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How to Manage Your Emails and Enjoy Your Holiday Too (Part 2)

Should You Stay In Touch On Your Holiday? Managing being “Out of the Office” Your Inbox – Part 2 It’s the dilemma that’s so common now – when you’re  “Out of the Office”, how “Out” of the office are you? Following on from Part 1 and the importance of putting...
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Boundaries are better than ‘balance’ – By Jessica Chivers

By Jessica Chivers, author of Mothers Work! and founder of The Talent Keeper Specialists (www.talentkeepers.co.uk) Through my work I have the privilege of hearing other women’s aspirations, concerns and insights into the minutiae of what it takes to be at their best. One thing that comes up time and again...
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A nice chat with the stapler – Plate Spinner Blog

There are many downsides to working by yourself and running your own business – like never being absolutely sure where your next client might come from, no IT department and your Christmas parties. (Boy, is it hard to get into the festive spirit when it is just you, a single...
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Are you an Iron Lady? by Lucinda Harlow

Your friends call you stubborn. Your mum sticks to headstrong. You prefer ‘committed’. Careers coach Lucinda Harlow of Uevolve explains why flexibility isn’t always a dirty word… When you say you are going to do something, you do it. When you commit, crikey do you commit! Setting goals and sticking...
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Networking – Plate Spinner Blog

As the owner of a small business, with a tiny marketing budget (you know, the “hmmm, shall I buy a new filing cabinet or place an advert?” kind of size) there came a point a few years ago when I realised that staring at the phone and willing it to...
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How can volunteering abroad help your life and career?

Over the past 20 years the number of working women in the UK has risen, while the number of working men has declined. Indeed, according to the centre-right think-tank Policy-Exchange, there will be more women in work than men by 2014. As an increasingly motivated and powerful workforce, women are...
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Who me? The psychology of imposter syndrome

Author of Mothers Work! (Hay House, 2011) and founder of the Talent Keeper Specialists (www.talentkeepers.co.uk), Jessica Chivers shares the science of imposter syndrome and four practical ways to step over it. The average senior professional woman experiences 19 episodes of imposter syndrome in the first two years following a promotion...
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Walking with Elegance

When we see someone with a good walk it is often enough to turn our heads. It is easy to develop bad habits when walking so the following suggestions I hope will help you to improve your walk and good posture. A good walk is a deliberate, movement of your...
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