I like sad people. Those who bitter for nothing, have empty expectations and build castles on the sand that the sea will wash away. I like angry people. I like those who are always miserable about their lives, who hate…
Lead and communicate with emojis
Some time ago, whilst training and mentoring in a large mentoring project for a multinational company for Portugal, Europe and Latin America, someone asked: “Anabela, as a leader can I use emojis in my professional communication? Is is correct? I…
The hidden secret of recruitment and the five reasons for it to happen
Human resources consultants and recruiters who dedicate themselves to recruitment and talent management keep searching for tools to legitimise the good choices of professional, competent and honest people for the jobs they have in their portfolio for their clients. Many…
Personal and professional leadership of freelancers
Maybe because my parents were both government employees, during a long time in life, I thought that the solution would be to work for others…this thought made perfect sense to me and that was how I led my life for…
Business Citizenship and Human Resources Management
Being a first class citizen is to be a responsible, autonomous and solidary person, one who knows and practices legal rights and duties in dialogue and respect for others with a pluralist, critical and creative spirit and in reference to…
Shaping Leaders: 180° Leader vs. 360° Leader
The leadership issue has become a very fashionable subject, a sort of trend. Fortunately, everyone discusses it and encourages it within organizations. It’s something good. This contribution of mine is just another (in and out) vision of all thinking minds…
Are you a Care Leader?
Being a leader doesn’t come as the Maslow’s pyramid of needs, after having satisfied ones, we’ll move on to others. Being a leader implies, right at the base, a series of needs, curiosities, capacities and pleasures – alongside. In this…