The outsourcing effect: guilt
Guilt is not a thing of the past. No matter how much men lean in, women emancipate, different models of marriage appear, guilt is permanent.
Category: Make Space for Growth
This is the blog for Make Space for Growth. Here you will find topics around business growth and leadership, personal growth and family as well as growth in your community.
When Men Lean In
It is only when they truly lean in some tasks that are truly indifferent to be done by men or women that then we will have equal opportunities to spend time doing what we love – whether that includes the kids or not.
Financial Literacy for a 5-Year-Old
As I started giving my 5 year old an allowance, we used her first shopping spree as a lesson on financial concepts, financial choices and the value of money
Another type of CEO
At ALG, I need to be a money focused CEO. It is all about casting the net wider and deeper. I need to actually make the ask – now I have a plan to get me there.
I want to be the CEO
My goals for UPG this year – I want to be the CEO. That is not new and has many implications, but this time, I have an action plan.
Values, long term goals and what you can do next
I am committed to intentional living, intentional about my values and what I want my life to be. I am now using goals to live this value-oriented life.
How do you make your goals? SMART, stretched, not impossible
This week, I tried doing “big” personal goals (kindly note the word try before you read any further!). It was the first time I wrote them down intentionally, for as far as I can remember.
Time is what makes us different
I reach the end of 2018 with great satisfaction and I know what made the difference this year – time. It did not fly, I made it go.
A look-through 2018 @ ALG
On Xmas Day, I shared my look-through 2018 at A Little Gesture, in a moment of reflection and gratitude.
A time for gratitude
This time of year is one for reflection and gratitude. And the more I reflect, the more grateful I am.
How mentors have changed my life
It was the Summer of 2006 and I was sitting in Cafe Brera with my associate Teo. A year later, I was landing in Boston MA for my MBA. How mentors can and will change your life – if you let them!
Atomic Habits – tiny changes, remarkable results
I could tell from the first moment I was going to like reading Atomic Habits. It was clear what I was doing right in some of my newly created habits and what I was getting so wrong in others!
Performance Reviews: when authenticity is not good for you
When reading an old HBR article about authenticity, I finally found out how to frame (to the world and to myself), the outcome of my performance review. When is open communication too much communication for a leader. When is immediate feedback taken the wrong way? When does approachability hinder your authority? When is detail too much detail? Thoughts and answers and a lot of self-reflection!
Keeping the domino up … how the bullet journal changed my life
The Bullet Journal may be just a notepad, but it has truly made me intentional. It truly facilitates the concept of living my life intentionally. And I am grateful for that.
A To Do List at your service
It has been a long time since I had a job that has a defined amount of tasks which, in