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The Power of Tenacity: Pursuing Success with Resilience and Readiness
A true leader understands the importance of taking risks and then making sure they end up paying off. Failure is not an option. Anna cites various successful leaders and how the power of tenacity helped them get where they are in their careers.
How To Spot A True Leader
True leaders can inspire their team to deliver larger than the sum of their parts. True leaders are a rare breed. In this article, Anna talks about some of the ways you can spot a true leader.
Just One Chapter
Anna Garleff talks about the impact correspondence school had on her professional life. From active listening to learning about different cultures, it was just one more illustrous chapter in her career.
Feeling Undervalued? Here’s What You Can Do
Anna Garleff talks about how to navigate the familiar yet unpleasant territory of feeling undervalued at work. In this article, she delves into the reasons and possible solutions one can adopt to deliver and communicate value.
Stop Believing in Fantasy Funnels
The Marketing funnel is dead! What? No it’s not, it has just evolved. The way people buy today has changed. it includes multiple touch points across various platforms and brands before a decision is made. The way we evaluate our marketing and sales activities should reflect the intricate details of the user buying journey.
Inspiration Can Come From an Empty Page
Anna talks about the power of writing - right from inspiring creative ideas to improving productivity by maintaining simple to-do lists.
USP or UVP? The Shortest Route to YES
In this article Anna talks about the differences between UVP and USP and the art (or science?) of convincing someone to say YES.
The Case of the Spineless Tyrant and the Lazy Gen Z
Is Gen Z the most misunderstood generation living today? In this article, Anna talks about some of the preconceived notions of Gen Z and how business owners can get the best out of Gen Zers in the workforce through leadership, communication and empathy.
What’s Intelligence
Anna Garleff talks about what exactly it means to be intelligent. Intelligence can be classified into 3 types: Intellectual, Emotional and Cultural. IQ and EQ are fairly well understood and well researched. In this article, Anna tkes the opportunity to dive deeper into Cultural Intelligence or CQ.
