Motivation at Work Those hours you dedicate to your work, and the high levels of stress you may experience, can get to you at some stage in your career. There may even be times when you become complacent in your workplace, the lack of challenges leading you to experience boredom. Even the world’s biggest [...]
Skills for Business Leadership Being a leader is more than just having a title - leaders must have both vision and purpose. They must have the ability to build and implement strategies that allow them to attain their goals. Skills for business leadership are acquired through experience, and they enable us to confidently share [...]
Speaking Your Mind The act of saying what you think is often easier in theory than it is in practice. However, there those out there who, like myself, find it easy to speak their mind. These people are diplomatic, kind and powerful, yet they believe their opinion is just as valuable as anyone else’s [...]
Create a Problem This week at work, I encourage you to create a problem. In fact, tell yourself not to resolve an issue without creating a problem, and no, this will not get you in trouble at work. Let’s say there are 100 people at your workplace who share a single printer. People often leave [...]
Video Conferencing Etiquette The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seen a rise in video conferencing. With remote work being the new norm, businesses have turned to tools such as Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams to maintain business continuity and keep team members engaged and productive. After taking part in many of these virtual meetings over [...]
Offering New Services to Current Clients It is common for businesses to want to target new clients once they have introduced a new service. Creating new services is an opportunity for you to target new markets and potentially expand your customer base. However, by doing so, you are missing an entire group of potential clients [...]
Giving Business Advice for Free Have you ever given someone free business advice, only to discover that they did not act on it? When someone pays for advice, they are more likely to actively use it and benefit from it. This doesn’t apply for everyone, and there are many people who accept and act [...]
Relaxation After Work Chill + RELAX = Chillax! If you have been experiencing a stressful day at work, it is time for some relaxation after work. One of those days where nothing goes the way you had hoped, and there seems to be one crisis after another or even easiest of things start looking difficult [...]
Measure Individual Success It is important to measure success because it can tell you if you are effectively using your time and effort. Being productive at work doesn’t necessarily mean you are succeeding at your job. You need to be able to define what success means in order to work towards getting there. As [...]
Where My Ideas Come From If you want to have a successful business, the last thing you should do is sit at your computer, trying to think of an idea for a new startup or product. Ideas cannot be forced like this, and instead you should look at your personal passions or problems as [...]