Archives Tag: Career Tips

CAREER

April 19, 2022

For a long time, I thought I had read about pretty much everything successful people did daily, from using a to-do list and eating a healthy breakfast, to exercising and reading every single day. I didn’t realise there was one important thing that was not just career changing, but also life-changing —recording your wins every … Continue reading One Simple Way to Boost Your Career Every Day

By jehonwa

CAREER

April 19, 2022

Nigeria is in a recession right now, and every other day, we hear about one organisation or the other laying off staff. Being retrenched can be demoralizing, as it affects not just your bank account but your emotions, mind and even your body. However, it doesn’t have to be the end of your world. In fact, … Continue reading 3 Things You Should Know About Retrenchment

By jehonwa

CAREER

April 19, 2022

There are countless things we do every day that hold us back at the workplace. Career success is not all about working hard and working smart. There’s also the aspect of career building that is a game, and games have rules, winners and losers. Here are just a few of the things you need to … Continue reading 3 Things You Should Stop Doing if You Want a Great Career

By jehonwa

BUSINESS CAREER Tip of the Day

April 19, 2022

It happens to everyone! You fly thousands of miles from Lagos, for instance, to a faraway city such as Melbourne for an important meeting, and midway into the meeting, you find your eyelids fighting a fierce battle to stay wide open. While it is not uncommon to experience this struggle, it can be utterly mortifying; … Continue reading 5 Tips to Curtail Sleeping at Business Meetings

By guestwriter

BUSINESS CAREER

April 19, 2022

Are you a self-confessed control freak at work? If done correctly, effectively delegating work tasks has the potential to greatly increase work productivity, empower your subordinates and see your stress levels drop by the margin. Yes, that’s the why we’ve all been told but putting in place the how is where the trouble lies for perfectionists, like … Continue reading Learn a Skill Wednesday: How to Delegate Effectively at Work

By ify

BUSINESS CAREER Tip of the Day

April 19, 2022

TEAM: Together, Everyone Achieves More. Witty yet true, the above-mentioned points to the need for implemented people skills in business. The culmination of virtues can ultimately secure increased productivity and subsequently, profitability when effectively applied. We all know the damage that poor customer service can incur profit-wise. Some businesses also experience high staff turnover rates due to … Continue reading Learn a Skill Wednesday: 5 People Skills That Will Help You Succeed

By ify

Tip of the Day

April 19, 2022

A recent survey reported that 76% of its respondents were experiencing stress due to money and work issues. As a result, these individuals turn out to be less productive at work and in life, with several health and psychological problems following suit. Developed by Japanese inventor, Sakachi Toyoda, the 5 Whys tool is an effective … Continue reading Learn a Skill Wednesday: How to Solve Problems With The 5 Whys Tool

By ify

Opinion

April 19, 2022

Let’s place side-by-side two principles that operate in the workplace … Rules on one side; Cooperation on the other. How do you function under both? Are rules better than cooperation in the workplace? What makes having rules to follow better? What makes being able to collaborate better? At the end of the day, reaching the … Continue reading Motivational Monday: Rules Versus Cooperation

By mary-odunuga

Opinion

April 19, 2022

Ethics is a fundamental principle of life which is required of all humans. The world is evolving in diverse dynamics and certain standards of behavioural patterns are required for social existence to be possible. However, this post is not an attempt to teach in strong terms, how people should act but it is meant to … Continue reading Social Ethics You Must Master to Succeed in Life and Business

By guestwriter

CAREER

April 19, 2022

Scott Dinsmore, writer and traveller, discovered that over 80% of people do not enjoy their work. He explained that a horrible feeling enveloped him every morning around 10 a.m. – a strange urge to slam his head through the monitor of his computer. If you have similar thoughts often as a result of doing work you don’t love, … Continue reading Motivational Monday: How to Find and Do What You Love

By mary-odunuga

Opinion Relationships Science & Technology TECH

April 19, 2022

In times past there have been various discussions on the non-availability of a lot of women in the tech industries. Companies around the world have tried encouraging women to participate more by giving out scholarships for women into technology institutes to learn the things they need to know to advance in this particular area. Various … Continue reading 7 Things Women in Tech Can Do Differently

By connectnigeria

BUSINESS CAREER

April 19, 2022

Have you ever asked yourself why you work? Why go through everyday routines because of your work? Do you even need to? What if I told you that the way we think about work is broken? Would you take a step back and review why you work and try to fix it? Here’s Barry Schwartz telling … Continue reading Motivational Video: The Way We Think About Work is Broken

By mary-odunuga

CAREER

April 19, 2022

Great teams make great organisations, and such teams are made of great team members. When it comes to working with a team, it is not so much how good you are, as how good you are to work with. Here are 6 tips that will have a positive effect on your colleagues’ perception and reception … Continue reading 6 Tips for Getting Along With Your Team at Work

By jehonwa

CAREER

April 19, 2022

If you constantly feel the need to be more organised, or spend hours looking for something in your house/office, or you find yourself spacing out on appointments and schedules, then it is time to reset. “Let all things be done decently and in order”- 1 Corinthians 14:40 If you had an hour to devote to … Continue reading Time to Reset: 7 Ways to a More Organised Life

By connectnigeria

CAREER Tip of the Day

April 19, 2022

In the parable of the talents, three servants were given responsibilities. As their master was leaving on a journey, he entrusted each of them with his property, according to their abilities; one of the servants was given five talents, one received two talents and the third was entrusted with a single talent. It is interesting to … Continue reading How to Develop Personal Accountability

By connectnigeria