Seems like more and more people are learning their lessons the hard way when buying internationally. In our Safe Trading channel, we regularly update our articles to provide our members tips and tricks to learn lessons the easier and cheaper way. With articles on safe trading basics, case studies, and members sharing their experiences, the [...]

First time parents are usually busy in the months before the child arrives, planning the nursery, buying baby clothes and baby proofing their home.  When the child arrives and the reality of the situation settles in they may be feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the work involved with the care of their cherished baby.  [...]

In February I wrote about scapegoating at work after noticing that the issue was coming up more and more with my coaching clients. It struck me that scapegoating had become a widespread and growing problem which was posing significant career implications for the victim.
What I hadn’t realised was just how endemic the [...]

I wasn’t thrilled. I’d just learned that the trip to NYC that I was taking with my extended family would center on the American Girl store. When I think New York, I think Central Park, Broadway shows, fancy cocktails, and shopping. I’m not a doll person, not now in my 33rd year, or ever. I [...]

I work with companies on a variety of application domains for technology and analytics. One of the questions that often arises is, “Where should we start?” They want to know where they can get the greatest return on their efforts. Increasingly I want to tell them—perhaps a bit more diplomatically—the title of this post. Pricing, [...]

It’s job hunting time for thousands of soon-to-be-graduates – and these members of Generation Y are proving to have some fairly specific approaches and preferences as they go about the search.
For those of you who are trying to entice them to your firm, here’s a quick overview of what they’re looking for. And for those [...]

It’s popular today to point out that Gen Ys as children often received trophies for simple participation and extensive praise for just about any idea. Detractors criticize Y’s (individuals born between 1980 and 2000) as products of a misguided movement in parenting and education designed to buffer children from the negative effects of competition [...]