Progressing in your career requires a thoughtful blend of strategy, personal growth, and resourcefulness. For women striving to break barriers and achieve their professional goals, leveraging the right tools and connections can make all the difference. Here are actionable strategies to propel your career forward, a blend of intentional strategy, skill development, and leveraging key resources. Women, in particular, face unique challenges, but by adopting the right approaches, they can unlock significant opportunities for growth and leadership. Here are actionable strategies to propel your career forward.
Self-care, a buzzword we all heard about. But if it is so common, why do we still need to talk about it? Well, because we don’t do it enough. Self-care can improve productivity and boost creativity levels. That’s why we asked Marketa Horakova, the founder of Terapie v Lese who specialises in self-development and wellbeing in the Czech Republic, to tell us how to implement self-care in our everyday life. You can watch a workshop on mental health with Marketa here.
Working from home has become the new norm. And although remote work has various benefits, from increased productivity to higher efficiency, it also creates many challenges. The main ones being feeling lonely and isolated. If you are missing office life, read our tips on how to connect with your colleagues, and incorporate socializing into your home office schedule.
Whether you are a female professional, a women entrepreneur, or a #girlboss (or all of those combined), there are times when all of us need a word of encouragement or a helping hand. That is the power of communities. From sharing inspiration and boosting your network, to discovering useful resources and advancing your professional development, communities can significantly impact your career. We chose the best eight communities in the Czech Republic that provide guidance, support, and inspiration (not only) for women.
New year, new resolution, and maybe a new position. But how to stand out from the crowd when the competition is tough? This study shows that writing a follow-up email can increase your chances of getting a job by 91%. Albeit not common in the Czech Republic, making yourself familiar with this type of communication can make a difference when applying for work. Here is how to write a great follow-up email.
Everyone knows those days when you can’t finish anything. Rather watching another Youtube video about “how to deal with procrastination” to feel inspired or scrolling endlessly on Facebook to get to know the newest information about friends. Small tasks can take days and weeks to finish or even start. You feel a lack of motivation and your mind is constantly wandering around.
No matter how hard (or little) you try to avoid this, Christmas is unquestionably upon us. And what a better way to spend the Xmas break than by pulling on an Xmas jumper, landing on the sofa, and tuning into Netflix. And if you need some inspiration for what to watch when the snow begins to fall, check out our lists of movies with strong female leads.
Sexism, racism and alcoholism aside, have you ever noticed that all the male characters in Mad Men were most of the time dead serious or angry and only the female characters would show a variety of emotions ranging from empathy and compassion to fear and shame? Same as the authors amazingly depicted all the other stereotypes of how business used to be done, they managed to capture the fact that the minute you walked into the office, to be respected you were expected to fold your emotions into your briefcase and pull up your poker face instead. Well good we don’t live in the 60s anymore.
After a universally difficult year, and much of the workforce stuck in home offices with the lines between our work-life balances blurred, seeking creative ways to keep your teams feeling inspired is as challenging as ever. If your company offers learning and development budgets, they can be utilized as an effective tool to reinspire your team or colleagues.
