Rise and Shine
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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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Building an effective ‘project’ team
Many projects fail because of the lack of a coherent and effective team. Even in operations, many companies and organisations…
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Sharpen your curriculum vitae
Let us face it, jobs are rare to find. Those who have good jobs usually work hard to keep them.…
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Benefits of teaching others
Many people acquire competences, practice for some time and then consider themselves great experts. But real big experts achieve expertise…
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Winning techniques for company leaders–Part III
We continue from where we left last week, discussing techniques that you can use to win as a company leader.…
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Winning Techniques for Company Leaders II
We continue from where we left last week when we discussed two of the 10 techniques that you can use…
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Seek not just diplomas but knowledge and skills
Have you ever met a person who has many qualifications, including very advanced papers or diplomas but doesn’t seem to…
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Expand your comfort zone – Part 2
We continue from where we left last week on this topic. A quick recap: we defined conform zone and went…
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Expand your comfort zone—Part 1
“We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at…
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Managing job transition—Part 2
We continue from last week when we began looking at the mechanics of deciding whether to take a new…
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Managing job transition
In the past, many people tended to hold jobs for life. Once a person got employed, they kept loyal to…
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Approaches to first job after college
One of the friends that I have made over the last couple of years has recently graduated from his course.…
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An effective team management framework
Today, we will discuss a generic team management framework that you can use to build and manage an effective team.…
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Employing six sigma methodology
For three decades now, many international companies have been using a tested process improvement methodology known as Six Sigma, which…
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