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Practical and Effective Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work
Advice Columnist

Practical and Effective Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work

Mindfulness is about heightened awareness. Mindfulness means pausing and placing full attention in a given moment (or moments) to what is going on inside and outside of you without getting swept up in it and without judgement of your thoughts or emotions. Mindfulness means taking a pause to step back from the the hecticness of daily work and observe what is going on. Some ways you can incorporate mindfulness into your work include…

Make Business Travel Better
Advice Columnist

Make Business Travel Better

Despite the common misconception surrounding business travel, travelling for work is not always fun or exciting. In fact, researchers in a joint study conducted by the University of Surrey and Linnaeus University found three negative consequences to the high volume of work travel many professionals endure: physiological, psychological or emotional, and social. Unfortunately, in the age of global work streams and hypermobility, business travel will only continue to rise, but there are ways to combat the adverse effects and make business travel better.

Secrets to a Successful Phone Interview
Job Search in Hong Kong

Secrets to a Successful Phone Interview

Phone interviews are often the first step in the long and arduous hiring process. Here are some surefire ways to ensure that you make a name for yourself during your next promising phone interview.

Leadership Skills for Women
Career Coaching & Guidance

Leadership Skills for Women

Many women feel they have to work twice as hard to be thought of as half as qualified as men in the workplace. Over time, there have been slight increases in the number of female world leaders and top executives, but things are far from equal. The good news is that many women have innate strengths and leadership qualities that make them just as, or some even more successful leaders than their male counterparts.

Signs You Need to Quit Your Job
Job Search in Hong Kong

Signs You Need to Quit Your Job

Are you having a Monday Blue again? Seems these are keys you need to aware to change your job. Here are 5 signs we discover you need to rethink your role…