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Breaking Barriers – Insights from the Female Founders Weekly Forum

Entrepreneurship, Female Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Mentoring / Elaine Gold

This morning marked the beginning of our weekly sessions, designed to support female founders in navigating the exhilarating journey from Founder to Leader. In the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship, female founders often face unique challenges, from navigating the complexities of business growth to overcoming imposter syndrome. However, amidst these hurdles lies a vibrant community of […]

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Tackling the Challenges Facing Female Founders

Female Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Networking / Elaine Gold

As a management consultant specialising in coaching female founders, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with inspiring women who lead startups. While the entrepreneurial landscape has become more inclusive, female-owned startups still face unique challenges when it comes to scaling their businesses. Recognising and addressing these challenges is crucial for fostering a thriving ecosystem

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Budget Changes and the Neglected Area of Mindset

Video, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Female Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Mentoring / Elaine Gold

In this video, I discuss the implications of budget changes on start-ups and scale-ups. While many focus on the financial aspects, I believe that mindset is often neglected. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or a leader, mindset plays a crucial role in business success. I explore the importance of motivation, encouragement, and support in maintaining a

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list of top 10 innovative countries in 2022

How Do We Create A More Innovative And Creative Country?

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership / Elaine Gold

I found this an interesting list, and it raises the question of why are some countries more innovative than others? In my weekly LinkedIn Newsletter I spoke about this in more detail. Obviously factors such as: Investment in Research and Development Education Government Policy All play a part, however, innovation should not be seen as

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Emotional Wellbeing in the Workplace

Coaching, Leadership, Mentoring, Organisational Culture, Well being / Elaine Gold

I recently posted on LinkedIn a series of short video thoughts on how we deal with our emotional states in the work setting. Video shorts of 60-90 seconds are fine, but to fully explore the topic, we need more space and time. I hope you will add your thoughts to mine and share how you

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When is a team a community?

Teamwork, Leadership, Organisational Culture / Elaine Gold

In recent weeks I have had some interesting discussions about ‘community’, many of these have in relation to working with others on potential projects. This has prompted me to ask myself a number of questions about the differences between working as a team and that team being part of larger, organisational community. Thinking aloud here,

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Hanging onto the world

Leave a Comment / Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Leadership, Remote working / Elaine Gold

I love this statue. It is in Qatar, in Katara which was designed as the ‘cultural village’ of Doha and is the venue for many local arts and crafts festivals as well as being the location of many arts related local organisations. The sculpture is called “Force of Nature 2”, and was created by the

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Remote working? Tips from the last century

Remote working, Coaching, Leadership, Networking, Project Management, Teamwork, Virtual Working / Elaine Gold

I have worked remotely most of my working life, starting in late 1980’s, yes, even back in the last century there was such a thing as ‘virtual teams’ (although I am sure we did not refer to ourselves as such). When I started working from home, I was an employee working for a consultancy with

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Multiple Stakeholders – Herding Cats?

Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Teamwork / Elaine Gold

We often hear exasperated managers talk about the activity of managing team members as ‘herding cats’, and we smile and nod, sympathetic with the cat herder trying to align the interests and the attention of their team, are there any ways of making this task easier? All of us who lead or manage projects will

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Human Capital and Entrepreneurship

Coaching, Entrepreneurship, GEN, Leadership / Elaine Gold

A few weeks ago I was privileged to speak in Beirut at the Union of Arab Banks conference on ways of making progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). I was one of a panel of speakers on the topic of: “Achieving SDGs through Entrepreneurship and Innovation”. One of the themes to

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