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Climbing the Himalayas to Save The Children!

Friday, July 10th, 2009

My friend Christine at work had the great opportunity to participate in the Global Challenge that took place in June of this year. She shared with me her experience of the trip. Can you explain what The Global Challenge is about? C: The Global Challenge is a company event with the objective of raising money [...]

Interpersonal Communication Skills for Career Success

Monday, July 6th, 2009

I recently attended a training on interpersonal communication skills whose objective is to increase your ability to influence and build strong work relationships. We addressed subjects such as managing tough conversations, managing stress and emotional intelligence, developing conflict resolution skills, using de-escalation techniques to calm and refocus for positive results. One easily forgets that having [...]

The Power of One

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Here I am this week in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the annual Sales and Marketing meeting! Every year both US teams get together for a few days in a nice and relaxing environment that generates new ideas and team building. This meeting is about bringing together the Sales and Marketing teams to discuss new brand initiatives, [...]

First blog post

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Hi! My name is Oriane, I am Associate Brand Manager for the Veet® brand based in the US. I will be sharing my personal experience as a young marketer, providing you with (hopefully) exciting tips and thoughts about my role and the company. My career path is unusual… I started at Reckitt Benckiser in France [...]