Blogs About "Careers"

Just the mere mention of the French can incite exhilaration or exasperation to an American. It should inspire. From the French we inherit three principles that are seminal to our nation: Egalite

EMMY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST JOINS GLOBAL TEAM  
COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF MILLIONS WITH
   MODULAR HOUSING, CLEAN WATER & SOLAR POWER

For Immediate Release
April, 2012

Bozeman, Montana & Nairobi, Kenya -  Taking the lead in global social entrepreneurship Habihut, LLC announces the unveiling of its most technologically and environmentally sustainable structure to date. The installation and groundbreaking ceremony will take place...

January 23, 2012

I would like to share a recent experience that has reconfirmed my belief that The Universe works in mysterious ways. Ways which often baffle and frustrate us, but ultimately create situations which force us to take a closer look at why things happen and what we are supposed to learn from a specific event.

Several months ago...

Women 2.0 PITCH Conference & Competition (February 14, 2012 in Mountain View, CA) is a full day of learning from product innovation leaders who built Flickr, Facebook, Zipcar, TaskRabbit, LARK and more. 

Both men and women working in...

A new year usually comes with new hope, renewed focus and a desire to start with a clean slate. That’s why the beginning of the year is a great time to set goals. Have you set new goals for 2012? If you haven’t, it’s not too late. Here are 5 steps to get you started:

1- Consider what you want to achieve: Goal setting requires thoughtful planning and consideration. Carve out...

Thus I found myself dialling Mr Cat's phone number. As a gentle refresher this person is very good friends with my CEO and was working for a well known, publicly listed, financial services company. The original strategy had been for him to introduce me to his 'contact list' in the middle...

By this stage I was sitting in the centre of Dubai wondering how on earth I was going to make this role work. I was living with some very generous hosts and their felines, who were good friends of the CEO (the humans not the cats). What had failed to be...

By now I was working for the new fund in the marketing area having begun the role 'helping' with the PHD in managerial behavioural analysis focusing on brain function (obviously). I was a little confused on expectations but the alternative asset fund was based in Mayfair, the office swish and the...

So - I had the cunning idea of starting up my own business using my background at BBC and my one and a bit years of experience at the hedge fund masquerading as a private equity fund. During my 'lost in hedge fund space' year I had already been thinking about...

Exhausted, conflicted and agitated. Sometimes when life has me feeling that way, I know it's time to simply step back, sit still and refocus my energies on something greater than myself. I also know those are the times when my work can become more creative; more powerful. It's because in essence, I decide to get out of my own way and concentrate on ways to help other people. Especially...