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7 Ways To Build Leadership Presence – Divya Parekh
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Business, Issue one 5

7 Ways To Build Leadership Presence – Divya Parekh

Whether you are an entrepreneur or a corporate professional or managing a team or leading a department, getting people on board with your vision will increase the odds of success for your vision. Your reputation and leadership presence are built over time-not by one moment of genius or one big idea. You can’t command respect and influence people to follow you unless you know how to create the right image, build trust, and earn people’s allegiance. Building a leadership presence means more than putting your name on the door. It also means showing up, consistently delivering significant results, and leading by example. This article shares 7 ways to build leadership presence, regardless of your title or position within an organization or entrepreneurship. 1. Be the expert in your fie...
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Growing Your Business: Top Tips for a Successful Strategy – Monica Bradley

Monica Bradley is a multiple-award winning mortgage broker and the founder of Cheam-based firm, MB Associates. Monica took the brave step to go self-employed at the age of 21 and has never looked back. She shares her top tips for setting a business strategy and taking risks that pay off. I’m often asked how I first decided on a strategy for my business. I used a simple method. I had a clear idea of where I wanted to be and worked my way back from there, mapping out the steps I’d need to take to achieve my goal. I’ve been self-employed for a long time. I took a leap of faith at the age of 21 and decided to go for it as I didn’t want to work for anyone else. Over the years, I’ve grown my company by recruiting more talent into the business and hiring people who share the same values...
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5 Tips for Courageous Decision Making – Anna Wintour

When it comes to taking risks, Anna Wintour is a firm believer in provoking a conversation, having a strong point of view, trusting your own instincts, and learning from your mistakes. Here are five tips from Anna Wintour on making decisions and taking risks. Expect the unexpected. Anna Wintour’s first American Vogue cover was very different from those that preceded it: The photo crop was wider; the model was not looking directly at the camera; the clothing had a casual sensibility, mixing a Christian Lacroix couture top with Guess jeans. In other words, it made a statement and spoke to what Anna wanted to convey, which was that fashion can be accessible, spontaneous, and fun. Ironically, that particular photo was never intended to be a cover. But as soon as Anna saw the image, s...
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“Staff need to feel valued and appreciated” – Monica Bradley

What are the qualities of a good business leader? Monica Bradley, Managing Director of Cheam-based mortgage broker, MB Associates, talks about her values and beliefs in business. Running a successful business is not just about keeping clients happy, although of course that’s hugely important. An equally crucial aspect of being a business owner and ensuring things run smoothly is keeping staff motivated and making them feel valued. If your staff don’t feel appreciated, they may grow demoralised and eventually you could lose them entirely. This was demonstrated in a 2018 survey from online learning company Udemy. Its survey revealed that nearly half of all employees said they’d quit a job due to a bad manager. Some 60 per cent of staff said they thought their managers needed managerial...
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‘Leadership is a Mindset’ by Ann Justi

What if you could use your position of power to make yourself a better person? What if you don’t manage or think of yourself as a leader? This article's advice will help you learn and behave as a leader. Leadership is not a title, it’s a mindset. A leadership mindset involves having certain attitudes, beliefs, and expectations that create the foundation of who you are, how you lead others, and how you interact with and influence your colleagues. Mindsets are leaders’ mental lenses that dictate what information they take in and use to make sense of and navigate the situations they encounter. Simply, mindsets drive what leaders do and why. Self-improvement is the key to leadership. You don't have to be a leader to be an example of what it means to grow, change, and learn. You ...
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10 Lessons on Leadership from American Professor Brené Brown

Brené Brown is an American professor, lecturer, researcher, six time #1 best selling author, public speaker and podcast host whose work over the past -decade has largely focused on things like  courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. In her book Dare to lead, Brown discusses the value of daring leadership in the workplace and how it benefits everyone,how  leaders can implement more daring leadership into their management has changed the conversation around leadership in an unexpected and lasting way. Brené Brown defines a leader as "anyone who takes responsibility for finding potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential." Brené Brown Introducing daring leadership To build courage in teams and organizations, daring leaders...
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Teresa Mafalda Gonçalves on Success, Leadership, and Why it’s Important to Work Closely With Your Team
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Business, Thriving

Teresa Mafalda Gonçalves on Success, Leadership, and Why it’s Important to Work Closely With Your Team

Teresa Mafalda Gonçalves is the Chief Finance Officer at SATA Air Açores, a Portuguese airline based in São Sebastião, Ponta Delgada in the Azores, Portugal. She opens to Stellar Woman Magazine about leadership and success. Teresa Mafalda Gonçalves How do you define success? Well, for me success is feeling that we achieved our goals. It's feeling that we have done our best. Success can be achieved when you try to do your best in all aspects of everything you do. So, success for me is overcoming fear, learning something new each day, loving and being loved back, not giving up, celebrating all the victories, the ability to learn something and to be realized with our goals. This issue is about leadership. How do you define leadership?My definition of leadership can be differen...
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“Great Leaders are Great Listeners” – Rachel B. Lee
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“Great Leaders are Great Listeners” – Rachel B. Lee

Rachel B. Lee is a fearless #ladyboss. She started her career with Walton Isaacson, a marketing agency with expertise in multicultural segments, and managed Unilever’s first social media driven consumer activations including AXE One Night Only. After receiving her MBA from the University of Texas, Austin, McCombs School of Business, she entered the technology industry at Microsoft.  She has led branding, social media strategy, content development, blogging, influencer communities, podcasts, experiential, paid media and more for the Microsoft Partner Network, a 300K partner ecosystem of small to enterprise size businesses digitally transforming the world. Rachel B. Lee As social lead for Microsoft Inspire, she achieved over a billion impressions in 2017 and in 2018 won the Speake...
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Why Strategy is Important – Stella Olivia Kikoyo

Strategy!  What is this and does your organisation have one in place?   This is a term that is often used loosely.  Everyone seems to have their own understanding of it albeit most business leaders will agree that they need a strategy.  All businesses need a strategy not only to survive but also to thrive, and definitely this need is greater today than it has ever been before due to increased competition. Yet according to Michael Porter – a professor at Harvard Business School, many organisations or leaders do not strategise. Stella Olivia Kikoyo Whilst there are many definitions (or descriptions) of strategy, I will engage with only a few, which hopefully will provoke your assessment whether you have one. Definition of Strategy Strategy is a plan of ac...
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Three Obstacles To Being A Hero – Divya Parekh
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Three Obstacles To Being A Hero – Divya Parekh

In the world of superheroes, every hero has their Achilles heel that can bring them down. Superman had his kryptonite. Iron Man had his vanity. If someone chained together Wonder Woman’s “Bracelets of Submission,” she would lose her Amazonian super strength. From a literary point of view, it makes sense. If there were no obstacles for superheroes, there would be no drama in what they had to do. Divya Parekh In the world of business and entrepreneurship, aim to be a hero. We want to be outstanding in our fields. Most people look at being a hero in the real sense of the word — namely, to positively affect and help more people. After all, isn’t that what true heroes do? The problem is that, like superheroes, we all have obstacles that get into our way. These can have the same ne...
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The Importance of having a Compelling WHY for Your Personal and Business Goals

The beginning of the year is the time, for many people to set goals. Whilst most people may be aware of the need to set SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timebound) goals, arguably many also struggle to achieve them.  There are ways you can set yourself up for success and achieve your desired goals. Firstly, ensure that you (more…)
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Why Setting Goals for Success is Important – Monica Bradley

Monica Bradley, founder and owner of Surrey-based award-winning mortgage broker, MB Associates, explains why setting goals is important. I’m not one for sitting still in life. I’ve always been ambitious, and I believe it’s important to keep making progress. My business is well-established, but I have ambitions to keep growing.Setting clear goals is really important in my view. Goal setting helps to (more…)
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Monica Bradley on How to Change Your Money Mindset

Struggling to manage your finances? It’s all about having the right mindset and a clear strategy. Monica Bradley, Founder of award-winning mortgage broker MB Associates, explains how to get on top of your finances… Some say money is the root of all evil, while others say it has changed their lives for the better. Money can cause turmoil if you don’t have enough of it, and happiness if you do have enough to splash out. It can’t necessarily make you happy in life, but it can certainly help you sleep at night. Sadly, for many, money is a common source of stress. Research conducted in 2019 showed that 9.5 million people in the UK had mental health issues due to money worries. A survey by Salary Finance before the pandemic showed that 18 million adults worried about money every day.  M...
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Divya Parekh on How to Write a Book to Build Authority Positioning

Build credibility in a market saturated with competitors with no purpose. How does a person go from being a monk to celebrity status in under two years? That’s right. We’re talking about podcaster, YouTuber, motivational speaker, and former monk Jay Shetty and his meteoric rise to fame.  So how did he do it? Shetty became a pundit of sorts after mastering the art of tapping into a mental and emotional need and turning that into a business. Once he established himself as a trusted source of feel-good advice in a relatable format, he wrote a book titled, Think Like a Monk, and the world fell in love with it. Today, his podcasts feature stars like Khloe Kardashian and Alicia Keys. What was Shetty’s secret to success? Authority positioning!  If you’re wondering how authoring...
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Relationship Marketing; why it might be all you need for your business – Stella Olivia Kikoyo

This article will focus on what RM is and How it can be developed for all business especially during this time.  “I want long term partnerships. I want to identify the best suppliers in the marketplace and I want to work with them….….”  Daves Lewis, CEO, Tesco “How Tesco works with suppliers.” The Grocer, 2019 www.thegrocer.co.uk  Daves Lewis, Tesco CEO made the decision to strengthen relationships with the suppliers after realising that focusing on financial challenges as a business strategy had gone too far and wasn’t bringing the results Tesco wanted. He vowed to focus on relationship marketing and partnership as Tesco’s business strategy going forward.   What is relationship marketing (RM) and why is it important? The terms relationship marketing (R...
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Business, Restricted

Don’t Wait Until Your Team Grows to Start Using The McKinsey 7-S Framework: Start Now

By Stella Olivia Kikoyo IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS OR YOUR TEAM PERFROMANCE THROUGH COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE MCKINSEY 7-S FRAMEWORK. This model/framework can be used by individuals, teams, small and medium enterprises, departments, institutions and corporations. This is one of the key timeless tools you can use to analyse and develop key internal elements across different spectrums of life, businesses and institutions. It can be used in all institutions like schools, businesses, industries and government parastatals. I use this tool in guiding my clients and mentees both in leadership roles in their own businesses or as managers in their organisations. I also integrate the framework in many business trainings. This tool can also be used by a start up, non-...
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Launch and Play Big: Brand Strategies from a Chartered Marketer for Women Ready to Lead Aligned and Impactful Businesses- Stella Kikoyo
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Business, ISSUE 12, Slide one 2

Launch and Play Big: Brand Strategies from a Chartered Marketer for Women Ready to Lead Aligned and Impactful Businesses- Stella Kikoyo

By Stella Kikoyo — Chartered Marketer, coach, brand strategist & Founder, Stellar Woman® Screenshot “There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.”- Napoleon Hill If you’re a woman standing at the edge of your next level ready to launch your business, raise your visibility, or scale with impact — I want to say this clearly: you are possible. This is your time. As a Chartered Marketer and founder of Stellar Woman®, I have seen far too many brilliant women shrink their ideas to fit into someone else’s formula. However, playing big requires more than templates. It demands truth and a strategy that starts from within. Here’s the difference: You’re not here just to “do marketing.” You’re here to become the brand - a wo...
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Playing Big: Scaling a Business Without Burnout – Monica Bradley
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Playing Big: Scaling a Business Without Burnout – Monica Bradley

Monica Bradley, Founder and Managing Director of MB Associates, believes in thinking big and business growth. She talks about how to scale a business and what has worked for her. When I first started MB Associates, my initial aim was simply to do what I love, helping people buy a home or an investment property. I didn’t want to work for anyone else and always wanted to make my own choices about my work hours. However, as time went on, I started getting more recommendations. Past clients would tell their friends, family, and colleagues about the company. The word spread fast, and before I knew it, I was facing a new challenge; I couldn’t personally handle all the enquiries coming in. That was my reason for growing the business. I didn’t want to say no to people who needed help....
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