Career Advice – Page 13
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Comment and OpinionWhy collaboration should be a lasting benefit of the pandemic era
I hope our country is able to benefit from some of the excellent initiatives after the pandemic passes
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Profiles and QandAsA day in the life of Rubies in the Rubble startup founder Jenny Costa
From hiring a raft of new marketing staff to negotiating the return of hospitality and taste testing potential ketchup recipes
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Comment and OpinionHow frogs, badgers and mammoths can help you manage time
How often have you thought, in the office, ‘when they all go home, I’ll get this done’?
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Comment and OpinionRemote or office first? Either way, team togetherness is vital
With the reopening of outdoor dining, we’re hitting the pub!
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Comment and OpinionCarry on emailing… but make sure you avoid these mistakes
How would Carry On’s Lewis Boggs rate your emailing efficiency?
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Comment and OpinionHow ‘The Dash Way’ enables staff to mould the business culture
Yvon Chouinard’s ‘Let My People Go Surfing’ offers a fantastic ideological lesson
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Comment and OpinionHow we’re going about becoming a truly carbon negative business
Our first priority is for Rubies’ ketchup and mayo (our main products) to become carbon neutral, and later, our relishes too
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Comment and OpinionDon’t be ‘ignored’: How to overcome the perils of procrastination
Why is it that whenever there is something tough to do – something hard that takes a lot of concentration – the Radar of Procrastination beeps, clicks, unwinds and fires up?
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Comment and OpinionHow B Corps operate differently and drive positive change
In May last year we became a certified B Corporation. This felt a long time in the making as our purpose is to end food waste
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Profiles and QandAsA rare catch: what it’s really like to be a female fisherman
Only 2% of fishing crew members are women, so we spoke to two commercial fishers working in UK waters to find out what life is like for female fishermen
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Comment and OpinionHow women can challenge themselves this International Women’s Day
Mars Pet Nutrition UK general manager Helen Warren-Piper wants to encourage women to ‘back themselves at 60%’ to level the playing field
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Comment and OpinionPeople management: hear the music to support your team
Managing people is hard. They are all different, with different motivations, different wants, and different expectations
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Comment and OpinionBeyond the romance: startup success in a year like no other
When I saw the huge changes both at work and in the market, I knew I needed to jump up and get (metaphorically) closer to the team than ever before
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Comment and OpinionWhat does ‘thinking strategically’ mean and how necessary is it?
Those that talk about strategic thinking often cannot explain what it is
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Comment and OpinionDeveloping a recipe from scratch: behind the scenes in NPD
Having followed our new Garlic Mayo throughout development, I thought I’d talk through our process for launching new products
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Comment and OpinionBe curious! Top tips to improve your negotiation skills
When you think of good negotiators, you probably think of a gruff old boy banging his fist on the table. In my experience, the better negotiators are the more curious ones
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Comment and OpinionFive tips to help small brands disrupt the grocery status quo
Family businesses seek sustainable, long-term growth. We want to hand our business down, not thrash it then flog it
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Comment and OpinionBusinesses have a duty to educate consumers on climate change
The desire for purpose-driven brands is here to stay
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Comment and OpinionSpeak to different ways of thinking during presentations
Most people struggle to present in an engaging way. They present in their language
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Analysis and FeaturesFive tips to help SMEs recharge during lockdown
For the past nine months many founders have been operating on sheer adrenaline, and they’re starting to burn out