by Dawn Baird | 21 Oct 14 | business, communication, entrepreneurship, funding
Every year, we sit down to subject ourselves to be entertained by The Apprentice candidates’ overstuffed personal introduction videos. This is my advice to the candidates having watched episodes 1 and 2. Learn the difference between an adjective and a verb...
by Dawn Baird | 05 Sep 14 | business, entrepreneurship, networking
Update 21/10/14: #belfasthour Meetup and Official Launch is on 27/10/14 I’m in love. (No, not Allen. Well, OK.) With #belfasthour. What is #belfasthour? Belfast Hour is a Twitter Chat It’s a chat on Twitter. Fooled you there, didn’t I? You though it...
by Allen Baird PhD | 09 Sep 13 | business, emotional intelligence, entrepreneurship
My fascination with what makes a psychopath was yanked again recently. Psychopaths are usually characterised as those who possess no empathy, marking them out from the rest of us as cold and emotionless. Empathy is a central plank of our Emotional Intelligence and is...
by Dawn Baird | 05 Sep 13 | business, coaching, entrepreneurship
We’re delighted to announce that Dawn has been appointed as a mentor on Newtownabbey Borough Council’s ASK Programme. The ASK Programme launches on Thursday 12th September at Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey. Local businessmen and women are being invited to...
by Allen Baird PhD | 26 Aug 13 | business, entrepreneurship
I’ve been thinking about what makes an entrepreneur ever since I read in Rework that there’s no such thing as an entrepreneur. Their argument is that the activity of entrepreneurship should not sound like an elite club. Rework is a great book (see my Amazon review)...
by Dawn Baird | 18 Jul 13 | body language, confidence, entrepreneurship
I’m no Claude, but here are a few suggestions why I think Leah triumphed over Luisa. Leah Totton was cast as the quiet, even cold, one during The Apprentice 2013. It’s true that we’re not known for our effective assertiveness skills in NI. But,...
