomi Simson founder of redbaloondays.com.au where she said that when she walks into a room full of strangers at a networking opportunity she thinks: “Goody, a whole room of potential new friends”.I like that as a potential thought, especially when the more introverted part of me is really thinking: “Goody, they catered this event really well and do you think that an
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Leanne Wesche
Safeguard Innovations and Pacco Group
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On Tuesday, 28th October my team of supporters sat down to a formal presentation luncheon at the 2008 WA Telstra Women’s Business Awards. What an amazing afternoon. The finalists came from all walks of life and all professions. They are all successful businesswomen and I was really proud to be alongside them.I was a finalist in two categories, the Yellow Business Owner Award and the Nokia Business
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Tania de Jong
Founder, MTA; Pot-Pourri; and The Song Room
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I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)Mark Twain wrote: “Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” I am thrilled to introduce you to Creativity Australia which is a not-for-profit organization set up to develop sustainable and creative wellbeing programs and advocate for creative leadership a
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Michelle Vogrinec
Managing Director GAIA Skin Naturals
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I had a great day today, it was full of renewed excitement and energy.From day 1 in business I felt it was important to have the right people around me offering me advice so I searched to find people who had knowledge in the areas that I didn't, had the same ethics as me and were passionate about what they do. I needed people who would grow with our organisation and were happy to spend time throwi
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Sharon Tieman
Madame Marketing
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Make no Mistake ...Recession Proof Marketing strategies do exist. There are marketing techniques that will get you through the toughest of economies.Points to think about........A recession like economy happens every 7-9 years.Almost 75,000 businesses were wiped out in the last downturn.However, in the last recession, the World Wide Web was not nearly advanced as it is now. Now we have a lot
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Melina Schamroth
Founder, m.a.d.woman
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There’s not much that drives me totally wild (and I’m not talking about in the good way), but dealing with automated answering services is one thing that never fails to get under my skin.From the humiliation of having to shout your issues to a machine that doesn’t quite understand you (and throws up a host of unsuitable options) through to the frustration of listening to a range of services you ha
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Jen Dalitz
sheEO, www.sphinxx.org
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Have you ever felt like you’re juggling so many things you can’t possibly be doing a good job of any of them? In the women’s forums I run for organisations and community groups, this theme emerges every time. Women talk about the challenges they face being the significant minority in their leadership team; of personal and professional lives at cross-purposes; of the guilt they experience from want
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Caro Kay
ContentPlus & Coastal Zone Management
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” &
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