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5 Latina Changemakers Who Are Making a Difference

Success

Jacqueline Vazquez Event planner, educator & mentor Founder and CEO of Lifetime Events , Jacqueline Vazquez is a speaker, educator and mentor, as well as a wellness advocate through her podcast, Inspired by Jacqueline. She understands that in research science, progress is slow, but it is incredibly meaningful.

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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

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A mentor once told me to spend 30 minutes every day staying in touch with my network and business friends. The supplier doesn’t like the new product you designed. I’m not a Pollyanna (though some may disagree), but seriously—if you only think about what is wrong, the changes you want to make will always seem too big.

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What Are 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence & How Do They Shape Your Future?

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Consider, for instance, an entrepreneur who has a great relationship with an essential supplier. After hours, he stuck around to help mentor students in robotics. The product, price and speed of delivery are each excellent, yet their customer service could use some improvement. We hired one young man part time to manage our website.

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Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 25, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Make sure that the mentor is aware of what you want from them e.g. cashflow advice. Develop a network of mentors you can rely on for good advice.

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Career development for Assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them

Practically Perfect PA

Read the first one, on what to look for in an event supplier , and watch out for the third and final blog, on how to ensure organisations value PA work! Explore whether your organisation has a mentoring programme or a buddy system of some kind, that could give you exposure to different roles while you are a PA.

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A sneaky peek at the Future Assistant programme

Practically Perfect PA

In 2015, she gave cameras unrivalled behind-the-scenes access to some of her events, the Taylor Lynn Corporation’s (TLC) exclusive clients and her team of hand-picked suppliers, who deliver private and corporate events right across the UK and Europe.

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Within his business he has established what he calls a Mentor Board of Advisors, a group of people he turns to for advice and learning. Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day.