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#Girlboss review

Sophia Amoruso is an interesting and inspiring millennial. She is the founder of one of the fastest-growing retailers on the planet, Nasty Gal and the author of #Girlboss, a book about her and the company’s story. The business began with selling off vintage clothing and accessories on eBay, currently she is the leader of internationally…
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Where does the courage come in?

I fairly recently went to an event on Women’s Leadership Careers organised by the Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI) Women in Management (WiM) Network. The keynoter was none other than CMI’s CEO Ann Francke, an remarkably dynamic and engaging speaker. Ann shared her wealth of knowledge and experience about progressing in the ranks of organisations as…
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Celebrating women in leadership

Against the backdrop of Theresa May taking office as the UK’s second ever female Prime Minister and Hillary Clinton potentially becoming the first female President, women at work are still paid significantly less than men and there are fewer of them the higher up the management ranks you look. Yet there are some shining examples…
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The best LinkedIn Influencers

LinkedIn is the most known professional social networking platform; it encourages the world’s leading thinkers and innovators to be Influencers. As “leaders in their industries and geographies”, they explore news and trending topics. We recommend to follow these 7: Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite Hootsuite is a social media management resource, and its CEO is…
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The Financial Times Essential Guide to Negotiations

This book provides what it promises on the cover – how to achieve win-win outcomes in each of your business deals. A straightforward, practical guide that lists what is required to achieve success. Geof Cox’s book comes with a great, logical and easy-to-follow structure: 1.Planning it 2.Doing it 3.Reviewing it The writer recognises and comments…
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Doing good, doing business

Social enterprise is a dynamic and also motivating way to do business, it’s an interesting and fast growing sector, a movement not only in the UK but around the globe. Social enterprises are businesses trading to address social problems, improve communities, people’s quality of life or the environment. It seems the same as charity work…
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Business approaches for tackling poverty

The authors suggest that few of the most sustainable and scalable solutions to poverty and deprivation are those based on business – instead of charitable – methods. This chimes with Melinda Gates’ TED talk about adaptable strategies from Coca Cola that could make non-profit organisations more effective. The practical guide, Scaling Up includes a wide…
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5 of the Best … Good Cause Organisations

Good cause businesses should have more attention. There are lots of them everywhere in the world that support wonderful causes. Here are 5 exceptional social enterprises that make a change around the world: This Foreigner Can A social enterprise with a purpose to improve the lives of migrants by supporting them to eventually become entrepreneurs.…
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Big Data by Bernard Marr

Big Data is an expression that we hear often but not everybody understands what it is and how to use it beneficially. Bernard Marr’s book is a guidebook for all businesses on harnessing the potential of data. He argues that data by itself is valueless, data only has value if it is converted to insight–…
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5 of the Best … Quotes on strengths

Formium Development team believe in a strength-based leadership approach. Leaders should concentrate on developing strengths instead of fixing weaknesses. Practicing a positive approach will likely help you and your organisation to become a lot more authentic and also more effective. Read our most-liked quotes on strengths: What’s your favourite quote on strengths? Share with the…
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Ensure that people know what is expected of them

When I talk to managers and leaders, the theme of high performance is a frequent topic of conversation. We can all agree that being an excellent organisation and delivering exceptional products or services are very important, but does everyone we work with know what we actually mean by excellence in the day-to-day? 6 methods to…
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Strength-based Recruitment

Capp founder Alex Linley defines a strength as ‘‘something that you do well and enjoy doing. When using a strength, people feel authentic and energised as they deliver successful performance.’’ We asked Gurpal Minhas, Head of Customer Solutions at Capp & Co Ltd (www.capp.co) , to explain strength-based hiring. Capp work with a range of UK…
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Thoughts and inspirations

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