n November, the highly anticipated annual Bazaar At Work
Summit br ing s together fema le leaders f rom fields a s diverse
as fashion and finance, academia and art. While it is an
enormous privilege to hear these women talk about their
triumphs and their trials, what I treasure almost more than any-
thing else are their hard-won insights into success that, over the
years, have transformed how I, too, work and live.
Sometimes, the most casual observation can strike a chord: over-
whelmed by my daily agenda, I was impressed by the writer Julia
Hobsbawm’s comment last year that we should cherish our diariesI
A: Plan your wardrobe, take a day off emails and learn to say no...
leading businesswomen share the secrets of positive productivity
By LY DI A SL AT E R
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Q: HOW
CAN I
BE MY
V E RY BE ST
SELF?
‘like our bodies’ and refuse to allow them to be invaded without
our express permission. And it is also as a result of advice I received
at the Summit that I have a note stuck to my computer reading:
‘Would you go tonight? ’ A glance at this successfully prevents
me from blithely accepting invitations just because they’re
months away.
In anticipation of this forthcoming meeting of minds, and espe-
cially for the benefit of those who are unable to join us on the day,
we ask successful businesswomen to share their own top tips on
professional productivity.