A NEW YEAR The end of a year is the time to take stock, to review the past year, to erase old habits and begin new ones.             Have a break and return to work fresh.             Set your sights high this coming year and never allow past experiences to prevent you from achieving great…

  Making MISTAKES Become a connoisseur of your own mistakes as they can become the best teachers.         The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never makes anything.         The freedom to make mistakes provides a good environment for creativity. Five of the best tips to help you learn from your…

A Useful TRAINING Tool  Workshops are a powerful training tool well worth considering.               They can be held to plan strategies, or to help solve work-related problems by sharing experiences, knowledge and ideas. They are usually held in seclusion,  away from workplaces. All cell phones are turned off during training.           Competition between teams…

Replying to QUESTIONS How often have you been to a meeting where the chairperson asks “Are there any questions?”             Often you get a deathly silence which can be embarrassing to the speaker.             There is a simple way to get a flow of questions. Five of the best tips on ways to handle questions…

Be A Good BOSS A good boss should be honest, fair, consistent, insistent and persistent.             A good boss is a good leader, a ‘peoples person’, a motivator, a coach, a good communicator, an enthusiast and one who sets good examples. It’s not an easy job!                     When you ask employees what makes a…

Believe to ACHIEVE It’s amazing what you can achieve if you believe you can do things. If your goals are realistic you can achieve almost anything.            To be an achiever you need a goal and a plan.            Start by making an action plan.           An…

Enjoy LIFE A relaxed approach can add years to your life.           We all want to be well-fed and comfortably housed. We all want security in our lives. We want to feel wanted, loved by our family, appreciated by our friends and popular with our peers. But at times we are under pressure and we…

  Resolving CONFLICTS Your actions in resolving conflicts will demonstrate to top management how good you are as a problem-solver, negotiator and leader.             Most conflicts result from misunderstandings. Many conflicts originate from arrogance, complacency and poor communication.             A good leader doesn’t try to eliminate conflicts but tries to keep them from wasting the…

Improving TEAMS    Good leaders stimulate teams with their enthusiasm and vision.           Every team is unique so look closely at the group dynamics before you attempt to reorganise and improve a team.           Different tasks require different types of team skills.           It’s hard for a business to operate without forming effective teams. Five…

MEDIA Speculation  Take care, the media are in the business of entertaining and making money for their shareholders.          What makes a good media story – a disaster!          Fake news is a big thing in the field of journalism and is cheap to produce. Good journalism is expensive.          You can alienate journalists, or…