Leadership
Leadership lessons and secrets from the best business leaders, founders and CEOs. Tips to inspire and enable future leaders and female founders
“Diversity in Thinking Is Super Important… If You Have a Co-founder Who Agrees with You on Everything, It Doesn’t Question Your Basic Assumptions.” An Interview with the Founder of Salesbeat
Veena is the co-founder of Salesbeat and a graduate of INSEAD business school. We caught up with her about career journeys, finding funding and why not all money is the same colour green when it comes to sourcing investment.
Cleopatras Life School, with Charlotte Williams
Charlotte Williams is the founder of SevenSix Agency. A London based influencer marketing and talent management agency dedicated to diversity and inclusion. She works to highlight issues such as the disparity in influencer pay, while also actively offering solutions through recruiting and managing an incredible talent roster.
Cleopatras Life School, with Naomi Heffernan
Naomi Heffernan is as impressive mentally as she is physically. A Nike Trainer, Barrys Bootcamp Trainer, National Fitness Games competitor, she gets up early, lets the dog out and then continually pushes herself forwards. Get to know her.
Cleopatras Life School, with Loriane Mbayo
The founder of Woman to Woman, Loriane was always ambitious and is working round the clock to build the spaces which inspire her. Listed as by Advertising Week as one of their Future Females Leaders her energy and execution is so inspirational.
Cleopatras Life School, with DJ YUKI
London based DJ/Producer, DJ YUKI has spun for the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Ariana Grande, Eva Longoria, and Simon Cowell but 2021 marks a new chapter as Yuki releases her first singles, starting with summer house anthem ‘Weekend Love’. How does she do it?
Cleopatras Life School, with Lucy Almond
Lucy works in advertising as a Business Director, liaising between creatives and marketers. With a rapid career acceleration, she’s not only a savvy marketer, she’s also a lovely person and a brilliant example of kind leadership.
How Educating Women and Girls Can Protect the Future of this Planet
Cleopatras supports CAMFED because we believe by educating girls, they will go on to do incredible, world changing things. With climate change being a critical issue for our time, we spoke to Portia Kuffuor about how the work they do ladders up to this.
People Have Said to Me ‘it’s a Pity You Are Blind’ and I’ve Said ‘no It’s a Pity That You Are Blind Too – Because You Can’t See What I Can’
Baluji Shrivastav is an OBE-winning musician whose remarkable career has seen collaborations with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox and Boy George. He is also blind.
“I Started My Business Goho Which Stood for Girl On Her Own, and It Was Just Me and My Laptop” An Interview with the Founder of Goho
After 12 years at The Guardian, Stacey-Rebekka Karlsson founded PR and Marketing Agency GOHO (Girl On Her Own). Now, two years later and supported by a team of 8, Stacey shares her experience and advice with Alexandra.
The Reasons We Procrastinate and How to Stop
One of the great enemies of achievement, the tendency to procrastinate is a very genuine challenge and not something to be embarrassed about or seen as a personal weakness. Procrastination comes when you have this frustrating feeling that while you know you want to have done something, there are a million other ways to spend your time than in the doing.
How to Manage Aggressive People at Work, and Not Become One
When dealing with angry or aggressive people at work, the temptation can be to fight fire with fire. But, what if you’re not a naturally confrontational person? Here we explore how to handle difficult colleagues.
You Can Self-sabotage at Any Age, by Thinking You’re ‘Too Old’
Two women celebrate their 70th Birthday. They both feel very different about this milestone. One ‘knows’ that her best days are behind her and that life is drawing to a close. After being alive for seven decades, her body is starting to break down and she needs to prepare for her final few, restful, years. The other woman figures that what a person is actually capable of, at any age, depends much more on her beliefs and she believes there’s more fuel in the tank. She’s always been interested in mountaineering and decides, if not now then when?! For the next twenty years she devotes herself to this passion, climbing some of the highest peaks in the world. At 91, Hulda Crooks became the oldest woman to scale Mount Fiji. *** It is a tragic truth of many lives that
How to Be a Great Manager
While the first few years of your career tend to be defined by the constant struggle for more; more money, more ownership, more freedom and
“Don’t Take Life Too Seriously” Is Advice You Should Ignore in 2020
Relative to the average person, I work pretty hard. I’m no Mark Wahlberg but I work out typically five times a week and manage multiple
Hacking Your Way to Success
All over the internet people are looking for productivity hacks; tips and tricks to help you do more, faster. Successful writer and marketing authority, Seth
How to Handle Situations With Grace
Lessons from Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Beyoncé and Halle Berry, on how to meet challenges with grace and keep progressing while others around you spiral.
What It Really Means to Create A Culture Of Diversity and Inclusion
Most companies now-a-days have some form of diversity targets in place. These targets focus typically on gender and ethnicity, sometimes including religion and sexual orientation.
Prince’s Approach To Ensuring Success, Which Has Also Worked For Many Businesses
“I didn’t see him sitting and writing to do lists… Once he had any idea of a song, it didn’t stop until it was done”
A Woman Must Have A Room Of Her Own
“A woman must have money and a room of her own” – Virginia Woolf The above is a quote from writer, Virginia Woolf. In it
Never Apologise For Your Privilege; Use It
When I was in secondary school, every year we would have our annual prize-giving ceremony. A fairly formal and uneventful evening with lots of clapping
Why Successful People Are Telling You, It’s About The Process
And how to calm down that voice obsessing over the result… There is a moment in the film ‘The Bucket List’ where Morgan Freeman’s voice
What Queen Elizabeth I’s Approach To The Throne Can Teach Us About Great Leadership
In 1558 the British Empire was powerful, but England itself was a complete mess. It had been ruled by a woman for the first time
How Great Leaders And Athletes Have Used Their Sex Drives
Muhammad Ali didn’t have sex much. He lost his virginity to a prostitute aged 16 and he was married four times. But outside of these
Staying Effective At Work, When You’re In Pain
For most of us, 5 days out of 7 are spent in an office, working. Whether or not you love your job right now, you
Understanding How You Can Reach Your Goals Through Compounding
Quick success is something we see a lot. In the media, on Instagram and on TV, the age of successful people can seem very young.
How Leaders Channel Their Sex Energy To Be More Magnetic
“The difference between normal language and seductive language is like the difference between noise and music” – Robert Greene In 1937, a journalist named Napolean Hill
Leadership Lessons: The Wojcicki Sisters
Earlier this year, for the first time two sets of siblings appeared on Forbes’ annual Self-Made Women list. They were the formidable Kardashians and two
The Case For Bringing Your Most Glamorous Self To Work; Every Day.
When asked about the worst piece of career advice she’d ever received, Bozoma Saint John (Endeavor, Uber and PepsiCo), answered with the following: Early in
Leadership Lessons: Huda Katten
“Everybody has an area of genius, and we don’t all operate in that area, we operate in the comfort area,” … “The area of genius
If You’re Struggling to Find Time to Workout, Consider this
“I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It’s been about two months since
Lessons in Self Belief, from Kanye West
Kanye West gets a lot of sh*t. It’s fair to say he’s a polarising character. Some people think he’s the biggest moron currently walking the
Leaders Are Comfortable with Uncomfortable Conversations
It’s Monday morning and you’re prepping for a meeting. As you pull together the relevant documents there’s a dominant feeling slowing you down. A feeling of dread. An awareness that you’re going to have to tell someone something they don’t want to hear.
Success Lessons for Entrepreneurs from the Founder of Nike, Phil Knight.
At the moment the idea of following a traditional career path seems to be losing its appeal. Salaries haven’t grown beyond the rate of inflation,
15 Inspiring Quotes which show Alone Time can be a Healthy Secret to Success
For years, successful people have been harbouring the benefits of alone time. The rise in popularity of timed meditation is in large to get these
How does Mark Zuckerberg prepare for a Senate hearing?
Facebook founder and America’s youngest self-made Billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg, hasn’t been having a great 2018. As Donald Trump continues to embarrass America with his child’s-play
What Happens When You Reach Your Goal?
Two months ago, I wrote about why I was setting goals instead of resolutions for the new year. The way I’d set these goals was
The Power of Being Cross-disciplined
“Jack of all trades, master of none”; an insult warning you that by trying to tick many boxes, you fail to master any. For people
How It Feels to Fly in a Private Jet
The lifestyles of the rich and famous have long been lusted after by ‘regular people’ who gaze at photos in magazines and lap up tales
Horrible Bosses… and how to handle them
When I was 22, I started my first “career” job, in advertising. My manager, Kate, was 26. She was immaculate, dominant and from what I
Leadership Lessons: Emily Weiss
Emily Weiss is that very impressive type of nerd. An example of where focus, work ethic and self-belief can get you. You may not have
Honesty isn’t always the best policy.
I should probably start by saying, I’m not about to tell you to be more ‘fake news’ or preach the virtues of lying. There are
How and why competing can be a very negative thing.
In primary school, I was clever. I knew I was clever because for three years in a row I was first, second or third in
Leadership Lessons: Bozoma Saint John
Uber has some PR challenges. Though I’m wary of the dramatised press portraits of all big brands, throughout 2017 Uber kept drawing attention to itself
Why for 2018, I’ve set Goals instead of Resolutions.
The arrival of January means the end of one year, and the beginning of another. A new chapter. An opportunity to reset, reflect and try
Leadership Lessons: Amber Baldet
The Forbes 40 under 40 is no perfect ranking of business prestige, but it does bring some interesting people into the spotlight. Smart, ambitious people