Career Development
How To Make Yourself UNRETRENCHABLE









Preview In any well run company, merit is always given key consideration in order to ensure reliable employee performance evaluation - and rightly so. Every business that truly desires to be CONTINUALLY successful will actively identify and reward employees who demonstrate a passionate drive and commitment to helping the company achieve her goals - even […]







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Career Development
Ten Ways You Can Use Self-Development To Become A High Flyer At Work









Many people have no idea there is an almost scientific method they can employ to achieve their personal or work-related goals, repeatedly and consistently. Organisations on their part fail to acknowledge their limits when it comes to getting improved productivity from their employees. No matter how hard it tries, a company cannot develop its employees […]







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Career Development
How to Get Rapid Promotions and Fat Bonuses (Three Timeless Strategies)









"All successful employers are stalking people who will do the unusual, people who think, people who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them." -- Charles M. Schwab Paid Employment Is No Longer What It Used To Be. Time are changing – and rapidly too. The dream of getting a degree and then […]







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I Flopped Badly At The National Finals! (A True Story About How NOT To Prepare For/Deliver An Important Presentation)









The lessons I share in this article are based mainly on a true-life experience I had, in 1997, at the age of 27. I was delivering a management research paper at the National Finals of the (now repackaged) Young Managers Competition, organized by the Nigerian Institute of Management(NIM). I provide graphic details of how my […]







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Career Development
What If Your Boss Asks You To Do Wrong?









Are you in paid employment, and eager to advance up the position ladder or corporate hierarchy? If yes, there’s a good chance you’ll have to confront the above challenge at least once in your career. Most people would agree that going against laid down operational guidelines (especially those affecting product or service quality/delivery) is wrong. […]







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How To Turn A Major Blunder At Work Into A Career Advancement Opportunity









Quick Take Away Have you ever made a mistake that cost your employer, and/or co-workers loss of valuable time, effort or even money? How did you get over it? If it has never happened to you, have you considered what could happen if it did? How you would feel? Would you be able to muster […]







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Career Development
Secret Formula for Succeeding At Your Job









Can you easily party or socialize for long hours, but struggle to find the energy to work as long as is sometimes necessary to finish important work? If YES, then I suggest you check with your doctor. If s/he declares you have no medical condition limiting you, ask if adopting regular exercise can help you […]







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Career Development
Why Schools Should Teach CV Writing (True Story)









It was a good day to visit. They both welcomed me excitedly. We had not seen each other for months. The Muslim holiday presented me a perfect opportunity to keep the promise I’d made to visit them eons ago (after they moved to their new house). Hakeem teased me about my timing, since they were […]







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Career Development
How To Use The Self-Development Nuggets™ Blog









SD Nuggets™ (i.e. http://www.tayosolagbade.com/sdnuggets) is a multi-disciplinary blog. As a result, you may find that not everything published on it interests you. This is why I would suggest you use the links provided below to subscribe to the category you want. That way, when new content is published on the blog, only those belonging to […]







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Career Development
He Failed The Interview, And They Gave Him A Better Job!









Quick Overview: This write-up tells the story of a young manager in a large company, who failed an internal interview for a bigger paying position, and then got promoted into a better one! How could this happen, you ask? Read this article – which is based on real events to find out (names and other […]







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