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I’ve learned so much over the last few years. When I was in school I used to sell things on...
Communication is the glue that holds people and organisations together. It is the key to success for any successful organization and individuals, especially in these digital times. Effective communication has become one of the most important parameters to define organizational effectiveness. Organizations are built around people and an environment of...
Workplaces are changing, right in front of us. Unhappy employees, generational influences, and the booming global economy are putting huge...
Why Some People Almost Always Succeed as Leaders: It’s interesting how many small business owners and solo operators believe that...
Shaz Khan; empowering the intelligent by using smart applications. Shaz Khan is the Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Vroozi, the leading cloud-based business purchasing platform. He has managed and implemented SAP supply chain and operational procurement projects for numerous Fortune 500 clients in the Media, Entertainment, Chemical, Oil and...
Do you really know how productive you are? Sure, you get stuff done. The end of the day comes around...
The one understated quote by Dr Martin Luther King Jr. with a powerful meaning. Occasionally in life, there are those...
Every organisation regardless of size, sector or competitive position in the marketplace, has a set of value statements. These values always include openness, honesty and integrity. The idea is that organisations look to their leaders and employees to embody these values and display these attributes in their everyday behaviour. If...
What often leads to inaction, and how to overcome it. Did you know that the best-seller self-help book, “How To...
I have recently published my first book and it is called “Leadership Attitude: How Mindset and Action Can Change Your...
Leadership is one of the most important phenomena in social interactions. Mills (2005) in his book, ‘Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live‘, acknowledges that the importance of leadership could be examined from both political and commercial views, and provides numerous examples in government and business. From a political viewpoint, he gives an...
Imagine the last time you visited your most-cherished restaurant. Was the condition of the cuisine the sole reason you enjoyed it so much? Or were there...
As my regular readers know, I occasionally inject a “non-finance” article into the world that is The Retirement Manifesto. It’s...
We spend lots of time trying to understand the attributes of successful employees. What are the essential skills required to motivate teams and drive transformation? Much of the conversation is on what to hire for and how to go about mitigating the cost of a wrong hire. Let’s turn this...
Or Why You Should Take Lessons in Leading from the Dark Lord of the Sith If you are wondering what...
Is the development and focus on our Future Leaders the globe’s most critical challenge? I know this might seem to...
My determination to write this post was for the most part, whilst not exclusively, unconscious. My aim here is to teach and reinforce the value of ethics in about 300 words. It is a topic that needs the spotlight more often and tackled head-on. Being ethical is among the top rules in...
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” –...
Serendipity – others call it luck or Divine Intervention – means a “fortunate happenstance” or “pleasant surprise”. It was coined...
