Thriving Under A New Boss: A Guide for Teams and Managers
When a new boss comes on board, it's a time of significant change for the team. It's natural for team members to have reservations and questions about this transition.
Time Management 101
If there is one thing that professionals feel they don?t have enough of is TIME, and this may be due to the lack of smart time management. Those who do find...
Are You Effective at Work
Once a quarter?or so, I find it valuable to step back and ask:?How am I doing?
Otherwise, you can end up consumed by work for years at a time and not be...
Race Ahead In Your Career: Unleashing Your Full Potential
Continuous learning and skill development are indispensable in your quest to race ahead in your career. Staying updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and skills can set you apart from your peers.
How to Improve The Quality Of Your Decisions
In your career, one thing is for sure that you will make quite a few decisions. Good decisions will bear fruit for some time and the bad ones will haunt you...
How Becoming a Leader Can Help You Get a Promotion
Many companies today are looking for leaders, not just managers, to take on greater roles within the organization. As a result, competition for higher-level positions can be fierce. Leaders have the...
Mastering Idea Feasibility: A Guide to Force Field Analysis
Idea feasibility is a critical component in the landscape of corporate innovation and decision-making. It's the litmus test that every proposal must undergo to determine its viability within the constraints of available resources.
5 Reasons People Fail & What Can You Do To Be Successful
Why do some people achieve their goals while others fail? I believe it's because successful people manage to overcome five barriers that, in many cases, guarantee failure. Here are those barriers...
Lessons from TaxiForSure – 200 Million $ Valuation in 4 years
If you have an idea, act on it fast. Think it through, work with friends to grow it, and the rest will follow. Invest in people ? help them grow ? as professionals and individuals - and they will be your biggest equity. During an entrepreneurial journey, you shouldn?t be afraid of making a wrong choice or taking a risk. Once you have taken a decision, don?t regret it, but learn from it and grow. Trust your instincts, if you don't no one else will.
Three Things Bill Gates Has Learned From Warren Buffett
Last month, I went to Omaha for the annual?Berkshire Hathaway?shareholders meeting. It?s always a lot of fun, and not just because of the ping-pong matches and the newspaper-throwing contest I have...
Avoiding Career Blunders: Navigating Your Professional Path
The skill most vital to avoiding career blunders is effectively leading through change. This requires an openness to new ideas and the persistence to overcome challenges, even when the path forward is unclear.
How To Set Your Goals: Taking Control and Achieving Your Dreams
How to set your goals is more than a question; it's a pathway to self-discovery and achievement. By setting clear, well-timed goals, leveraging your network, ensuring fair compensation, measuring success against your values, and keeping faith in the process, you take control of your destiny.
Neil Armstrong – 5 Lessons From His Life
?That?s one small step for a man, one giant leap for Mankind.?
Neil Armstrong has finished his current inning on Earth for the time being; he is and will remain a legend...
Learn How to Say NO (And when to say NO)
Are you a YES man/woman? Does saying No make you feel guilty or worried about inviting trouble?
If your answer to either question is yes, you are not alone. Considering the competitive...
Story Of Dani Johnson From Broke & Homeless to Millionaire In 2 Years
We are limited by the beliefs we set in our mind, history shows that successful people are able to break these shackles and unleash their potential. The difference is the?? T...
How To Delegate Effectively?
The biggest limiting factor which hinders growth of successful young managers to middle management is their inability to delegate effectively. There are only so many working hours in a day and...
How To Develop Perseverance
Perseverance is easier said than done, standing up like the Great Wall of China in the face of adversity requires stamina and conviction. Lets look at some of the ways to develop perseverance. As Thomas Alva Edison said, ?Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.?
Crafting a Successful Career Development Plan
Remember, a well-crafted career development plan is your roadmap to long-term success and satisfaction in an ever-changing professional landscape. Take charge of your career today and pave the way for a rewarding tomorrow.
10 Business Cliche’s That Prove You’re Lazy
Recognize any of the platitudes on this list? Here's why you should stop using them--now. Whipping out a platitude isn't just annoying. Using some platitudes also shows you're lazy--and not just...
Tips For Entrepreneurs: Thrive In Business Despite Hard Times
Entrepreneurs may be independent in comparison to those in service, but they may face tough times. How do you thrive in business even in hard times?
Do you want to turn entrepreneur...
Does Your Team lack Foresight?
Teams that suffer from lack of foresight are more likely to be jolted by unpleasant surprises. Without an efficient early warning system, such teams are frequently blinded by problems. In addition, they employ a reactive approach that allows problems to mushroom out of control before they are eventually addressed.
Pirates vs. Naval Officers: Identifying Your Professional Style
Envision the professional world as an expansive ocean, a realm where diverse professional styles chart distinct courses through career journeys. On this broad spectrum, at one extreme, you'll find the bold...
Women Leaders: Strategies for Corporate Success
For women leaders, this might mean reaching out to mentors, peers, and even individuals outside their industry to gain fresh insights and perspectives. Failing to invest in these relationships can lead to a narrow view of leadership and missed opportunities for collaboration and growth.
From a KFC-reject to $21 Billion in net worth – Jack Ma’s life
Ma started his career as an English teacher and failed in numerous ventures, including being rejected for a job in KFC, before he founded Alibaba in 1999. Today, he is China's...
Fast Track Your Career: Essential Strategies for Rapid Growth
To fast track your career, it's crucial to have a well-defined growth plan. Imagine starting your journey without a map; you might eventually reach your destination, but it will take much longer.
Upskilling Your Team: Enhancing Productivity and Engagement
Upskilling your team is a crucial step towards preparing them for higher responsibilities and enhancing their task delivery both efficiently and effectively.
Embracing Patience: Overcoming the Lack of Tolerance
Rushed decisions are often symptomatic of a lack of tolerance for the deliberative process. Encouraging a more measured approach to decision-making, one that weighs all options and considers long-term implications, can mitigate this impatience.
Using Senior Level Sponsorship To Propel Your Goals.
During the review, a managerial candidate is introduced by his/ her reporting manager and other senior members of the management team are invited to share their views on the candidate?s competencies and leadership potential. These discussions can exert a major influence on the manager?s future career progression. It?s at this point that having support and sponsorship of your senior management team can have a crucial and positive effect on your career trajectory.
Benefits of starting your work early at 8 AM
The idea is that if you start work early you can focus more and make the most of these wee morning hours. There are some people who like to take things...
Master Continuous Learning for Career Success
The most successful individuals recognize the power of continuous learning. Regardless of your current skill set, it's vital to understand that what you know today may not suffice tomorrow.
What Successful People Do In The 1st Hour Of Their Work Day
How much does the first hour of every day matter? As it turns out, a lot. It can be the hour you see everything clearly, get one real thing done, and...
5 Lessons from Oprah Winfrey’s Life
Change is the only constant in life; failure to keep pace with the change will make you extinct. Tuning your life to the change and adapting to it is the only way to survival. If you want to get ahead life, embrace change instead to cribbing about it. Oprah says, We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
How To Be Successful Like Richard Branson
Richard Branson founded Virgin in 1970 at the age of 20, and he hasn?t looked back.
He?s the only entrepreneur to have built eight separate billion-dollar companies in eight different industries ?...
In 2016 These Four Sectors Will Need One Million New Hires
As the Indian economy moves northwards, the job market looks very bright. In a survey conducted by Michael Page, an international executive search firm, 76 % of the employers said that they plan to increase their headcount in 2016. Now it is up to you to ride this wave by getting a handsome pay raise and promotion with your current employer or by jumping ship to a place where you are valued rightly for your contribution, remember to tell the company if they give peanuts, they will get monkeys only. Don?t settle for less, jostle for more for you deserve a better lifestyle, avoid getting swarmed and fooled by the company loyalty and emotional drama.
Myth of Work-Life Balance
Work- Life Balance is one of the most debated topic in today?s world. Some believe that this is?not being looked at holistically?and may not be doable. Jack Welch, former GE CEO...
Navigating the Path to Becoming a Rising Star in Your Company
A distinguishing characteristic of a rising star is the ability to reflect on and learn from each experience. Before embarking on a new project, discussing with your manager the skills and knowledge you aim to acquire can set clear development goals.
Taking Charge of Your Career: Staying Relevant and Productive
Taking charge of your career means recognizing that you are the architect of your professional destiny. The days when companies took the responsibility to train, develop, and ensure the continuous employability of their workers are dwindling.
Using Mind Maps To Win The Corporate Game
Mind maps have a variety of applications in business, educational, and personal situations as aids in problem solving, decision making, and learning. You can use them for these purposes:
The Difference Between Winners and Losers Is Resilience
Riley Pat said - "You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again." The difference between...
Managing e-mail Overload ? 10 Tips for Success
One of the common challenge employees face is how to manage?e-mails, not be managed by it. Time is a zero sum game. You can spend your precious time on an e-mail...
5 Habits Of Highly Productive People
From the top rungs of the management to the first line worker, everyone across sectors is looking for ways to be more productive at work. There are no magic pills to...
Want to stay on track with your New Year resolutions?
Last week I met up with a former client who I had not seen for some time. He was disappointed with himself because, although he had set himself some career goals...
3 Essential Skills to Boost Your Career
Remember, the journey to boost your career is ongoing. It requires continuous learning, adaptation, and commitment to personal and professional development. With these three skills as your foundation, you're well-equipped to navigate the challenges of the corporate world and achieve your career aspirations.
Mindfulness: The Secret Ingredient to Skyrocketing Your Career
Mindfulness instills a profound sense of inner empowerment, bolstering self-confidence and goal-directed behavior. By mastering attention control and reducing emotional reactivity, you feel more adept at managing emotions and harnessing cognitive resources for self-regulation.
Thriving as a First-Time Manager: Key Strategies for Success
By far, the most significant risk of underperformance occurs during the transition into first line management, most of the new incumbents struggle to gain traction for their new roles.
What Can You Learn from Justin Bieber’s Life
Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber echoes in the hall where he makes an appearance. Justin Bieber has 43 million Facebook fans, 22 million twitter followers and 2.9 billion...
Worlds Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire – Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University at 19 with a plan to start her own company, Theranos. To fund Theranos, she dipped into the pot her parents had saved for...
The Strategic Advantage of Electing a CEO
Electing a CEO isn't just about choosing a leader; it's about aligning the company's strategy and cultural attitude. Through the election process, employees and leaders come together to reflect on the company's direction and how it should evolve.
Measuring Potential: The Key to Ascending the Corporate Ladder
By focusing on the holistic measure of potential, we can unlock new opportunities for growth, innovation, and leadership. Whether you're an individual aiming for your next career milestone or an organization looking to nurture future leaders, understanding and measuring potential is key to unlocking success.
How to Survive & Benefit From a Market Slowdown
You can survive and even benefit from the market slowdown, if you follow the time tested principles. A market slowdown may come with or without warning.
Sometimes, it is easy to see...