Workplace rivalry can appear in many circumstances, but one of the most commonly perceived dynamics is between women. You might feel like you sometimes need to compete with other women to achieve a particular position in your workplace, but that isn't true.Women need more representation in top positions in the workplace. You could gain experience and value from a mentorship where you work with other women than seeing them as your rivals for an opportunity.

In this guide, we’ll take a closer look at making leadership vs. specialization career choices, the benefits and disadvantages of becoming either a leader or an expert in your field, what can help you make the right decision, and much more.

Denisa Baníková is a Femme Palette mentee, who is finishing her Mentoring program. Currently taking a 3-month break to travel, Denisa would like to return to her career refreshed and ready to enter the next chapter of her career. In this spotlight interview, we asked Denisa about her journey towards becoming a manager, how she effectively provides support to engage and motivate her team, and so much more.

Let's go back in time a little bit. As a human race, we are historically hardwired to focus on the negative and threatening aspects of our lives rather than the positive ones. The rationale behind it is dated to ancient times and is fairly simple: in order to survive, we had to always keep an eye out for danger and maintain our guard. It was literally a matter of life and death. People who were more aware of the danger and focused on the negative things around them had a higher chance of surviving. Based on that, we can deduce that in order to switch the mind to positive thinking one should make some efforts.

Nicole Adelman is an Intercultural Performance and Leadership Trainer, as well as a Femme Palette Mentor and Ambassador. Drawing from her 20+ years of experience in service and storytelling, Nicole shares her own journey and tips for becoming more self-aware and a conscious storyteller. Read more about the importance of storytelling, her personal journey, and her 10 best practices.

We asked our community their top tools to improve their time management! From tools that manage and track time to those that help you prioritse tasks to make the most out of your workday, we are sharing their top picks of both digital and analogue tools that help them with their daily tasks! Increase your productivity this month by trying out one of these tools and seeing if they fit your working style.

Tipsport approached us when the company wanted to try out a different approach to talent development and decided to enroll selected employees to the leadership and mentoring program. The company wanted to give its leaders who have been in their roles for several years an opportunity to learn 1:1 from external mentors. To the Leadership program participants, we also offered leadership-focused workshops to combine group learning with a personal approach. We talked to Irma Marić, L&D Specialist at Tipsport, about the impact mentoring has had on Tipsport employees and how it has helped them grow in their roles.

Our community is composed of a diverse group of individuals of different nationalities, cultures, professional fields, backgrounds, and interests. What brings us together is our shared love for learning new things. We asked our community what they are currently reading and picked our top ten favourites to share with you and support you in expanding your knowledge! We have books on improving your communication skills to developing your organisations to breaking through invisible boundaries of global businesses. Expand your horizons this month by picking up one of the books members of our community are reading right now.