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Despite the fact that emotional intelligence has been heavily criticized within the scientific community, substantial evidence still supports its relevance in the workplace. Emotional intelligence has been linked to career success across various fields of endeavor and its importance will most likely [Read more]

In the 2018 Future of Jobs Report published by the World Economic Forum, critical thinking been identified as one of the skills that is increasingly required in the workplace. This report underscores the relevance of critical thinking skills at work. As simple as the term may seem, many people do no [Read more]

Defining Work-Life Balance As exciting and captivating as, novel business jargon may seem, having a good grasp of some of them could be a difficult task and work-life balance is without doubt one of such jargons. If having enough understanding of it is difficult, then applying it to the wor [Read more]

As much as we emphasize the impact of leadership in running an organization, many are yet to fully understand and appreciate its vital role in the success or failure of an organization. A typical organization is essentially its people and not necessarily the material and financial resources it has. [Read more]

A typical human resource professional confronts a myriad of challenges daily and chief among them is convincing senior management on the need to invest in staff training and development. This is somewhat surprising because employees cannot be expected to perform their duties without having the requi [Read more]

Synopsis  The way we work has changed in significant ways over the last century and we are on the verge of witnessing unprecedented changes in our work in the years to come. Unless we prepare for these drastic changes, we may not be able to cope with its adverse effects on individuals and t [Read more]

Change, they say, is the one thing that is constant. Change is the only thing that keeps happening, and it happens by the millisecond. However, since there are certain things we can’t stop from changing, like our age and bodies, there are things we wish we could change, but don’t know ho [Read more]

Only a handful of people truly experience satisfaction and fulfillment on their jobs. This is not unconnected with the challenge of career planning. Without good career planning, an individual will most likely miss out on many opportunities that his/her career has to offer. Career planning enables y [Read more]

Many people think personal branding is only associated with sports stars, celebrities and popular figures. The reality is that you are already a brand whether you know it or not. What you need to do is to be conscious of it and make it work in your best interests. In our present world, the way we ar [Read more]

Habits are common to everyone. It doesn’t matter who you are, your sex or background, we all have them. But the type of habit you have could be the difference between a great life, or one you have no control over. When it comes to habits, in a nutshell, they fall into 2 categories – g [Read more]