Expert travel tips for every leg of your next holiday

By Kelly Emmerton

Lucky enough to be heading off on an adventure? You can rest assured that we’re incredibly jealous - but that didn’t stop us heading out to ask experts from the travel industry for their travel tips to help you out.

From planning your trip to finding lunch when you get there, we’ve got the inside scoop on how to save money while traveling, straight from the mouth of globetrotting pros, including bloggers, travel agents, travel insurers and one self-proclaimed “travel hacker.”

So before you pack your bags and say sayonara to Aussie shores, check out what they had to say.

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Topics: Insurance, tips, travel


Top tips for planning a truly successful small business

By AGL

Having a great idea for a business, the financial backing to see it through and the passion to drive it is brilliant – but a successful operation needs constant planning and revision.

Don’t panic – while planning may take a little effort in the short term, in the long run it’s an invaluable tool to help your business grow.

A plan that sets clear targets and goals, but one which is revisited and adjusted if necessary at regular times, is essential for success, according to business coach and strategist Belle Lockerby.

Here, she gives us the lowdown on how to start your business planning and top tips on when and how to review it.

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Topics: business, tips


How to empower your leadership genius

By Muffy Churches

“Do I have one?” you ask. Yes!

We girls definitely have special-issue mojo, but the intelligence I’m talking about is less about any Einstein quotient and more about our ‘nature of being’- the side of us that is innately nurturing, supportive, engaging, emotionally intelligent, compassionate, gracefully assertive, sensitive, and aware.

Research on the topic of ‘What makes great leaders great?’ points specifically to emotional intelligence (EQ) as being the superstar of all of these traits. By definition, EQ is the ability to recognise, understand, and tactically manage emotions in self and others to create a desired outcome. Flowing with this process can be challenging, however, when a conversation triggers our defensive ego causing us to knee-jerk into a regrettable reaction.

Can we grow and develop our EQ to avoid this common scenario? Absolutely. Try following this 5-step process:

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Topics: business, tips, leadership


7 bad speaking habits to break immediately

By Narges Nirumvala

Women often undermine their own credibility and power by making small mistakes in their communication. I love working with women, because I find they can focus on these details without losing sight of the big picture. It is all about changing small speaking habits you probably use everyday. Some habits are good and serve you well, some are poor and need to be 'deleted'.

Here's a list of my top pet peeves. Now these apply to men and women, but I have noticed women display these habits more than men.

These speaking habits will make you look weaker than you are in any situation, from a one-on-one conversation with a colleague, to a boardroom presentation to the C-Suite.

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Topics: business, tips, habits


Can working women achieve a work-life balance?

By Margarita Hakobyan

From real estate to entrepreneurship, one of the constant discussions since women have entered the workplace in large numbers has been how women can achieve a work-life balance. From tech giants encouraging women to Lean In to the number of women who opt out of the workforce entirely, the concept of balance is a highly divisive and heavily debated topic.

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Topics: Women, business, tips


5 tips for those with CEO ambitions

By Elizabeth McIntyre

As you move up the career ladder, senior positions get fewer and the competition gets fiercer. To make it to the CEO chair takes a lot more than an impressive track record and ability.

Traditionally, many CEOs are selected from finance positions, like a CFO. But more and more CEOs are being appointed with backgrounds in other areas like operations, and marketing and sales. Regardless of your background, it can still be a difficult jump to go from executive to CEO. Going for a CEO role is highly competitive and recruiters and boards are usually looking for specific characteristics for individual roles. So it’s important to know how to present yourself and your track record.

Whether you want to move to the next level of your career, or you’re aiming for the CEO seat, here are some tips on preparing yourself for the challenge.

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Topics: C-Suite, business, tips, leadership


How to be a successful leader

By Mike Bragg

Great leaders just keep delivering results, even under difficult circumstances. Despite challenging goals, internal and external pressures and all the roadblocks encountered along the way, these leaders continue to find ways to motivate their team to persevere and win.

What is it that sets them apart? Why do the teams they lead consistently deliver on objectives? Why are they such great executors? Here are the five distinct characteristics I’ve witnessed first-hand that help great leaders consistently achieve their objectives:

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Topics: business, tips, leadership


6 ways you can help a woman running her own business

By CHRISTIE WHITEHILL

Women know a lot about giving support. They support friends, families, partners, colleagues, children. But when women start their own businesses, for myriad reasons, support can be conspicuously absent.

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Topics: Women, business, tips


Why Helen Wiseman walked away from the partnership of a large accounting firm

By HELEN WISEMAN

Eight years ago today I made a high-stakes career change. It felt like stepping off a cliff, it felt like madness – one of the gutsiest decisions I have ever made.

I wasn’t the only one who thought I was mad. Not many walk away from partnership in a large accounting firm voluntarily, with no defined path, but an incessant internal voice that said it was time to pit myself against new challenges and see what I was capable of.

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Topics: business, careers



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