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Courage Over Doubt
Picture this: You’re at an important meeting. You’re pleased to have a seat at the table, surrounded by accomplished professionals. Yet somewhere deep down you can’t shake this nauseating feeling that you don’t belong here and that you’re about to be exposed as a fraud.
Welcome to the world of Imposter Syndrome. A world that even the most successful people inhabit.
Here are three ways to manage your imposter syndrome, build your resilience, and remain courageous.
- July 2023
Don’t lose your oars!
Imagine a rowing boat adrift at sea without oars. The boat is at the mercy of the weather and currents – both with a mind of their own.
Why, you ask, are we talking about oarless rowing boats? Because many careers end up just like them – bobbing around, without clear direction, struggling to make progress.
Here is our advice for how to avoid being like an oarless rowing boat and instead planning a successful career.
- June 2023
How are you, really???
It's mental health awareness week, so we thought it's a good time to ask Liebfrog associate Sonia Lospitao to share her thoughts on mental health, what early warning signs to look out for, and what to do about them.
- May 2023
No. We are NOT one big happy family
Leadership teams often agonise over the exact wording for how to describe their workplace culture. And in the end they regularly come up with something like this: If you join us you become ‘part of the family’.
But work is NOT like being part of a family. And neither should it be.
- March 2023
Who are you???
How to grasp your personal story and tell it with intention and impact
- Feb 2023
How to uncover, structure & tell your personal story
Before we can begin telling our personal story to others, you must first understand it yourself. But let’s be honest, how many of us find the time to reflect on how we ended up where we are today? To help you get started, here is a simple tool.
- Feb 2023
The five elements you need to tell your personal story
All stories follow a simple structure; there’s a beginning, a middle, and an end. Within that are a few common characteristics. Keeping those front of mind makes for better personal storytelling.
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Why understanding, developing and nurturing a strong personal brand is worth it, and three practical steps to get started
Five tips to build your personal brand in a hybrid working world
To kick start ’23, we offer these practical tips for building and amplifying your personal brand in a hybrid working world.
Inclusion’s forgotten relation: Disability
To mark the 30th anniversary of the ‘UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ we want to share our recent conversation with Jen Rooney. Jen told us about her experience with disability and how she’s using it to help organisations create more enabling working environments for those with disabilities.
The Value of Values
Values are our deeply held beliefs. When all is said and done, they are what matter most to us.
While many of us have some idea of our values, few of us have full clarity. Which is a shame, given that our values determine so much of how we think, feel and act.
Here’s how you can get clarity around your values.
How to become truly inclusive
Grasping the concept of inclusion isn’t hard, what’s elusive is understanding what’s involved in becoming more inclusive and supporting others to contribute to an inclusive culture.
We have developed a model for developing inclusivity that is grounded in Liebfrog’s many conversations and years of work with professionals wanting to develop the courage and skills they need to lead with clarity and decency - of which inclusivity is an integral part.
'Return to the office or resign!'
Why full time return to office mandates are at odds with inclusivity and productivity
Attention!
The one thing you can do to reduce stress, improve your relationships and productivity:
… Pay full attention to who or what is in front of you right now.
Purposeful action or impulsive reaction?
In today’s pluralistic working environments, emotionally intelligent leaders have never been more needed to pave the way for people to work together with mutual respect and towards a shared goal. Here’s how to cultivate emotional intelligence.
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