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Life of a Lady Blog

This is the Lady Val blog. Though she is breaking tradition because only daughters of hereditary Peers can use their first name (eg Lady Diana Spencer) so by rights she should be known as Lady Corbett. But by Networkers and others she is know as Lady Val so she has given up  keeping a wary eye on the Tower of London.

Avon Empowering Women AwardsWhy is Lady Val she a Ladeee?

Because her MP husband was awarded a Peerage when he decided to vacate his seat after 18 years of hard slog (with no time off for good behaviour.). Unfortunately a title makes no difference when trying to get a table in a fully booked restaurant and is yet to get her upgraded on a flight, but I live in hope.

Lady Val’s blog is about her life and times – the people she meet, the things she thinks, the way of the world. Anything which takes her fancy and which (hopefully) you will find either interesting, entertaining or thought-provoking.

So the LIFE OF A LADY blog will connect with professional women, expound on lessons learned which could be useful to all of us and share snippets about people she’s seen, places she’s been and everything in between.

Click here to watch WATC TV Interview with Lady Val Corbett

Click here to visit Lady Val’s Professional Women’s Network

sorry
02
May

The under-rated power of the apology

(Pity Amber Rudd didn’t read this last week!) I learned to say sorry the hard way. It was my first big job – editor of an independent women’s magazine given away in SPAR grocery shops (look we all have to start somewhere!). I organised a competition and the prizes were a collection of about 12...
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Future Leaders
05
Apr

Seven reasons for women to take the lead | Life of a Lady

“I believe women should take the lead in all countries – maybe a little safer” – The Dalai Lama I describe myself not as a feminist but as an equalist. I’ve long maintained there has never been a glass ceiling, only a lack of confidence to crack it. Things are changing now and quite fast...
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colleagues giving an office high-five featured
13
Mar

Navigating the minefield of office politics

Office politics are the tactics people use to gain advantage. Whether you hate it, admire it, practice it or avoid it, office politics is a fact of life in any company. And, like it or not, it’s something you need to understand and if you can, work with. (If I’d been more savvy about the...
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Lady Vals proffessional womens
07
Feb

A three letter word can help your business | Life of a Lady

I have many business-savvy networkers and one of them, Jane Hirst, develops a company’s potential by writing and facilitating workshops to meet customers’ specific needs. She has introduced me to two important things, one is a word and the other a person. The word is: yet (of which more later) The second is the work...
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Speaking
11
Jan

Less chat, more listening could reap business rewards | Life of a Lady

One of my networkers, Jayne Constantinis has given me food for thought at the beginning of this new year. She asks, “What is the most important offering we can make for 2018?  Should it be the gift of silence? Or to put it another way – listening?” Jayne has introduced me to Celeste Headlee’s book...
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2017 Resolutions
12
Dec

NOW is the time to think about your New Year Resolution

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Jinny Ditzler is an executive coach par excellence. I met her when I was returning to work at a TV production company after my daughter went to school and was feeling nervous because it had been a four-year career break (though I had been doing freelance writing in the meantime). I was recommended to see...
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inappropriate
20
Nov

Are you comfortable calling out inappropriate behaviour?

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How do you think your organisation would respond if you raised an issue around inappropriate behaviour? Would you have the confidence to call it out if it happened to you or you witnessed it?  What would you do if a colleague told you they had been subjected to harassment? These questions are timely as we’ve read...
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emails
17
Oct

Sending emails? Easy. Ignoring them? Very easy | Four tips to ensure your emails have impact

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How often do you receive an email which you don’t read? You mean to. It’s just that you have meetings scheduled and then a business lunch .. you will get around to it.  And you might. When you do though, you look at the plethora of words and decide to  click the X button. I’ve...
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