All Career advice articles – Page 16
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Comment & OpinionBecome a ‘powerhouse of persuasion’ with these 78 techniques
Imagine if you could double your persuasion toolbox
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Comment & OpinionHow brands can help tackle 2022’s ‘cost of living’ Christmas
As individuals and organisations, we reflect on our commitments to creating positive change
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Comment & OpinionStay nimble, but stay true to your brand’s values – even in tough times
Last Monday, Team Rubies headed to work to be met by a troop of security guards
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Comment & OpinionMultitasking hurts productivity. Focus on the biggest projects
Task switching is mentally consuming and costly to our productivity
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Comment & OpinionFood waste worsens at Christmas. We can all make a difference
Christmas will be a chance for businesses to prove they can walk the walk on food waste claims
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Comment & Opinion‘Unskilled labour’? Food careers need a different language – and mindset
We need to excite and inspire school leavers to look at food production as a rewarding career, says Jamie Keeble, co-founder of Heck
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Comment & OpinionFlexible work is great – but our staff need in-person connection
As we adjusted to the confinements of our four walls throughout Covid lockdowns, mental health had a lot of attention
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Comment & OpinionImposter syndrome can be more helpful than you might think
There are one million searches globally every month from people looking to know what it is, if they have it and how they can overcome it
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Comment & OpinionTough times are ahead, but brands shouldn’t waste a good crisis
Founders and CEOs have to strike a delicate balancing act between driving forward the business and sticking to the values that made them
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Comment & OpinionWhat makes a leader and what makes a good people manager?
An age-old question. Managers of people versus leaders of companies. Are they the same?
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Comment & OpinionThe food & drink industry has its eyes trained on Ranil Jayawardena
While Truss and Kwarteng will be dominating headlines, for those of us who run food and drink businesses, our eyes will be on Ranil Jayawardena
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Comment & OpinionStartups need more help to support mothers and workplace diversity
For many women in business, being the primary caregiver feels a little like double-edged sword
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Comment & OpinionDon’t give in to the culture of busyness. Be productive instead
When we go on about how busy we are, what we’re really saying is that we’re more important
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Comment & OpinionWe’re a carbon neutral business – but the term needs to be defined properly
We urgently need a realistic international benchmark for carbon neutrality, says Dash’s Alex Wright
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Comment & OpinionHow to battle the best before challenge and minimise food waste
Best before dates have been getting a lot of airtime since Waitrose announced it would be removing them from 500 fresh products
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Comment & OpinionMake like a tree and say ‘no’ without causing conflict
The Thomas-Kilmann model shows us there are five behaviours in conflict, and we’ll default to one based on our nature and nurture
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Comment & OpinionSpread a warm glow by communicating your brand’s benefits
Source: Unsplash Rubies has developed a calculator that shows exactly how much fruit & veg a person or restaurant has saved from waste by choosing its products Doing good feels good. Being a purpose-led brand, we’re constantly searching for ways to harness this feeling, in order to ...
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Comment & OpinionUnder pressure at a festival: what can we learn from bar work?
Preventing the problem would have been ideal, but there will always be problems for a leader
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NewsMorrisons employs tree advisors to help UK farms meet planting targets
The advisors will work with Morrisons’ network of 3,000 farmers, providing advice on a case-by-case basis
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Comment & OpinionA car boot sale shows how sales confidence can pay dividends
The more insecure the tone from the seller, the more the buyer will try their luck