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Why Vulnerability Can Be Your Biggest Strength
Article 15/05/12 In her executive coaching practice, Henna Inam meets a lot of strong and smart women leaders whose success has come from always proving that they are smarter and more competent than those
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Persoonlijke presentatie Carla Smits-Nusteling: authentiek en professioneel
Farah Nobbe
Column 25/07/11 Tijdens het LEAP event van 6 juni jongstleden sprak KPN CFO Carla Smits-Nusteling een welkomstwoord uit. Hierin vertelde ze haar persoonlijke verhaal over haar eigen benoeming als CFO. Toen ze het heu
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The secret structure of great talks
Video 05/03/12 While they might have different messages, this talk by Nancy Duarte for TEDx East will show you that great speeches all have something in common that makes them, well, great. Watch and listen to find
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Dream University: turn passion into profit
Article 08/05/12 In our careers, dreaming is serious business and the driving force for transformation. Without vision companies fail, and without our personal vision, our dreams, our lives can become mundane, redunda
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Betsy Sobiech
Column 01/10/10 We all know that being clear on what you want - your goals, your outcomes, your true desires– is important in making progress, achieving goals, and living a life that is fulfilling on
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Lead by example: work-life balance for your team
Article 02/04/12 Almost half of adults aged 16 and over in Great Britain recently reported a ‘relatively low’ satisfaction with their work-life balance, according to findings from the Office for National S
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Yonda Poslavsky
Column 23/09/10 Four relatively simple questions keep us sharp in terms of priorities and responsibilities. They are handy in determining whether or not our expectations are realistic. Yonda says in res
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The best advice top execs ever got
Article 19/03/12 No one can make it alone. Even the most successful leaders say they became who they are today because they took advice from people they trusted. Their moms, dads and former bosses. Aimee Groth and Kim
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Employee 2.0 versus previous generations
Yonda Poslavsky
Column 07/05/10 Marjolein wanted to work part-time, but has decided against it after elder colleagues gave her ‘the ins and outs on how hard their generation fought to be accepted in the workforce
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Make your own branding statement!
Article 13/02/12 If people ask you what you do, will they understand what you say? Or do you just assume they will if you state your job title and company name? In today’s world you need to specialise. To stand
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Make your money work at home too
Marie-Pauline Luger & Dorieke Mulder
Column 21/12/09 Many women are often amazed when they realise that their finances at work are so much better organized than at home. I’m sure this goes for some Leap members too. Why are your business finances
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Article 06/02/12 Women are very good at multi-tasking. We can read the paper while on the phone and clearing the table. Very practical sometimes. But at other times this centipede behavior might lead to lack of focus.
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28 Ways to Stop Complicating Your Life
Article 17/01/12 Life is not complicated. We are complicated. When we stop doing the wrong things and start doing the right things, life is simple. On the website Marc and Angel Hack life, dedicated to &ls
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Famous women and their handbags
Article 09/01/12 Handbags are not only functional, as we all know. Depending on its style, colour, brand and size, it can be a status-statement or a pronouncement of ‘normalness’ . And you can do more with
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Article 19/12/11 We found this quote, attributed to Patrick Overton on thinkexist.com ...
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5 Things you should stop doing in 2012
Article 19/12/11 Dorie Clark went on holiday for a month and thought about what’s actually important to her professional career and which make-work activities merely provide the illusion of progress. Here are 5
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Six career killing Facebook mistakes your friends might make
Article 12/12/11 With more than 400 million active visitors, Facebook is arguably the most popular social networking site. And many users also use it as a professional networking tool. In fact, surveys suggest that ap
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Inclined to always say Yes? 5 reasons to say No
Article 21/11/11 Very often, women try hard to please everybody, from bosses to clients, but it’s not always the most productive way to get ahead in your career. Saying “no” can actually open up oppo
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Article 31/10/11 This month in Tiara, we are focusing on “alignment” and what it means to be in alignment with yourself, others, your job, and your life. Two very clear and common applications of “al
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How to move forward in spite of Fear
Article 25/10/11 Tara Sophia Mohr is not a person to be afraid of appearing in front of an audience. However, she nearly cancelled her appearance on the popular Today Show out of fear to be not good enough. Sounds fam
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Four ways women unintentionally stunt their careers
Article 24/10/11 Low self-confidence stunt the careers of women. With small adjustments in how they think and act can women improve not only how confident they seem, but how confident they feel. This is the es
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Speak up dear! 10 tips voor sprekende vrouwen
Article 03/10/11 Vrouwen in leidinggevende posities hebben een hoge status nodig om serieus genomen te worden, maar moeten zich gelijktijdig vrouwelijk gedragen om aantrekkelijk te zijn. En dat terwijl vrouwelijk gedr
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Article 17/09/11 Ever heard of the word Womance? Christine Jacobs, experienced corporate executive and co-founder of Leading Women learned it recently and finds it a wonderful word. In her blog for leading wome
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Corporate tweets en die van medewerkers vullen elkaar aan
Article 12/09/11 Twitterende medewerkers kunnen het profiel van een bedrijf versterken. Ondernemingen die een juiste mix weten te vinden tussen hun corporate twitteraccount én de twitter-inspanningen van hun we
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How to increase your visibility on LinkedIn by 1000%
Article 22/08/11 You’re probably posting interesting updates on LinkedIn that your connections find extremely valuable.
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Social support: giving more important than receiving
Article 16/08/11 The greatest metric for predicting job satisfaction and engagement is the social support perceived by the employee. And job satisfaction and engagement directly correlate with productivity. So the bes
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Bedrijven laten kansen social media onbenut
Article 09/08/11 Eigenlijk wisten we het al, maar het is ook door onderzoek bevestigd. Bedrijven maken naar eigen zeggen onvoldoende gebruik van de mogelijkheden van social media. Dat blijkt uit recent gepubliceerd on
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Article 09/08/11 Acceptance is a tricky thing for most of us. Some of us feel that if we accept a situation or person we don’t like then we are tolerating it ‐ or worse ‐ condoning it. It is hard to
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Eliminating the 'ums' and 'uhhs' from your speech
Article 01/08/11 Brad Philips, author of the Mr. Media Training Blog and the president of Phillips Media Relations, has a funny and easy trick that will help you eliminate the uhms and uhhs from your speech. And if yo
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Five people that should be on your personal board of directors
Article 18/07/11 Direction and guidance are two things that are always helpful in the business world, whether you’re a seasoned professional with years of experience under your belt – or you’re worki
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Waarom begrijp je me niet? Beter samenwerken door het (h)erkennen van communicatiestijlen.
Article 18/07/11 Even een snelle test. Welk motto past bij jou? Tijd is geld, niet lullen maar poetsen en gevoelens zijn voor thuis! Een dag niet gelachen is een dag niet geleefd e
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Echt leiderschap vraagt grondige zelfkennis
Article 11/07/11 Het kind in de leider.. In elke volwassene schuilt een kind. Daarvan zijn verreweg de meeste mensen zich wel bewust. Vrijwel elke psycholoog houdt rekening met de invloed van jeugdervaringen op het la
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8 Words That Should Never Appear in Your Twitter Bio
Article 11/07/11 Jeff Haden checked out a lot of Twitter bios when he was looking for a LinkedIn expert to help with a potential blog post. He didn’t find an expert. He did find a lot of awful Twitter bios
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# 3 Lessons in Blogging: The F words – FRIENDSHIP
Article 04/07/11 In my last two posts I have shared what I have learned about the importance of FOCUS and FREQUENCY for the blogger. In this post I am going to talk to you about the final F Word – FRIENDSHIP.
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Actieve coaching corporate personalities vereist
Article 28/06/11 Hoe creëert u corporate personalities? Ook jong talent kan een voortrekkersrol vervullen bij het bewaken en versterken van de reputatie van bedrijven en overheid. Maar actieve coaching is vere
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# 2 Lessons in Blogging: The F words – FREQUENT
Article 27/06/11 Jo Parfitt has been blogging badly and blogging well for four years. She shares lessons learned here with LEAP.
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Get your own personal leadership values report for free!
Article 19/06/11 The Australian based consultancy and coaching firm Values Grid invites you to explore your values and fully realise your leadership potential. It offers you, free of charge, your own personal v
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#1 Lessons in Blogging, the F words : Focus
Article 19/06/11 Jo Parfitt has been blogging badly and blogging well for four years. She shares lessons learned here with LEAP.
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Corporate personalities versterken reputatie bedrijf
Article 06/06/11 Bent u een corporate personality? Een reputatie berust niet meer alleen op het gedrag van de CEO. Via social media kunnen ook de werknemers een rol spelen in de corporate reputatie. Bedrijven b
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Liselore’s life and work with social media
Article 30/09/10 We all have new media and social media at our disposal. But how do they fit in the new way of working and communicating? IBM’s
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‘Self-leadership is a constant dynamic’
Article 14/07/10 We’re continuing the World Café debate at the LEAP Energy event online, and ask: how far are you in self-leadership and in your leadership journey? Phaedra Kortekaas, senior manag
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“Allow yourself to float and experiment”
Article 06/07/10 We’re continuing the World Café debate at the LEAP Energy event online, and ask: how far are you in self-leadership and in your leadership journey? Corrine Petrus, senior manager
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UK female lawyers unhappy over work/life balance
Article 07/04/10 Some 42 percent of female solicitors enjoy their work, but they are unhappy with the working arrangements and opportunities for promotion, a survey conducted by King's Col
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Suze Orman’s 2010 personal finance tips
Article 22/01/10 “Men understand the power of money, women don’t! They think money is for everybody else, but themselves,” says American personal finance guru Suze Orman. Her tips for 20
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