Top Tips for Writing Your Résumé
The graphic below shows some of the most common, and frankly unbelievable, mistakes that thousands of job applicants make when writing their CV or résumé. It also covers all the clichés that employers hate to hear when reading your application. Read on to get recommendations that any jobseeker will find highly valuable when compiling a résumé. Remember, first impressions count! […]
Sara Blakely: The Spanx Billionaire Who Thrived On Failure
In this exclusive interview with Real Leaders, Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, explains her life-long desire to help women, her commitment to The Giving Pledge and why she has no exit plan. She shares her inspirations with us and the thoughts she made public in her Giving Pledge letter to Bill Gates. How did […]
Why Gender Balanced Leadership is Good for Business
Kevin Maggiacomo is a man on a mission to create gender-balanced leadership in all organizations worldwide by the year 2020. He will be the first to tell you, however, that this is not exclusively his mission or his initiative. He kicked off 50/50 by 2020, a grass roots, web-based movement which sprung out of a recent TEDx […]
Ted Turner’s Grandson Says it’s Cool to Care
John Seydel is the third-generation of his family to dedicate his life to finding a solution to environmental problems and promoting social good. His grandfather, media magnate Ted Turner, founded the animated ‘Captain Planet’ series in the 1990s. His Mother Laura Turner Seydel, is an international environmental advocate who wants to help create a […]
Are Women the Solution to Business’ Biggest Problem?
“Forty percent of today’s businesses will not exist in a meaningful way in 10 years.” That’s what John Chambers, Cisco’s recently retired CEO, announced at a recent conference here in San Diego. He may be right. More and more large businesses are failing to thrive. Not only do leaders have an outdated skill set, they also […]
Forest Whitaker seeks the humanity in each one of us
A chance meeting with a former child soldier in Uganda makes Forest Whitaker want to devote his life to peace. He sees a direct link between violence anywhere in the world – gangs in Los Angeles or rebel soldiers in Africa. Childhood exposure to compassion, empathy and violence make Whitaker the activist for good […]
Desmond Tutu announces nominees for International Children’s Peace Prize 2015
The International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded to a child who strives courageously to establish children’s rights. The winner will be announced during the award ceremony on Monday 9 November in the Hague, the Netherlands. Archbishop Desmond Tutu is proud to announce that the final three nominees for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2015 are; Abraham Keita […]
Can Men Embrace Love in Business?
Earlier this summer I co-hosted DreamChange, Inc.’s inaugural Love Summit – an unconventional business conference created to show how using love in the workplace can improve operations, increase sales, and ultimately help solve the underlying cause of the wide range of problems we face in the world today. The Love Summit debuted at Wieden+Kennedy headquarters; […]
What’s Love Got To Do With Biz?
Love isn’t a word that you often hear in business conversations, yet studies show it plays a significant role in determining the performance and wellbeing of employees and customers. So it shouldn’t be such a surprise that DreamChange has a Love Summit business conference, which debuted this past Saturday, June 13th. Research tells us that the more […]
How Africans Have Hijacked the Bretton Woods Declaration
An historic declaration becomes the inspiration for Africa’s rejuvenation. Okendo Lewis-Gayle is inspired by a meeting with Barack Obama who tells him to “hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself in life.” Young African talent is being enticed out of major multi-national corporations and being put to work in new African startups. Western countries […]
