9 Reasons why you need to learn to Work from Home – Quickly!
The Agrarian age is not coming back! No, the Agrarian age has not come back, but we are now moving past the age of Technology. In the agrarian age (before the Industrial age) people worked on farms. Production was measured in terms of manual output. When people moved to offices and factories, production added the […]
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COVID-19: SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THE CHILDREN
There are many public media discussions about global health concerns, protective measures, mortality statistics and the economic impact of the corona virus on our lives around the globe. In this context, it is assumed that children will be told what to do and they will follow instructions without question. As you may well have found […]
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Experience
When employers ask for experience, they are looking for evidence of “can do what the job requires”. The employer hopes that if a person has been exposed to a similar challenge in the past, they will have picked up skills, knowledge and knowhow to do similar work in another environment. However, experience is not a […]
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Enterprise
It always interests me that Warren Buffet, one of the world’s richest men, has made his money by carefully studying and investing in enterprises. Yet most employees have no clue about how the enterprise they work in work. Employment is a course in entrepreneurship. However, many employees never graduate with an enterprise diploma. Most employees […]
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Employment
Of the world’s 7 billion people, 3 billion are employed. That means that employment is the occupation of nearly half of humanity and probably all of its adult population. But why seek employment? Employment offers you the opportunity to work for a living and generate personal wealth from earnings. Most employees look for jobs to […]
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COVID 19 BUSINESS RECOVERY
A business recovery strategy from the impact of COVID-19 around the world A few months after it was first announced, the COVID 19 cloud has infected thousands of people and worried governments around the world. It has also disrupted business and sent organizations scrambling for cover as they search for a cure from this extraordinary […]
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Emotional intelligence
Daniel Goleman’s book on Emotional Intelligence may have been written for managers and leaders, but its best sense is in fact in its application in daily employee interaction and engagement. To go out of your way to say “good morning” to a colleague is a simple act of acknowledgement that empowers others. Everyone would like […]
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DRESS
In a world of extreme freedoms and diverse cultures, it may be difficult to define “right”, “wrong” and “workplace dress”, but there may still be a place for modesty and respect for others. While cultural and religious contexts may determine the allowable level of revelation without embarrassment, workplace dress may aim to create a corporate […]
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DIVERSITY
In official work environments people come from different family set ups and backgrounds. In order to accommodate diversity in the work place, a (new) cultural dynamic comes into play. Everyone is encouraged to participate by the same rule book in spite of their background or family upbringing. The ideal rule book, of course, accommodates as […]
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