Rise and Shine
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Mastering art of negotiations
From time to time, we are all required to negotiate for one thing or another. It helps to know…
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A bit of corporate speak helps
While English is the main business language in our country and in most international business setups, within the English…
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Master your personality
Last week, we discussed the importance of mastering one’s personality. Today, we will look at one of the popular frameworks…
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Boss blocking your career advancement?
In the last couple of months, I have had the chance to deliver a few training sessions related to management…
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Regularly update your ‘interviewing skills’
Recently, I had the privilege of chatting with three senior executives from different companies at some forum. Two of them…
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Congratulations Prof. Father John Ryan
The news that Professor Father John Ryan has been appointed by Pope Francis to be Bishop for the Diocese…
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Approaches to first job after college
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine got his first ever job, beyond the nature of attachments and…
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Tom Botts’ career ‘litmus test’ questions
Ten years ago, when I was working for Shell Oil’s Exploration and Production Europe division, our chief executive officer…
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Degree-blind career approach – Part 2
Last week, we discussed how it helps to approach career with some flexibility, without being locked to your academic…
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Focus on employee engagement
It is common knowledge that employees who love their work, respect their employer. Employees who have so much passion…
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Managing heavy work load – Part 2
Last week, we shared five of the 10 selected tips for managing heavy workload. This is part of an attempt…
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Do the whole job
It is a common tendency to only choose parts of the job while not doing other parts of one’s…
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Commentary on the letter from Ghana
We have spent the last one month discussing the idea that you are not ‘married’ to your degree or any…
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Letter from Ghana: Biochemist turned IT guru
The last two weeks, we have been discussing how you can shift your career away from your original academic…
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Degree-blind career approach—Part 2
Last week, we discussed how it helps to approach career with some flexibility, without being locked to your academic…
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Degree-blind career approach
Atypical build up to a successful career is that at Form Four stage, we spend a lot of time…
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Go the extra mile
We all have minimum, average or standard measures of performance or output expected from us. Many people target that expected…
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Develop a cross functional learning spirit
It is always important to know a bit of everything in addition to the vast body of knowledge we have…
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Boost your top of mind awareness— Part 2
Last week, we demonstrated that if you can boost your Top of the Mind Awareness (TOMA), people are likely…
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Drive effective and efficient meetings
One of the things that many people hate at work is having to attend many long meetings. Since nearly…
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