Plans are not made to be broken. The best way to make sure your plans do not get put on the backburner is to prepare to deal with interruptions, and work out how to keep focus and on task. It is inevitable that the unexpected happens, so it's best to take this into account! Many [...]

Welcome to the herBusiness program, where we interview inspiring businesswomen and entrepreneurs. In this episode, we speak to Anneke Seley, Founder of Reality Works Group and co-author of Sales 2.0: Improve Business Results Using Innovative Sales Practices and Technology. In this interview, we look at: sales 2.0, a new way to build relationships and drive [...]

Annie Crawford is the founder of Can Too, an organisation that trains non-athletes to compete in endurance events while they raise funds for cancer research. Since 2005 Can Too has trained over 3,000 people and raised $5 million through its powerful programs which combine fitness and a good cause. In this interview Annie, a natural [...]

We need to make 2011 the Year of the Word – and women are well placed to take the lead in this. For too long, businesses have treated writing as a soft skill, something admirable and nice to have, but not vital to the hard business of making money. As someone who has worked with [...]

I used to cringe when people would refer to me as a “connector.” To me, that meant I was someone who networks 24/7, is obsessed with meeting famous people, and amasses a huge Rolodex for my own purposes, and that is so NOT me. If you've read Smart Networking, you know that I wrote it for people [...]