Here we are in a brand new year! This one promises to be a very interesting year. One thing we know for sure. This year will be good for business owners and professionals that improve their skills and don’t find excuses to avoid work. It will be deadly to the others. I want to make [...]
The culture of an organisation is reflected in the relationships between the people in that organisation: between managers and their employees, across functions, within teams and between colleagues. Every conversation that takes place within these relationships is a microcosm of the relationship and the overall culture to which it contributes.
Too often however, we hold conversations [...]
Freelance writing can be a great job that offers a flexible schedule, freedom of time and place for work, and for those writers who learn and adapt, a really good living, as well. One of the problems that many beginning, and sometimes even experienced, freelance writers run into is that pure writing ability isn’t [...]
Meetings are often inefficient and costly. They take forever. They lack structure or process. The wrong people attend. Some arrive late. People dominate the discussion to get their own viewpoint across. Those who may have valuable contributions to make cannot get a word in.
At any time, one third of the group does not know what [...]
Just about anybody can write character reference letter however the more credibility the author has, the more credibility the letter has. It’s best written by the likes of a close acquaintance of high moral & social standing, a previous employer, someone of authority, a member of the clergy, a well known law abiding individual, etc.
The [...]