The Audacious Agency Reveals The Top 3 Advantages Entrepreneurs Gain by Entering Business Awards

The Audacious Agency Reveals The Top 3 Advantages Entrepreneurs Gain by Entering Business Awards

๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐คโ€ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ. Recently The Audacious Agency interviewed some award winners to hear what they gained by entering awards. Thanks ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง for including me, and to ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฆ and ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ for supporting me in my awards journey this year. As the recent ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’† ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’† ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“, 2021, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ซโ€™๐’” ๐‘ณ&๐‘ซ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“, 2021, I certainly have had a big year with awards! And I can honestly say itโ€™s taken a lot of work - AND it was worth every single second and not just because of the wins. I gained valuable insights and reflections about what makes my business work, what my customers really value and what it takes to keep it all going.

The challenge for men to be curious

The challenge for men to be curious

๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†. As a gender equity advocate, I often get asked by men - โ€˜what can I do to make things better?โ€™ The short answer is this: ๐๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ.

How well do you speak?

How well do you speak?

The ability to persuade and inspire is essential in business, and you do that by the words and sentences you use. In this ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, I share three tips on effective communication: think in headlines, employ short sentences, and use simple words. Have a listen here.

The Difference Project: Co-Creation

The Difference Project: Co-Creation

I was honoured to be a panelist on the first episode of ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, a series of live digital conversations about how our differences might bring us together to pursue common goals, rather than divide us. We discussed how to use Difference to make a difference...to make systemic change toward a safer, fairer, more inclusive world.

How to better understand and influence people

How to better understand and influence people

Did you get the chance to listen to my interview with Helga Svendsen on her podcast Take on Board? You can listen here and catch our discussion on how learn to influence with impact. We covered some key components of influencing other board members including a deep dive into different convincing strategies.

Nurturing the Next in Line

Donโ€™t have the time or inclination to help develop the people around you into leaders? Think again.

So says consultant Anneli Blundell, co-author of Developing Direct Reports: Taking the guesswork out of leading leaders. As a business owner or manager, youโ€™ve got an important role to play in helping those around you become leaders too. Your business will benefit! But there will be recalcitrant players among them. Anneli identifies the 12 derailers to good leadership and how you can help get those tricky would-be leaders back on track.

Listen to full episode: bit.ly/3tnG7Vo

It's All Possible Podcast with Rob Hartnett

It's All Possible Podcast with Rob Hartnett

What a way to spend an hour. Thanks Rob Hartnett for indulging me in my passion for chatting about all things people, coaching, critical conversations, and more. It's always a pleasure to cover important leadership topics with such an accomplished professional like yourself. Check out the full interview below if you're interested folks.