Is it possible not to be aware that you are being taken advantage of? Absolutely. Recently, I bumped into a friend who has started his first job three years ago. For three years, he has been tasked to run simple errands, passed out for notable projects and even missed out on promotion opportunities. He wasn’t…
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Time: The One Resource You Can’t Afford To Spend Lightly
Businesses deal with a lot of resources. Money, people, supplies and the like. With these physical resources, taking a hit is bad, but it’s reversible. Losing time, however, isn’t. You can’t afford to have slow days or weeks outside the occasional moment the business is quiet. So you have to use that time better. Don’t…
How To Make Yourself Indispensable
Okay, okay… There is no such thing or someone that is indispensable in our current economy but what you can make yourself be is if the company loses you, it can hurt the business really bad. This is one flaw that many companies tend to overlook – retraining and knowledge sharing. With this flaw, you…
What should you do as a new leader?
Congratulations, you have just been promoted! How exciting!! Whether you are promoted within your company (great job, you have been recognised for your work!) or you are entering a new company as a manager, it pays to take special attention to the points below to help you start your new chapter in your workplace. Be…
Business 101: 5 No-Fuss Ways To Inject New Energy Into Your Venture
Every business runs the risk of hitting a wall from time to time. Being able to push through those barriers is the true calling card of a successful entrepreneur. And injecting fresh energy into the company is the only way to do it. Here are five quick, yet incredibly effective, methods that can change your…
To Join or Not to Join
Sometimes in life we are caught up in a peer situation where you have to choose where you stand, it is the same in a workplace. Do you join in a team outing on a Saturday where weekends are precious to you and your family or do you opt out? Do you jump in and…
Things Not to Do When You return to Work from a Holiday
One of my friends, recently made herself public enemy in her office after returning from a week-long holiday. Not that the holiday is not a well deserved one, she definitely deserve a break after accomplishment of a major project. It was how she bestow her presence in the workplace after her vacation. So what exactly happen? Ignore…
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