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5 Trusted Ways Women Can Get into Upper Echelons of Leadership – Olutoyin Oyelade

The journey of leadership began from an era when women were either absent or invisible in leadership positions to this time where a change in the demographic, following various calls for gender diversity, is sweeping through governments and conglomerates across the globe. However, women still face the biggest barrier of getting into higher echelons of private and public sectors. In the same vein, those women who strive to get to that upper chamber of leadership are most times whisked out before the expiration of their tenure.

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Dr Anna Mokgokong: Restructuring Business in South Africa

Anna Mokogokong is a medical doctor by profession, who set off in 1995 to start what has today become one of South Africa’s biggest business success stories. She is a businesswoman who has received international acclaim for her entrepreneurial ability. She has been a born entrepreneur as she has traded sandwiches for cash from a tender age in primary school. Anna Mokgokong was born in Soweto and raised in Swaziland. She promotes women to be on boards as well as in the procurement sector. She considers herself self as an activist in this regard. She went on to complete her BSc. from the University of Botswana before going to Medunsa to complete her MBChB. It was during this time that Anna’s real entrepreneurial flair came into being.

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How Long Should I Wait After a Cold to Hang Out with People Again?

Here’s how soon you can truthfully say, “don’t worry, I’m not contagious.”

The holiday season is all about sharing: warm embraces with family and friends, heaping spreads of food, good cheer galore, and, inevitably, cold and flu bugs. But should you skip out on all the fun just because a cold or the flu has left you feeling a little under the weather? As long as you’re not sweating bullets with a fever and come armed with a pocketful of Ricola drops in case you break out in a coughing fit, it can’t do any harm to join the party, right? Not so fast, experts say.

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Empowering Women Is Smart Economics

NOT long ago women faced tremendous barriers as they sought opportunities that would set them on an equal footing with men. Going back a mere quarter century, inequality between women and men was widely apparent—in university classrooms, in the workplace, and even in homes. Since then, the lives of women and girls around the world have improved dramatically in many respects. In most countries—rich and developing—they are going to school more, living longer, getting better jobs, and acquiring legal rights and protections. But large gender gaps remain. Women and girls are more likely to die, relative to men and boys, in many low- and middle-income countries than their counterparts in rich countries. Women earn less and are less economically productive than men almost everywhere across the world. And women have less opportunity to shape their lives and make decisions than do men. According to the World Bank’s 2012 World Development…

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7 HABITS THAT CAN IMPROVE A WOMAN’S CONFIDENCE

There are daily habits that could definitely help you crack the code of feeling more comfortable in your own skin. You don’t need to be a high-class celebrity to be confident and keep your shoulders high rather; you just have to recognize that being confident is not a destination but a great step to achieving that sparkling bright future. Being confident is a process to find your light, embrace it, and learn to let yourself shine without fear of being dimmed by the outside. Below are seven (7) great habits that can boost a woman’s confidence in a tremendous way:- Use Positive Affirmations: To improve your confidence you should have several positive sentences that you repeat to yourself many times throughout your day. The use of positive affirmation is a very powerful way to program the subconscious mind and create action as you are first who you say you are,…

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Seven Business Lessons to Learn from Motherhood

Mothers around the world make priceless contributions to our lives, oftentimes while balancing the demands of their career and the family. That’s why a day (Mother’s Day) is dedicated annually to celebrate mothers’ around the world, for giving their precious time and resources to provide the much-needed balance in our homes. In all these, we need to identify the veritable lessons behind the strength of motherhood and apply them in the day-to-day running of businesses.

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