What I’ve learned – 8 May 2017

What I’ve learned – 8 May 2017

Best Business Advice My blog theme for the month, as the title suggests, is ‘Best Business Advice’. Throughout my career I’ve had many people offer ‘nuggets of gold’ that have benefited me greatly, unbeknownst to them. That’s the...

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Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 8

Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 8

Shark Tank Season 4 Episode 8 It’s Tuesday and you all know what that means… five Sharks in a Tank fighting it out for a stake in some great Aussie businesses. A trend we’ve seen so far this season is a real passion to save the environment and that...

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Meaningful contribution at work

Meaningful contribution at work

The upside of having a parent who’s not there Mother’s Day last weekend made me ponder the concept of a meaningful contribution at work: how my mother contributed to who I am, how I contribute to my own children and also how I contribute to my business and...

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I don’t know how ‘she’ does it

I don’t know how ‘she’ does it

Parenting and small business success This article first appeared as part of my LinkedIn Collection. We are all ‘busy’, but when you add parenting to the mix.. that adds a whole new dimension to the definition of ‘busy’ – chaos springs to...

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How much do you owe your mother?

How much do you owe your mother?

I’m very open about the fact that I’m a woman of many labels – entrepreneur, speaker, director, author, blogger and innovator – but to my children, I am simply mum. And of all the roles I’ve ever had, being a mother is the most challenging and yet the most rewarding....

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Three things young women in business need to know

Three things young women in business need to know

[Posted to LinkedIn a few weeks ago – and it came in as #11 the most read posts on LinkedIn in 2012 – some of the 1000 comments are very amusing. Also exciting that I am now close to 50,000 followers of my blog posts] A few months ago I commented on Sheryl...

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