Entries by Leonidas Alexandrou

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Five Steps to Achieving More Clarity in Your Career

Let’s take a trip through my imagination. Picture Michalis, an easy-going 23-year-old new business graduate, who smiles easily, has plenty of friends, goes to the gym three times a week and has a social schedule that’s booked months in advance. He’s just been hired to join the sales team at a major company. His family […]

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Five Myths About What Career Greatness Looks Like

We live life at the speed of an Instagram photo. And by this point, it’s no secret that the glamorous lifestyles of others on social media is eroding our self-confidence and undermining our mental health. Feelings of ‘being a failure’ are everywhere, and they are particularly common in the Millennial new grads and young professionals […]

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Four Myths Keeping You From Success in Your Career

Stuck and blocked. Blocked and stuck…. If I had a cappuccino for every time I heard this from a new grad or young professional employee mentee, I would probably be the most caffeinated person on the planet. Stuck and blocked. Paralysed in contemplating the future. And contemplating not just ANY future… but future success in […]

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The Top Three Myths About Being a Great Presenter

Remember the days when you could simply get on with your assignments and never have anything more public to do than make the occasional phone call and report to your manager once in a while? Me neither. The fact is, giving presentations before your colleagues, industry peers or clients are the norm for many jobs. […]

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Five Mistakes Keeping You From Advancing in Your Career

There comes a moment in many otherwise ambitious, motivated, hardworking professionals’ lives, when they catch themselves stuck in a loop of self-doubt, confusion – perhaps even bitterness. At such times, their morale is low because they cannot figure out why, despite doing all the ‘right’ things they’re not progressing as they would like, and as […]