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Dealing with Difficult Colleagues

There is no organisation without difficult staffs but the ability to successfully deal with them makes you successful at everything. Knowing when and how to deal with a difficult colleague is an important life skill because they are existing in all facets of life. Types of difficult ...

Have you Ever Been ‘Quiet Fired’ At Work?

Quiet firing is when your employer treats you badly to the point of resignation instead of being fired. There are many ways Employers Quiet fire their staffs When your employer does not respect youWhen your job description or Title changes without your input and to your detrimentWhen ...

Global Trends: Four-Day Work Week and its Feasibility.

Global workforce did not envisage that so much changes will take place as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Apart from exposing workplaces to new ways of running businesses, restructure and rightsizing took place. Then remote work became the order of the day. Trillions of dollars that ...

Top 16 workplace Performance Expectations

To be success driven in a workplace requires that you understand your organisation’s performance expectations. They form part of your goals and outcomes and are reflected in how you daily carry out your job functions. I have put together a list of such expectations hoping you find ...

Tips to Developing your Interpersonal Intelligence

Interpersonal Intelligence is the ability to simply understand the people around you and their feelings. This will enable you determine how you engage or interact with them. For many who daily interface with people in their profession, it is essential to develop and master these skills. These ...

Breaking your Phone Addiction

Breaking your Phone Addiction Much as Smart phone can be your friend, it can also be your worst enemy. 2022 Statistics have shown that there are 5.22 Billion Smart Phone users in the world which accounts for 66.6% of the Global population. 75.4% users are addicted to their ...

CONFUSING ARROGANCE WITH CONFIDENCE

Many times, people mistake arrogance for confidence and they end up losing out big time. Confidence and arrogance are two different things. Confidence is a feeling of self assurance that comes from an appreciation of our competence or ability while arrogance is characterised by having an exaggerated ...

Has Your Business Embraced Global Branding?

Global branding is a process of creating a brand image that meets global standards and expectations. Just as the world continues to get more connected, one is tempted to ask if your business has embraced globalization. Find below some tips you may find useful to help ...

Thinking of Increasing the price of your Products and Services?

Then you need to do the following: Internal sensitization of your staffs to defend the decision when and where the need arises. Every staff must be on the same page in this regard.Contact your client directly: it will give them a sense of belonging and commitment ...

When your work Environment is Toxic.

Toxic workplace is described as an environment where staffs finds it difficult to thrive in their career. This is as a result of negative environment triggered by Company policies, direct Supervisor, Colleagues and even Employers. When you find yourself in this situation, this is what you ...

How to Practice Self Care

Most of the time when we talk about self care, the focus has always been on our looks and staying healthy, self care is much more than it. We do not only need to visit the spa or gym to self care. We also need ...

7 Signs that you are overworked.

When you are overwhelmed and don’t even know where to start.When you keep delaying tasks or procrastinatingWhen you bring your unfinished tasks home for the weekendWhen you can’t sleep as a result of worriesWhen mistakes start creeping inWhen your mind wanders and you stare into ...

Rounding up your Vacation/Leave And Dread Resuming Work?

This is what you should do; Make sure you tie up loose ends before you proceed else you will be dragged back during emergencies, delegate unfinished tasks for continuity, do a proper document that keeps the system going in your absence.Shut down on office completely, set ...

Handling Difficult Conversations at Work

At some point as a manager you will be saddled with the responsibility of having difficult conversations in the overall interest of the organization. This always happen when a difficult situation comes up and needs to be addressed as quickly as possible. If not handled well, it ...

The Importance of Diplomacy in the Workplace

Diplomacy is the manner we relate with and or way we convey information to our colleagues, superiors, and subordinates. There are countless people you must work with every day, from Employers to your Line Managers, your colleagues, and everyone in-between. Being diplomatic refers to one’s ability ...

Just How Short is Your Attention Span?

The last few years have seen us stuck with the information that our attention span reduced from even 10 seconds to 8 seconds. Its all over the place and because of that many has been placed under perpetual laziness. Even the patience to read through ...

Managing Multi- Generational Workforce

In every workplace, there are four basic generation of staff you will come across. As an Employer or Manager, it is essential that you are able to identify and categorize them, motivate them, win their loyalty, and channel their strengths and characteristics for the over ...

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