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What are the four powerful steps to build your confidence? On paper, even the most successful and high achieving among us can lack in confidence. Oftentimes, a lack of confidence is the sole reason why we don’t take certain risks or seize opportunities. It is a key component in success and in life, and yet it escapes us at a different point throughout our journey. What if we knew how to get it back? Angie Morgan is a retired U.S. Marine and founding partner of LeadStar. She is also the author of Spark: How To Lead Yourself And Others To Greater Success. I recently interviewed Angie to talk about where confidence comes from and more importantly, how to get it. (This interview has been lightly edited for space and clarity.) Watch on Forbes: Kevin Kruse: Why is your book titled Spark? Angie Morgan: Well, with the work that my colleagues and I have been doing, what we do is go into organizations and train and develop leaders. What we always find is that the people who stand ou...

The freelancer market is seeing an uplift as employers seek out independent professionals to fill talent gaps, according to freelancer platform Upwork. Upwork's latest Freelance Forward Economist report found that the share of US workers who classify as permanent freelancers grew from 33.8% in 2020 to 35% in 2021. More freelancers are taking on work in skilled professions like computer programming, IT, marketing and business consulting, rising from 50% in 2020 to 53% in 2021. Skills with the highest year-over-year growth in demand on the Upwork platform were web programming (43%), web design (31%), and social media marketing (25%). The shift in the type of work freelancers are doing comes as companies struggle to find full-time staff in a highly competitive hiring market, said Upwork. Digital transformation is bringing new technical demands for businesses vying to stay competitive, meanwhile full-time employees are leaving their jobs in record numbers, making finding ...

In response to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, many SME businesses in the UK have now set out their hybrid working policies, enabling employees the freedom to choose where they work best either all the time or at least some of it. According to research, 71% of SMEs plan to implement hybrid working long-term, though many of those may not have considered the new challenges that may arise for finance professionals – especially when tracking expenses. Clear hybrid working policies and investment in technology to manage budgets will be needed. What’s changed with expenses tracking? Global manufacturer, Barco, recently revealed in its latest survey that a third of UK employees felt their company has not prioritised investments needed for better hybrid working. While there is ‘no one size fits all’ approach, it’s crucial to consider what has changed during the pandemic and if working models are changing, how businesses need to adapt to ensure finance professionals feel suppo...

Bad Outcome: How to turn a company's losses into profit margins Knowing how to find a solution for doing business is unique. e-Life and Work shares some ABC tips to strengthen your business after the outbreak ABC tips in 3 categories - Human resources, finance and #TheSoRT A. Human Resources 1. Work ethic - New normal with good behavior 2. Update standard operating procedures 3. Time management - Rearrange tasks and responsibilities 4. Focus on training and skills development B. Finance 5. Controlling internal and external expenditure 6. Trends - Analytical skills used to assess trends and patterns 7. Target market – Know the target market, post- pandemic 8. Strategic planning - Determine which assets are most relevant to your business in the long run 9. Risk management – Risk sharing provides peace of mind as it protects health, assets and income C. #TheSoRT 10. Name and logo - Create a new name and logo. Get professional services from industry experts 11.S...

Become a cloud architect An opportunity to learn from the leading cloud platform operators, Amazon based on the principles of architecture. What you will learn ↳ How cloud computing defines IT architecture rules ↳ How to design, and scale the implementation of AWS Cloud with best practices recommended by Amazon ↳ How to build a high availability infrastructure ↳ Learn the skills needed then scalable with cost-optimized architecture.