Finding the prince in a sea of frogs
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Modern dating is a minefield. There are endless sites that claim to find you the perfect match or you can try your luck with Tinder or Bumble and hope …
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Getting past the introduction
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] People have been sharing their memories of the much-loved Queen Elizabeth. A former colleague went to Buckingham Palace to receive an award for her work with young entrepreneurs. Dressed …
7 Top tips for prospect research
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How is your partnership prospecting going? Unless you’ve got a Rolodex like the legendary PR guru Max Markson, I suspect you don’t have the connections to the corporate partners you …
Tailor made for success
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a vertically challenged female, clothes shopping is a struggle. Modern clothes, especially jeans, are made for people built like a giraffe, with impossibly long arms and legs. I have …
Start small, but get started
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When you get started on something new you become aware of all the people that are already brilliant at it. At my first tap dancing lesson I felt like I …
The accidental partnership executive
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s the favourite question that adults ask kids. How on earth do you know? In my fifth decade I’m still …
Candid conversations
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kids are the most brutal critics. Perhaps that’s why so many people prefer dogs; they don’t care if you’re dressed badly or haven’t cleaned the house, you’ll still get a …
Letter to my younger self
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I grew up before the internet, when kids played in the street until it got dark and came home when dinner was ready. Thankfully, the absence of smartphone cameras and …
Opposition or allies? Managing your internal stakeholders
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is an old story about Winston Churchill taking a newly elected MP into the UK houses of parliament. Pointing across the chamber, the newbie asked, “Is that where the …
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The trap of playing favourites
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When you open your wardrobe do you have your favourites? I find myself reaching for things that I know are predictable, comfortable and safe. When Sharon moved house recently, she …