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3 essential strategies to raise energy and motivate your staff

By Andrea Harrn September 22, 2016 motivation, success No Comments

Motivated staff are happy to be working in your organisation. They will feel valued, part of a team and have purpose and sense of achievement. As a manager or CEO of your company you will know how much hard work and energy it took to be where you are today. When you do not have your staff working with you towards shared goals then you have a problem. Energy is a key factor here in continued motivation. Did you know it is a scientific fact that human energy reserves weaken when we feel low or negative about something. Strategy…

What are the 3 key qualities for business success?

By Andrea Harrn July 14, 2016 business success, determination, emotional resilience, motivation, Positive Mental Attitude 3 Comments

I was interested to learn about the qualities, attitudes and emotions that determine success or failure in business so decided to interview Stella Fehmi of the Athena Women in Business Network. She talked about redundancy a few years ago being her own catalyst for change. Regular employment gave her a sense of purpose and job satisfaction. When she lost that she went through a period of hurt, loss and sadness. Her loyalty to the company seemed to count for nothing and there she was with her self-esteem lowered (just a little) because being the strong fighter that I know her to be this was…

My vision of hope – Interview with I Share Hope

By Andrea Harrn May 24, 2016 hope, motivation, positivity No Comments

I was recently honoured to be invited to be interviewed by Chris Williams of I Share Hope who found me on Twitter. I Share Hope has a mission to interview 1000 world leaders to share their thoughts on hope. I was asked the following specific questions: 1 How do you define Hope and what is my favourite quote about hope? “hope shines brightest in the darkest moments” I do believe that because I think that when things are going fine, we don’t think about hope because we don’t need to have hope. We just go on with our lives. It’s…