Considered as Eco-Business A-Listers, the chief sustainability officer of Singapore-based property firm City Developments Limited (CDL), ubiquitous partnership builder Esther An is famous for carrying her commitments beyond her corporate roles. Esther is known for promoting sustainability across all sectors, is a TEDx speaker, and is an expert bringing people together to build partnerships. In the above video listen in her own words what is the secret behind her successful leadership!

An active advocate for green building and sustainability for over two decades, Esther has been instrumental in establishing CDL’s leadership in sustainability. It is ranked top real estate company on the 2020 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World and is also the only CDP A-List company for climate strategy and water security in SE Asia.

Key ESG initiatives she has spearheaded include publishing the first sustainability report using GRI standards in Singapore in 2008; issuing the first green bond by a Singaporean company in 2017 and pioneering an SDG Innovation Loan in Singapore in 2019. As a forerunner in embracing the UN SDGs, Esther was conferred 2018 SDG Pioneer for Green Infrastructure and A Low Carbon Economy by the UN Global Compact.

Committed to building a large ecosystem to drive change, Esther serves on the board ad Vice-Chair of the World Green Building Council Corporate Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA), Singapore Institute of Directors and Global Compact Network Singapore. She chairs the ULI Singapore Sustainability Product Council and APREA Sustainability Committee with a view to accelerating sustainability practices in the regional real estate sector.

The founder of Women4Green and Youth4Climate initiatives, Esther believes in engaging and empowering women and youths as a force for change towards a sustainable future for all.

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Let’s add some healthy and delicious food to your weekend food menu! Try out delicious healthy Carrot Muffins this weekend friends, a recipe shared by Neha Grover Vij, a vibrant marketing consultant!

‘Healthy recipes for healthy you’ is especially for that segment of Womenlines audience who are eagerly looking for new recipes which are healthy also!

Ingredients:

Grated carrots 1/2 cup
Coarsely chopped walnuts 1/4 cup (optional)
Fine or powdered sugar 5 tbsp
Melted butter 1/4 cup + for greasing the mould
Wheat 3/4 cup
Cinnamon 1/4 tsp
Baking soda 3/4 tsp
Milk 1/4 cup

Method:

  1. Mix together carrots, sugar, melted butter in a deep bowl for 1 minute with an electric beater on medium speed.
  2. Sieve the flour and baking soda.
  3. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and milk to carrot-sugar mix and beat for another 1 minute on medium speed.
  4. Add walnuts and lightly mix into the batter using a spatula.
  5. Great the muffin tray with melted butter.
  6. Dust with plain wheat.
  7. Pour the batter upto 3/4th of the above moulds and tap the tray to have an even top.
  8. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180 degrees C for around 25-30 minutes or until done.
  9. Cool slightly and demould. Ready to be served.

Notes:
The wheat can be substituted with half maida (plain flour) half wheat portion as well or flour of choice as wheat tends to make cakes etc dense.
This can also be baked in a cake mould.

Neha Grover Vij

Marketing Consultant

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Womenlines believes that applied knowledge is a superpower! It is such a pleasure to welcome Sandra Pollock OBE from the UK as a Business coach at the Womenlines panel to empower people in business with the superpower of business excellence! In the above video, Sandra is sharing valuable insights on how hiring on a budget can be simplified!

A serial entrepreneur and a multi-award-winning Leadership, Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Executive Business Coach and Consultant, Founder & CEO of The Women’s Awards and SHINE Magazine.

In addition to these fields, Sandra also specialises in organisational change, advising senior level Leaders to make people and business decisions that align with their values and strategy, taking their staff with them to improved staff engagement, business profit and growth.

There are several ways I can support you:

  1. Articles, videos, and vlogs

I frequently write articles, create videos on a variety of topics including business, leadership, team management, Equality, and personal development. You can find out more about these opportunities by signing up to my mailing list or following me on social media and my website.

  1. Webinars, Events, Workshops, and other activities

I host and take part in a range of webinars and events and run workshops in my specialist areas, most of which are open to the public. Some are only available to my closed group and communities.  You can find out about these activities by signing up to my mailing list, following my social media links or websites.

  1. Public speaker, lecturer, presenter, and host

I have spoken as a keynote speaker, and panellist, on numerous occasions and events.  This includes speaking at the European Commission on Flexible Working, Leadership management and gender equality, Women in Management and a range of other topics and conferences around the world.  I also speak at seminars, webinars, workshops, interviews on TV and Radio (BBC and others).  Additionally, other topics include race and equality, women in business, personal, professional, and business development. And finally, hosting my own TV programme.

I have been a radio host, running my own programme on BBC Radio Leicester, EAVA FM and providing weekly visitors slots on other broadcasts. I have lectured at Universities on Leadership, management, entrepreneurship, business start-up and business growth.

  1. Working with me directly

With over three decades of experience, knowledge, and ‘know’-how’ gained from working with a wide range of sectors and areas of business, I bring a unique perspective to support business leaders, Human Resources professionals and their stakeholders to achieve their programme and business strategy through their people.

As a people development specialist, I advise organisational leaders on how to create happy, motivated and engaged staff that are inspired to deliver excellent service.  Happy people create happy customers.

And as a Diversity and Inclusion consultant, I support organisations to create cultures that honestly address blind spots, areas of difference and support the value of difference, change, and inclusion for the benefit of all stakeholders. I do this through an inclusive, open, and effective series of programmes where everyone’s views are heard and respected, but the values and objectives set are upheld.  This moves the organisation forward together creating an agreed more inclusive, diversity welcoming environment.

At the start of 2021, I was listed in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List and awarded the honour of an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for my services to Equality.

Confidentiality is paramount to me and my business. You can be reassured that all information you discuss, or share will be kept in the strictest of confidence within the terms of our agreement to work together.

Get in touch

If you would like to work with me on a private one to one basis or to arrange for a discussion in an advisory or consultancy capacity, please make contact via one of the options below.

Websites:                http://openmindcoaching.com/

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Get some powerful boost to use the remaining 123 days left in 2021, from our guest contributor Ela Staniak, Feminine Leadership Coach from Australia!

TIME… There are 123 days left this year, until 31st December 2021!

That’s 3 months and 30 days = 17 weeks and 2 days.

Along the years coaching high performing individuals in multiple industries I have witnessed an intriguing correlation between the quality of a relationship one develops with ‘time’ and their unique ability to experience, navigate and take charge of their results.

It is one of many unconscious concepts so most people do not realise they can change how they operate on day to day basis productively simply by understanding their perception of time alongside other elements of behavioural patterns.

How to Utilise the next 123 days of 2021

I’ve observed three main trends in the context of a relationship with time:

1) Not Enough Time

Operates in a sense that ‘there isn’t ever enough time to do things they must/ need to/ want to accomplish. Feels a sense of pressure. Wants to ‘do it all today/asap”. Without energy & time management often resorts to anxiousness, overwhelm, or even panic. Some may come across as scattered. Over time feels fatigued and can make small errors, which can leave some projects unaccomplished. Constant ‘DOINGNESS’ leaves them feeling depleted. BURN OUT AND FOMO sufferers this one is for you 😉

TIP: practise realistic planning. Taking on too much will result in repeating the same cycle.

2) There’s Always more time

Operates in a belief that there is always more time to do things they want to/ need to do. Can be a high performer at work but not necessarily personally. Lacks urgency in accomplishing tasks/ personal goals/ promises/ commitments because there is always tomorrow. Expect them to turn up to meetings late without an apology because they do not see being on time as a necessity – this does not demonstrate their lack of respect for others, but being on time is not high in their value ladder. Likes ‘going with the flow’ in a colloquial meaning.

TIP: assess whether your current way of operating is producing the results you want personally and professionally. Creating avenues for motivation and self-discipline are critical.

3) Works with time

Understands the importance of productivity vs high volume of activity. Demonstrates a fine combination of urgency and patience. Knows when to accelerate and when to slow down/ or stop to sustain optimum performance. Can flow in-between ‘being in a moment’ and ‘future pacing’ well. Can come across as grounded, dedicated and centred. Operates in a state of trust, alignment and connection. Appreciates every given moment. “Tomorrow is not promised”, so lives in gratitude. Loves the process/ the journey of “getting there” as much as the actual outcome.

TIP: to sustain this momentum remember that you are always ready for every experience you encounter. Challenges are stepping stones to further development.

How will you utilise the next 123 days of 2021?

What is your relationship with time?

Founder of ‘Feminine Leaders’. As a Feminine Leadership Coach to female CEO’s, Executives, and Business Owners Ela champions stratospheric results beyond imagining for women ready to achieve the next level of trajectory to ‘Lead & Live THE ULTIMATE LIFE’

https://www.elastaniak.com/

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Imagine if you get to know that specific key that can awaken your inner genius, won’t you be putting efforts to get that key? Just listen to guest contributor Bernie Davies from the UK, who is a TEDx Speaker, Publisher, International Master Coach, Mentor, Diversity & Entrepreneurship Leader, Author!

To have a consultation with Bernie to book onto the full Awaken Your inner Genius Business strategy 8 part programme visit https://berniedavies.as.me/coffeewithBernie!

Bernie Davies is a Publisher, TEDx Speaker, Trainer, Bestselling Author, Diversity and Entrepreneurship Leader, International Master Coach and Business Mentor with an outstanding legal career in the property who has now dedicated herself to helping businesses to increase visibility, grow their network and thrive. She launched Your Book Your Way Publishing house in 2021. A double bestselling author, her business Bestseller Your Business Your Way, topped the Amazon New Releases in all its 3 categories and is an overall Amazon Bestseller.

Bernie, has trained hundreds of Businesses from the Private and Public Sectors, as far back as 2009.  She is now supporting new business development with her role as Business Mentor for Business Wales.  Bernie is also an Associate and Business Coach for the Welsh Government Accelerator programme.  She has trained in-house for Cardiff Council Economic Development Team, Johnson & Johnson, Welsh Language Board, Chwarae Teg Agile Nation Project, 4Ward Development to name a few.

Bernie has singlehandedly delivered countless monthly, sell-out Training seminars to multiple hundreds of Businesses in South Wales. She regularly sits on Awards Judging panels as a Business Specialist. Bernie has been and continues to be a regular BBC Radio Wales Contributor and media personality.

The achievements don’t stop here. Bernie and her husband Mark owned and operated for 8 years, an award winning chain of Restaurants, Jamaican Jill’s in Neath and Swansea and during that time she served as Chair of the Neath Chamber of Trade and sat on the Neath Town Centre Consortium. Her restaurants were voted Top 100 restaurants in Wales 2018 and Best Caribbean Restaurant in Wales 2019. Founding Territory Council member of the South Wales Chamber of Commerce, and Ambassador for the prestigious Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club, she is also Franchise Owner of Introbiz Swansea and West Wales and CEO & Founder of Bernie Davies Global.

Top 100 Businesswoman in Wales 2017, Swansea Black Icon and excellence in business Award winner; Bernie connects and supports businesses globally.

As a keen diversity and inclusion advocate Bernie sits on the Black History Wales Management Committee. Bernie also strongly championed the launch of Black Pound in Wales on December 5th, 2020 and credits her success to knowing herself and embracing what she calls her YOU PRINT™.

TEDx Speaker, Bernie Davies has spoken on many platforms over the 30 plus years of her legal and business career. From a regular radio feature on current legal issues in the Caribbean (before moving to the United Kingdom 20 years ago) to Speaking at the International Congress on Telecommunications at the United Nations Geneva 2003, The National Conveyancing Congress UK, Capital Cardiff, multiple conferences and business events; Bernie has spoken to hundreds of thousands.

She continues to be a sought Speaker. Her ready wit and charm coupled with her knowledge and expertise makes her an inspiration to listen. Her insightfulness and her empathy pulls people in and always leaves them wanting more and pumped up to be more!

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Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome guest contributor Anna Wojtkowska, Plant Based Diet Educator, Founder of LivingveggiebyAnia, at Womenlines panel.Listen to her insightful sharing in the video above about importance of plant based diet.

LivingveggiebyAnia promotes a healthy lifestyle via healthy eating. Providing education on plant-based foods and diets through seminars, workshops and hands-on cooking courses. With easy to follow cooking courses, demonstrations, catering and events we want to spread the message that vegan food is not only healthy but also tasty and easy to prepare.

Originally from Poland, Ania has been living in Singapore for the past nine years. In 2017 she began her journey to developed and expand the awareness of healthy eating and plant-based diets. To promote her aims she launched her company – LivingveggiebyAnia. She is also working with the restaurants helping them to develop plant-based menuShe graduated from Cornell’s Plant-Based Nutrition by Dr Colin Campbell and Plant-based nutrition from Winchester University (UK) and attended numerous cookery schools across Asia.She uses her nutritional knowledge in practical terms, with – cooking classes, dining events, restaurant consultations, and workshops, where she promotes the connection between diet and wellbeing.

Ania wants to spread the message that vegan food is not only healthy but tasty, easy to prepare and can change the quality of our life.

I am a BIG foodie! I am passionate about everything food related. Whether its cooking, shopping for food, eating it or the nutritional science behind it. The link between our diet and our health particularly fascinates me To follow my passion I launched LivingveggiebyAnia – a one stop solution for people  who want to improve their diet to a healthier one. With easy to follow cooking courses both online and physical (catering for individuals and organisations), weight loss programs , and nutritional workshops the aim is to spread the message that vegan food is not only healthy but also tasty and easy to prepare. I am certified in Plant Based Nutrition by Cornell University in US and Winchester University in UK. This knowledge helps me to guide you towards your healthy diet, and to design nutritionally balanced recipes which facilitates weight loss in a sustainable way. Discovering new cuisines is fun so we have developed plant based and gluten free versions of many national classics, from the likes of  – from Persia, Singapore, Middle East, Georgia etc. These offer proof that healthy food can be still exciting and delicious.

I hope my passion about healthy eating is contagious and would love to see you at one of my events, so that you can also get ‘infected’ with the idea of healthy and delicious food.Your health starts on the plate, let me show you what to put on it, and most importantly what not to.

www.livingveggiebyania.com

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Let’s add some interesting ingredients to your salad to make it more healthy! Try out delicious Peanut salad this weekend friends!

‘Healthy recipes for healthy you’ is especially for that segment of Womenlines audience who are eagerly looking for new recipes which are healthy also! Peanuts are a convenient source of protein and come with the added bonus of healthful nutrients, such as antioxidants, iron, magnesium, and fibre.” The majority of fats in peanuts are heart-healthy mono- and polyunsaturated fats, which can help lower “bad” LDL cholesterol. (Credit)

My name is Annemarie Rossi. I’m the creator of Real Food Real Deals and the author of Conquering Your Kitchen. I provide recipes and tips to help families eat real, minimally processed food while maintaining a budget.

I love to travel, and I share my suggestions about family travel destinations where healthy food is readily accessible and celebrated. We’ve eaten our way through different parts of the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Visit my Real Food Travel Gallery for details.

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Womenlines presents a talk show ‘Let’s erase Domestic Violence’.This talk show aims to share various ways to prevent domestic violence from our society across the globe. In this episode, Archana Mittal, a Therapist/Counsellor/Social Worker from India is sharing about her petition to Introduce Women’s Rights as a Subject in School to Erase Domestic Violence Sign the Petition! http://chng.it/wSv524XL!

Let’s support Archana in getting the initiative of introducing ‘Women’s Rights’ as a subject in Schools. In her words-

Violence against women occurs throughout her life – from before she is born, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and till adulthood. Most of the data are believed to be unreliable as many cases go unreported.
 Legislative changes by itself would not suffice because violence against women is a deep-rooted social problem. Lack of awareness, not knowing her rights, and the fear of getting hurt often prevent women from taking any action. Starting at the ground level, gender sensitisation by parents and teachers is needed to sensitise children. Building a strong foundation and learning about their rights early on in life will help recognise and avoid domestic violence from a very young age. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 7 men experience domestic violence by the time they are adults. I want these statistics to be a thing of the past. By providing education in schools about topics related to domestic violence, schools can help prevent incidents and create a culture where domestic violence is no longer such common behaviour in our society. That is why I am addressing this petition to the Ministry of Education and Women and Child Welfare, asking them to introduce women’s rights as a subject in schools, to help address concepts from an early age, and erase domestic violence. There is a need for both men and women to understand this problem, and work together to eradicate it. Sign my petition.
 It’s time we Educate To Erase!

Archana Mittal

Archana Mittal

Archana is a chemical engineer by qualification, associate partner at Encito Advisors, Therapist/Counsellor/Social Worker Archana brings in a skill-set of networking and communications. She has been a founder member of many national and international social development initiatives. and Dr Bollineni Keerthi, president Vasavya Mahila Mandali NGO

Bollineni Keerthi

It is a pleasure to have Bollineni Keerthi, President at Vasavya Mahila Mandali NGO, who is doing incredible work for women empowerment in India. She is sharing her observations after meeting and listening to so many women’s stories facing challenges, what every woman should prioritise in life for herself and also teach her daughter so they don’t have to face those challenges.

At Womenlines we strongly believe that as a woman we all are having amazing powers, and skills, which can help us to achieve our dreams and fight challenges in life. Many women across the globe forget or are not even aware of it. Through ‘Let’s Erase Domestic Violence Talkshow’ we want to reach out to women globally who are facing this violence, that they can come out of it, and make them believe that there are people to help them out to prevent domestic violence.

Links to – Episode 1234, 5, 6

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Womenlines takes pleasure to be a digital partner for the Amplethon 2021 – 8 hrs online ‘No Code Hackathon’, on 28th August, 2 pm- 10 pm IST, by Solworxs.

What if you can learn how to reduce the cost of development of apps by up to 80%? No Code environment of technology can make it possible. Gear up to participate in an Amplethon that can help you to get your fingers on the usage of No Code technology to build solutions!

Solworxs, a business company from India, is organising an Amplethon to empower Citizen Developers globally!

Why No Code Amplethon?

The key focus of the amplethon is to invite, train and citizen developers to participate in solving problems with the usage of NoCode solutions and help the results to showcase for the democratization of IT solutions across organizations, Startups, MSMEs, Corporates.

No-code defined visual software development environments enable business and citizen developers to drag and drop mobile apps, bind them, and build smartphone or web applications known as no-code development platforms.

A no-code framework is a programming platform that uses a visual development interface to enable non-technical users to build applications by dragging and dropping software components to create a full app. Users don’t need any previous coding experience to build applications using no-code. (Credit)

Why should you take a No-code Approach? 

How does it works-

Contact Details-

freedomfromcode@solworxs.com

www.solworxs.com

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The importance of creating a safe space for mental wellness conversation between therapists and individuals has increased tremendously amidst the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic! Healthy Mind Online, a portal to support the mental well-being of people has come up with such a safe space virtually. Womenlines is delighted to share about this safe space in the words of the Managing Director of Healthy Mind Online Geeta Dayal in the interview at ‘Entrepreneur/Professional of the Month’ Show above-

Geeta Dayal is the Managing Director of Healthy Mind Online (HMO), a Singapore company and an online portal to support the mental well-being of people. HMO has worked with the Institute of Mental Health, Agency of Integrated Care (MOH), and MHC Asia Group in Singapore to fine-tune their online program. Their MyResilience Program has a holistic approach towards mental wellness. HMO recently opened its office in India and is working with a couple of clients, with more in the pipeline. Geeta grew up in a small town in India and loved school and university. Her first job was as a lecturer at Delhi University. She relocated to Singapore 20 years back and became a full-time mom to her daughter.

A desire to venture into the tech startup world and the firm belief that mental health has not been given enough attention by the medical world led to the creation of HealthyMindOnline – an ANONYMOUS digital portal all about mental well-being. 

HealthyMindOnline (HMO) wanted to talk about mental well-being, fight the stigma attached to it, and start conversations about this. Mental well-being cannot happen in isolation from physical well-being. And being physically fit alone will not allow you to reach your full potential if you’re not mentally and emotionally resilient.  This has surfaced recently in the Olympic Games and the unfortunate incident in a school right here in our country. 

Most importantly, HMO wanted to have in place a system where anybody feeling the need for understanding and assistance felt they had a safe space to be heard, or understood without judgement.

HMO’s approach is holistic:  they look at awareness, assessment, and intervention

Awareness:

You can go to the resources page on the website to increase general awareness by reading articles and blog entries about health – both physical and mental.

Assessment :

You can take the Resilience Quiz to get an idea about how resilient you are – that is how well you can bounce back from setbacks.  The questions pertain to both physical and mental wellness.

Intervention:

You can take the 4-week program

HMO also offers a regular video consult session, but they find higher uptake for the anonymous 4-week program.

So if you are feeling stressed, lonely, overworked, or relationships are causing heartache, or there is anxiety or sadness, talking to a qualified person helps to overcome such issues, become more resilient and learn how to cope in the future. Nobody should feel that they have no place to be heard, no place they feel safe sharing. Nobody should feel that they are alone, or there is no way out. Everybody deserves to live their lives to their full potential. Everybody deserves to be their best self.

COVID-19 has made people more acutely aware of the importance of mental wellness and also made them more open to getting support online, but HMO was working on this before that.

The App for HMOs will be available on the App Stores soon.

The links for the website:

www.healthymindonline.com/singapore

www.healthymindonline.com/india

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