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Optimise your clarity and conciseness to succeed
That communication is key to success needs no proof or elaboration. But the nature and style of communication that actually…
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Delivering through motivation
Many managers and leaders simply use force and fear to get their team members to carry out the actions they…
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Run your life like a company in 2014
A friend of mine last week asked me about my main resolutions for this year. As we were exchanging ideas,…
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Getting things done in 2014
We have just finished another year and we are now beginning a fresh 2014. Some people have achieved big things…
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Keep deadlines to become dependable
Today, we want to focus on what you can do to ensure that you build a dependable reputation, especially as…
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Annual career reflections
You might have read or heard of the quotation from a popular novel that was used on MSCE syllabus, The…
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Self-discipline key to success
Many people want to achieve a lot but very few are prepared to travel on the long journey to success.…
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Break through the job interview – Part 4
In November, we have been focussing on techniques that you can use to excel in an interview, especially job interviews.…
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Break through the job interview – Part 3
We continue with our discussion on what you need to do to break through life transforming career milestones. The last…
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Break through the job interview – II
Last week, we began to discuss the five key things that you need to do in order to break through…
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Break through the job interview – Part 1
Today, we will discuss the unique techniques that you can use to break through any interview for a job or…
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Deepen and broaden your skills
Many employees want to get to the top, but few know the secret to a successful career. What is your…
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Validate important facts
Ours is a society that still has a hangover of working by guesswork and treating suggestions and assumptions as facts.…
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Getting to the top—Profiling Jan Du Plessis
In September last year, I had the privilege, along with 25 other young African leaders, to listen to a motivational…
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Becoming a high performer – Part 2
Last week, we listed five of the attributes that you can develop if you are to become high potential person…
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Becoming a high performer–Part 1
We have recently been discussing the soft skills that you need to develop to become a successful person at work…
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Avoid surprising your boss
One of the things that all bosses singularly and collectively hate is to be surprised by their juniors. In fact,…
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Boost your self-awareness
Some people seem to be more in control of their emotions while others are clearly consumed and greatly influenced by…
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Master your gut feelings
Have you also come across people who have very solid and admirable analytical skills, cognitive abilities and even academic prowess…
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Avoid information vacuum
In the past, it appeared noble, humble and professional not to fight back when attacked. Today, for achievers, it sometimes…
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