10 Self-Mentoring Ideas from Deborah Nixon Build a network of contacts who you can call on, and take the time to nurture those relationships. Your relationship with people is absolutely everything. Follow your passion. If you’re sensible about it, usually takes you to a really good place. If you come from a place of integrity, honour and humility people respond to that. Most of us can survive almost anything. You have to read your market very well, and be willing to change and adjust your offering because you cannot convince the market. The market is what the market is, and you have to be open to letting go. When we go into … [Read more...]
The Chief Mentoring Officer Interviews Annemie Ress, Senior HRD eBay & Global Engagement Lead at eBay
December 15, 2011 by
Interviewee Name: Annemie Ress, Senior HRD eBay & Global Engagement Lead at eBay Company Name: eBay EU Website: http://www.ebay.com Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Annemie Ress: I’m South African by birth and grew up there. I studied law, worked in Switzerland for a short while and have been living in the United Kingdom for the past 13 years. For the past 13 years I have worked for Pepsi (for a short while because I worked for them in South Africa). I also worked on the trading floor for the International Petroleum Exchange and since then I have been working at eBay. I have had multiple careers at … [Read more...]
The Invisible Mentor Interviews Martha Mertz
August 4, 2011 by
Interviewee Name: Martha Mertz, Founder of ATHENA International Website: http://marthamertz.com Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Martha Mertz: I'm a businesswoman who started company in 1978, at a time when woman weren’t starting companies. Women weren't running companies, women weren't considered leaders. I started the company, it was small, it was modest and I grew it into a very successful company. I ended up developing properties, most of which I retained, and these were commercial properties that were in Michigan. So that's my business track and I learned a lot about business and life and about myself by … [Read more...]
Mentor Yourself With Andrina Lever, Balloon Express
July 28, 2011 by
Interviewee Name: Andrina Lever Company Name: Lever Enterprises, Balloon Express Website: http://www.balloonexpress.it Avil Beckford: Tell me a little bit about yourself. Andrina Lever: I was born in England but grew up in Canada and in various other countries. I started traveling when I was nine months old. I went to 17 different schools growing up in three countries. I graduated from law school in England and started out in human rights law and sold my soul to the corporate world. I went into banking and was in advertising for awhile. I got married and my husband and I lived in various places – England, New York, Australia … [Read more...]
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