NZBusiness and Management

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The hardest part about getting a mentor via the Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ) service is making that initial decision you need support. One of the biggest mistakes anyone trying to establish or grow a business can make is thinking they have all

Marketing

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Once a month some of Australia’s most influential businesspeople arise from their slumber, grab a pair of comfortable walking shoes, and make their way out the door. Counting among their number some of the most accomplished commercial brains the coun

Tatler Malaysia

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The managing director of Prima Group and independent director of Caring Pharmacy Group—honoured with a Global Leadership Award for Leadership Excellence in Pharmaceutical Supplies 2017 The country manager of AmorePacific Malaysia has expanded multip

The European Business Review

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Over the past two decades, while leading or overseeing dozens of businesses across three continents, I’ve grappled with the question of what it takes to drive engagement. I’ve watched and learned from other leaders — some in my organization, some out

JOY Magazine

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My name is Anthony Baatjies. My father was absent in my life. Although I did meet him from time to time, he didn’t live with my mom nor support us financially. My granny was the one who looked out for me and raised me with very little money. In my te

Marketing

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Marketing Academy founder Sherilyn Shackell says aside from demonstrating superb leadership skills, great mentors usually possess an “unwavering” willingness to share their skills, knowledge and expertise. “Our mentors are also extremely open – wil

Opera Canada

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…very little? Or, that mentorship only reinforces existing hierarchies? Wrong on both counts. In the arts, we tend to style ourselves as bastions of humanity, beauty and generosity. And yet, in Big Bad Corporate America there exist more examples of p

Business Today

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Are you a woman in the field of technology, feeling stuck or pressured and contemplating to give up? A male manager asked to diversify the workforce or one with many women on your team or the mentor of a bright woman who will be just another statisti

Audubon Magazine

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IT WAS THE SPRING OF 2016, AND Trish O’Kane, a college professor, sat in Flynn Elementary School’s auditorium in Burlington, Vermont. When a student who was typically very shy volunteered to take the stage, O’Kane was as proud as a parent. In front o

Entrepreneur

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Tyra Banks has long played the role of wise teacher-on America's Next Top Model and now as a "boardroom adviser" on NBC's The New Celebrity Apprentice. But mentorship is also at the core of her businesses. And she’s just as eager to be a mentee. Rela

Business Today

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The 2020 Working Mother & Avtar Best Companies for Women in India report states that the total spends on gender diversity by Indian companies increased from 23% in 2016 to 32% in 2019. The percentage of women hires, it reveals, rose to 37% in 2020 fr

Longevity Magazine

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Admittedly, this is likely the most difficult article I have had to write. Honing in on five tips focused on listening to yourself or trusting your instincts can be a sensitive subject. A true sharing forces one to remember, reflect upon and recall t

The European Business Review

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In business, one would typically not make a large investment without an idea of how to gauge its results. This does not happen with leadership development programmes (LDPs), which lack the typical business analysis of return on investment and the imp

Psychologies

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Collaborators may not think of themselves as natural leaders, but their ability to bring people together and get them involved is a form of leadership that creates momentum and makes things happen. Collaborators believe in the power of listening and

The Atlantic

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How far are the harassment and career-derailment allegations against the rocker from, say, the A Star Is Born story?

True Love

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It’s no coincidence that 71% of Fortune 500 companies have mentorship programmes. The influence of meaningful mentorship is well known, and it could be particularly powerful during the pandemic. An article published in the Harvard Business Review not

Cosmopolitan South Africa

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‘Someone who is solutions-driven and good at problem-solving. They should take pride in their job and anything that they commit to.’ ‘She should be doing her best with the knowledge and information that she has. She realises the need to seek out fur

NZBusiness and Management

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When you are approached by a client who says “you have changed my life” you know you are on to a good thing. “This is an astonishingly common and powerful statement our organisation receives from the people who access and use our service,” says BMNZ

Business Today

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Q. The biggest challenge you faced in your career A. I have worked across fast growing markets (Russia and India) and developed economies (the US and Canada), which means realigning expectations and unlearning to learn at many stages. Becoming a chan

WellBeing Wild

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In every job, there comes a tipping point that calls for a complete re-evaluation of where we are and where we’re going. It’s not uncommon to feel as though we have outgrown a career or workplace the same way we outgrow phases, places, clothes and re

Entrepreneur

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Power Mentors are super successful people who can offer startups a long-view perspective and wide network of contacts and resources. Here are some tips on how to find them.

DesignSTL

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ONE COULD ARGUE that good design sense, crucial for any interior designer, is intuitive. Natural talent certainly is a factor, but other equally important areas of the design business are not innate and aren’t easily learned from a book or a class-th

Inc.

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I wanted Tina’s advice on strategic partnerships with large retailers. We’ve been getting more inbound interest, and I thought we should go after our dream match. She explained that big-box retailers are becoming more inclined to create their own bra

Women's Health Australia

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Like 10-step beauty routines and DIY furniture assembly, finding a mentor is one of those bright ideas that’s better in theory than practise. Sure, it’d be amazing to buzz your local Sheryl Sandberg whenever you need help leaning in, but actually mus

AZURE

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(Plus, some words of wisdom from deans and professional leaders in Canada and the U.S.) As the pandemic was hitting its stride in early 2020, the editorial team of Rice Architecture’s student-run PLAT Journal was busy developing our latest issues, sl

OM Yoga & Lifestyle

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Back in August 2021, Yoga Alliance Professionals conducted a survey with its 8,000-plus yoga teachers to gain insight into their further training needs and preferences. Of all the results, the figure that most stood out was the 88% of yoga teachers w

Powder

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Lynne Wolfe, 57, began teaching people about avalanches when Ronald Reagan was president and most backcountry users were on skinny skis. Originally from Nashville, she moved to Jackson Hole in 1981 but didn’t know how to ski. Captivated by the mounta

Artists Magazine

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When we think about the working life of an artist, we tend to emphasize the solitary nature of the practice—the lone painter at work at an easel. But the fact is—for most artists, anyway—there are many people involved in the adventure. Among them are

Entrepreneur

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The right approaches to wooing the right person, from those who've been there and made it work.

Money Magazine

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One of the dilemmas for family firms – which make up more than 70% of Australian businesses – is whether to pass it onto family members or sell it to outsiders. It depends on how feasible it is for the next generation of family members to run the bus