Category: Women In Business

Fresh from writing my 175-page master’s thesis, my advisor called to tell me the defense would be 3-hours long and would involve a committee of 5 academic leaders from 3 faculties. It would begin with my half-hour opening presentation followed by 2.5 hours of being questioned by the committee. As a skilled speaker, the presentation part…

Renowned writer Robert Browning first used the term ‘less is more’ in an 1855 poem.  This concept basically means that doing less on a particular project can actually have more impact than doing a lot. Nowhere in the business world is this more true than when pitching your product or service, whether to investors or…

The SBX Team is incredibly excited to debut this week’s blog post, “How To Be A Better Ally And Why It’s Important To Do So”, written by Raia ‘Coach’ Carey! The wealth of knowledge Raia has learned through journey inspires us all to be better and do better all while continuing to spread positivity to…

Whether you’re presenting online or in person, if you’re looking for buy-in from your audience your presentation needs to have impact. It isn’t about glitz, glamour or graphics it’s about good old-fashioned, well-crafted communication. In our recent Experts in Residence session, Communications & Creativity – Sandbox had the pleasure of inviting Jan Bailey and Shona…

What a fascinating time we are living in. We are practically living online, zoom fatigue has become a real ‘thing’ and we continue to kill people with ppt. No – we aren’t ‘killin’ it’ with our ppt’s (as your teen might say), it’s a bit less hip and a lot more painful. Death by PowerPoint continues…

Negotiating anything in life can be a hard and daunting task. Maybe you’re itching to get back into the office, maybe you’re cautious about returning, or maybe you’ve found a new love for working from home! If that’s the case, how do you negotiate with your employer to let you continue to work from home…