Career Development
How Conforming With Peers Can Kill Your Career
June 13, 2013









Imagine it’s break (or closing) time at work, and you’ve agreed to join some close co-workers for lunch (or drinks after work). But some task(s) remain(s) that you know would be better done now, not later. What would you do? Especially if you know " friends" may mock you for being so “diligent” that you […]







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Career Development
Does Your Boss Trust You on the Job? (3 Ways to Find Out The Truth)
June 6, 2013









You need to get an accurate answer to this question. They may not show it. But if your superiors don’t trust you completely on the job, you may lose career advancement opportunities. And you could even be in danger of being declared redundant. Here are 3 Checks to Help You Establish How Well Your Boss […]







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Career Development
Voicing YOUR Opinion Can Make You More Successful: Stop Holding Back!
May 30, 2013









Being a Silent Workhorse May Not Always Work Well You don’t have to be introverted to be guilty of making this mistake. Many extroverted personalities also find it hard to make their true opinions known. We rarely want to rock the boat. But that attitude may quietly backfire against your ambitions. E.g. by denying you […]







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Career Development
F-Y-I: Google Confirms Hacker Attacks On This Website
May 25, 2013









I've periodically announced the fact that I believe that - this website (spontaneoudevelopment.com) - is a target of selectively orchestrated online attacks. Well, this past Wednesday 22nd May 2013, I got a detailed email from Google Web master Support confirming some of my suspicions. Below is the detailed hacker email alert sent me by Google, […]







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Career Development
This Dangerous Mindset Can Derail Your Career
May 23, 2013









In this write-up,  I highlight a mindset that can literally damage your career advancement prospects in any company,IF you let it get a hold of you. Do you have big career ambitions? Read this article, to learn how to avoid this potential obstacle. A True Story About A Group of Students A group of students […]







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Career Development
FYI: Orchestrated Sabotage Campaign Against This Website
May 17, 2013









The email (in the screenshot below) is a 419 - that is scam - message being circulated disguised as if it's from my website email (tayo at spontaneousdevelopment.com). Believe it or not, this one came right into my inbox yesternight - got me wondering why I would send myself an email, till I read the […]







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Career Development
Why 10 Years On Your Job May Not Mean YOU Have 10 Years Experience!
May 16, 2013









There are myriads of myths and assumptions that many of us allow to guide our thoughts and actions daily. This write-up highlights an unfounded myth that prevents many employees from actualizing their full potentials in the workplace. What Is Your Answer to This Question? (True or False?) An employee who has spent 20 years on […]







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Career Development
Unruly Employees – An Employer’s Worst Nightmare (3 Tips for Dealing With Them)
May 9, 2013









I’ve had many discussions with organizational decision makers, about employee behavior over the past 15 years. At first it was as a high performing employee, then later as a service provider. What frustrates employers often is when some employees act as if the company owes them for doing nothing. Some employees seem to delight in […]







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Career Development
Why You Need To Know A Little Bit About Every (or Many) Things
May 2, 2013









New/Different experiences afford you a multidimensional perspective. When others admire you for your ability to do certain things well (e.g. you’re good at many sports), there is a tendency for you to get carried away if you are not careful. Many people in their workplaces have earned themselves recognition and respect for their expertise in […]







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Career Development
FREE DOWNLOAD: An Automated Data Transpose Workbook That Helped An Insurance Company Finish a Report In Minutes, Instead of Days (YOU Can Build Something Similar)
April 25, 2013









This is a little workbook I created to eliminate the tedious manual work that had to be done – daily - by employees of an Insurance Company in Lagos. Typically, data from an auto-generated text file (see "PRINT15.txt" file in this download package) containing life insurance data of employees of a client company had to […]







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