Serena Estrella
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Five Practices That Can Open Up More Time for Yourself
If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve probably had more early mornings and late nights than your fingers and toes can count. Studies show that most successful people get up in the wee hours of the morning. In fact, there’s evidence of the direct relationship between early birds and their meteoric rise up the corporate ladder. After…
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Looking for a Mentor? Build a Circle of Advisers Instead
Building good relationships is invaluable, especially if you’re an entrepreneur. While dealing with employees, clients, and customers on a daily basis can be exciting, it can also result in challenges and stress. Lots of successful entrepreneurs got to where they are because of a good mentor. But not everyone can find the right one. Fortunately,…
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The AU Entrepreneur’s Guide To Making Remote Work More Asynchronous
For most organisations, remote work simply involves taking their offices online -along with the bad habits that permeated them. This is where problems start. Daily in-person meetings were replaced by back-to-back Zoom calls, which inevitably caused Zoom fatigue. And instead of physical distractions, team members have to constantly deal with online notifications via Slack or…
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5 Reasons Why You Need to Hire An SEO Expert For Your Business
The rise of social media platforms have encouraged most business owners to redirect their marketing efforts. However, experts suggest that investing in search engine optimisation (SEO) remains to be a must for many online businesses. To recap, SEO refers to the process of improving the quality and quantity of traffic from search engines to your…
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The Rule of Never Less, Never More- And Why You Should Follow It
Going the extra mile has always been the default advice for many people – until recently. But did you know that it’s possible to do more and less at the same time? Most successful people believe in working smarter, not harder. A great example of this is the Rule of Never Less, Never More. Let’s…
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7 Brutal Truths About Good Leadership
Great leaders ensure that their followers are seen, heard, and valued. In order words, they make people feel good. However, adopting good values and extending them to others takes tons of effort. And being the best leader you can be means having to face brutal truths somewhere along the way. Let’s take a look: Not…
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Four Ways to Open Up to Your Team Without Oversharing
Leaders who reveal a more personal side to them are viewed as more authentic. Establishing personal connections with the team helps everyone perform better and also function better as a collective unit. But of course, going all TMI can also be detrimental since it ends up with managers inadvertently undermining themselves. As a result, they…
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Why People Pleasing is Actually Bad for Everyone (And How You Can Stop Doing It)
Who doesn’t want to be liked? Human beings are innately social creatures, and we all have this instinctive need to get people to like us. (Yes, even that colleague or employee of yours who claims not to care.) To be fair, being liked comes with a lot of advantages. It’s easier to make friends, for…
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8 Onboarding Tips To Help New Hires Succeed in the Remote Workplace
The first few weeks at work are arguably the toughest for a new hire. Things can easily get intimidating, if not overwhelming. Throw in potential technical difficulties and it can easily result in a struggle to connect with the entire team. Hence, employers need an effective virtual onboarding process to ensure that new staffers find…
