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10 career mistakes women make

From Nice Girls Still Don’t Get the Corner Office By Lois P. Frankel  Do you work hard but are struggling to get ahead in your career? Do you look at women who have reached the pinnacle of their careers and wonder what their secrets to success are? Do you wish there were more female role models who could mentor you? Do you wonder what you can do to make people take you more seriously in the workplace? If these questions have crossed your mind, you are not alone. Lois P. Frankel, author of Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and its sequel, is an executive coach and has helped many professionals for over 20 years. In her book she explores 133 common mistakes women make and provides coaching tips to rectify the behaviour or attitude. While we explore 10 of these tips, the book is best used as a handbook to refer back to often. 1. Pretending it’s not a game   The workplace much like any other game has rules. Think of the popular TV series Game of Thrones which tells of warri

20 things you need to stop doing to deal with change better

Insights from “Who moved my cheese?” by Dr. Spencer Johnson  An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life The word ‘change’ and its implications is debilitating to many. People are often afraid of change. The sayings “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” or “A leopard can’t change its spots” are just excuses for not adapting or embracing change. There are also positive sayings for example “a change is like a holiday”.  Think about your current situation, your family, your circle of friends or the colleagues in your team. You all have different goals and motivations for why you do certain things. For some it might be ambition, money, family, material things, enjoying good health or developing a spiritual sense of wellbeing…  Everyone’s motivation is different and this affects how we deal with change. If we can read people well and understand their motivations, we can use our insight to manage how we position change and speak to different individuals

8 highlights from The leader who had no title

A modern fable on real success in business and in life by Robin Sharma  I attended Robin Sharma ’s presentation at the Cape Town Convention Centre in 2013, which was part of his promotional tour for his book The leader who had no title . I first encountered Robin as one of the ‘talking heads’ in Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret and again when a very close friend of mine gave me his earlier book The monk who sold his Ferrari as a gift. But meeting Robin, when he autographed the copy of my book, was surreal as he embodies what he ‘preaches’. He is unbelievably humble, easy to talk to and has no sense of self-importance. Much like The Monk who sold his Ferrari, The leader who had no title is written as a fable. Although the characters and story are fictitious, the lessons and learnings that are shared are true and 100% applicable to anyone’s situation. The leader who had no title is told through the journey of Blake Davis, the protagonist from New York, who had a good upbringing but