Career Development

Quitting My Job Earned Me Names (e.g "mad"), But Today...

December 19, 2013

"Many people still think you must have been mad to do what you did". Those were the words uttered to me by a former senior colleague that I held in considerably high esteem. My response to that "verdict" about my mental state of health, ostensibly passed by some of my former colleagues was along the […]

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SMART Acronym for People Who Succeed (Incl. Infographic)

December 17, 2013

[NB: Post updated - see bottom - on Wed 18th Dec 2013 @2:04pm - causing reset of views counter.] You probably know the popular SMART acronym - a mnemonic - for setting goals and objectives ("S" for Specific, "M" for Measurable etc). I’m not referring to that. Over the past 10 years, I’ve conceived a […]

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How to Help Your Employees Produce Better Results - Part 2 of 2

December 14, 2013

This is Part 2 of 2 of this Career Development article. Click here to read Part 1 of 2. 6. Endorse 'Leading" And Make "Bossing" Unfashionable: Make it obvious that "No bosses" are wanted in your workplace, and that only leaders are welcome. The difference between these two types of people is that the former […]

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How to Help Your Employees Produce Better Results

December 13, 2013

Do you want your employees to always put in their best efforts at work? This article offers ideas you can use to "subtly" make them do that. Your company's success depends on applying them correctly. Hint: You Need to Establish a Workplace Performance Improvement Philosophy Now the above is just a phrase, but a lot […]

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When You're Not Working, Create a Bigger Dream (Hint: New Product - My Pineapple Peels Based Cakes...Made Without an Oven!)

December 7, 2013

When I'm not hammering away at my laptop keyboard, writing articles, reports and books...or building custom Excel-VB software, I'm likely to be found sleeping, or working to progress further towards my ultimate dream. That dream is to own what I call a Home-Based Farm-Products-Brew-Pub. And I've nursed it since 1999, when I still worked in […]

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Fun Strategy for Quickly Improving Language Skills

December 5, 2013

Learning a foreign (or new) language is not easy. I share a strategy developed from my obsession with improving my proficiency in French. It’s so simple, yet effective, that you’ll wonder why you never thought of it before! Career persons in paid employment, with interest in language learning, will find this strategy useful. What Is […]

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3 Timeless Strategies for People Management Success

November 28, 2013

Do you want your employees/team members to work in your organisation as if it was theirs – with unrelenting passion and dedication? If yes, this article explains simple zero cost steps you can take to make that happen. Practical ideas that will enable you get better performances from them perpetually. Preamble In 2000, while still […]

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Smart Exercising Will Keep You Fit, Healthy, and Alive

November 23, 2013

Yes, that's the key to good health, looking young, and LIVING LONG. Sweating enables your body expel many "bad things" that can weaken it! I took the photo below, this a.m (Friday 22nd Nov. 2013 at 10.00a.m): Above: Photo taken in 2013 - I was 43 at the time Below: Photo taken in March 2017 […]

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Frequent Secondments Can Lead to Career Success

November 21, 2013

Do frequent secondments, transfers or movements in your current workplace bother you? This article offers ideas you can use to make the most of them. Recognise the Opportunities They Bring, and Use Them While majoring in Agricultural Extension Services in the University of Ibadan, I took courses in Sociology and Psychology. Exposure to those courses […]

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(FREE PDF) Using MS Excel® Solver for Least Cost Feed Formulation Can Be Easy - But Also Dangerous (How to Protect Yourself)

November 8, 2013

Everybody knows a little MS Excel. It’s so easy to use. However, I make sure to warn – from over 20 years of supporting users of Excel-apps I develop – that Excel’s “friendly“ nature is also what makes it a potentially dangerous tool. Especially for users with inadequate knowledge and experience, or indeed absent-minded competent […]

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