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08 Dec

Posted at 16:45h in Professional
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The Social + Emotional Intelligence Profile (SEIP)® SEIP® Self Assessment Test   This is a complete suite of tools and resources to support learning, development and growth in social and emotional intelligence. The full report covers developmental  suggestions for coaches and the individual being coached, including actions steps and plan. Any individual who wants an assessment tool that measures the 26 competencies of social and emotional intelligence (SEI) identified...

07 Dec

Posted at 13:08h in Blog Posts, Professional
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Self leadership is the foundation for public influence. If you cannot lead yourself successfully, don't complain when others don't follow you willingly. To lead yourself, try any course or book or knowledge on emotional intelligence. After I took 4 different courses, I suddenly realized many things I didn't consciously know about myself. My confidence level is on the high now. My self-discovery is giving me strength to...

26 Mar

Posted at 00:05h in Professional
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There are five major ways among others to achieve effectiveness in communication. 1. Understand your audience. You do not need to be a public speaker to intentionally obtain information about the person or people with whom you have to deal in the workplace. What should you know? The temperament, the age group, the level of education, the social inclinations, the biases, the fashion, the style, the...

18 Jul

Posted at 23:32h in Professional
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The workplace should not condone a non-performing worker. Counting years without adding required values in the workplace is falsehood! Lauren Conrad opined “There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it is always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time”. Whatever you do in an organization or trade, make sure...

18 Jul

Posted at 23:30h in Professional
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Thinking outside the box, means a complete paradigm shift. Just as obsolete equipment cannot deliver maximum efficiency so is a worker with obsolete ideas, methods and processes. It is time to sharpen the saw and explore alternative ways to addressing issues. There are five out of many ways to ensure this: 1. Set out by defining what you want to achieve and expand your inner circle. Get...

18 Jul

Posted at 23:26h in Professional
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The place of dignity in the workplace cannot be overemphasized. Whatever your profession or vocation is, it is critical to maintain a sense of modesty, decency, decorum, honor and ethical behavior. Every occupation has its acceptable behavior, dressing and culture. Please respect it! Self-respect is worth much more than charisma. Don’t find yourself in an embarrassing situation beyond your control. Dignity behoves that you treat everyone in...

18 Jul

Posted at 23:20h in Professional
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Train up your eyes to see where values should be added to enhance personal and organizational growth! Train your hands to do what is required always! Never assume or gloss over issues, or presume it will just get fixed by someone, somewhere, somehow, sometime! Take adequate time to evaluate any issue and the opportunities that each problem presents. It is necessary to note that each...

18 Jul

Posted at 23:17h in Professional
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Absence from work can be planned and unplanned. Unplanned absence may be due to emergency events which may occur for the worker or his immediate family. Other reasons for absence are: sudden resignation, redundancy, time taken for annual leave, official classroom training, sabbatical leave, maternity leave, ill health or worst still death. When workers are not on their desks working, what happens to what should...

14 Jun

Posted at 04:17h in Professional
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Following the global trend, many contemporaries are unemployed, some are employed but have been unpaid, others had no focus or direction or acquiring skills even with salary receipts monthly. Please value what you have. This will show in your approach to assigned tasks. Going beyond the call of duty has to be personal and self-motivated. However, how you value and your perception of your tasks,...

14 Jun

Posted at 04:14h in Professional
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A wise man said: “The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.” - Confucius It is very easy to climb the ladder of success and outstanding career achievement if focus is maintained. Much more important than focus is to give to your assignment the energy, attitude, sacrifice, discretion, diligence and attention it deserves per time...

14 Jun

Posted at 04:11h in Professional
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  You are required to present information Timely, Unambiguously, Meaningfully and Accurately (T.U.M.A) in the workplace. Timely When tasks or work is time-bound or the result can lose effect with time, do not wait till you are incapable of controlling the output or situation. Send an email, give progress report even though you have not finished. Write out your plan from commencement to execution and share it with...

14 Jun

Posted at 04:04h in Professional
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It is very easy to assume the next person will get things done either in his/her/their capacities as contemporaries or supervisors or subordinates. This becomes much more tempting especially when absence is in view like say, planning any type of leave, going on training or whatever takes you from your desk temporarily. It is unhealthy to maintain "anybody can fix it" posture as sometimes it...

14 Jun

Posted at 03:54h in Professional
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Having understood that knowledge defines the difference between the thriving and the struggling worker, whose responsibility is it to ensure that deliberate, continuous and relevant update as it relates to growth and higher productivity is done? Guess what? It is yours! Update your skills every day, no matter how good they told everyone you are. No matter the position you have attained in the workplace....

14 Jun

Posted at 03:49h in Professional
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Working together in an office or any environment as a team certainly poses a lot of issues. Some of them may be: 1.Lack of trust 2.Conflict and tension arising from differences of opinions. 3.Not sharing information. 4.Low engagement may cause friction. Etc...

14 Jun

Posted at 03:36h in Professional
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One of the assumptions to delete from your mind is: “nobody wants to help me” or “they are all busy”. Look everywhere, somebody is waiting to offer assistance. Approach people politely and be sincere. Even if you are a house wife or a home maker, self-employed or a clergy, there is someone somewhere who has successfully triumphed on the path you are now trying to...

14 Jun

Posted at 03:30h in Professional
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  Whatever you do in an organization or trade, make sure you are adding value, solving problems and connecting with people. It is unnecessary to regularly announce how many years you have spent on a job, in a company, on a business if in terms of “value”, you are not worth an average. Growth is an evidence of progress! Ensure you are consistent about positive change...