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Leading meetings is a critical and learnable skill. Meetings are tools to accomplish a purpose and must be wielded properly to succeed. Learn how to asses the efficacy of the meetings you hold in your workplace.

I've run two businesses for nearly two decades, and over the course of those 20 or so years, I've made many, many mistakes when it comes to goal-setting. In this article, I share what has worked and what hasn't.

A vision statement is the most valuable asset an organization has. This article explains what it is, why it's needed, and how to write one.

Leadership is a difficult and challenging role that requires knowledge, skills, and abilities that must be honed and developed over time. In this article, we explore the six common characteristics that all effective leaders share.

At first, you might have enjoyed the experience of never having to leave your home to work. But if the work-from-home lifestyle is starting to take its toll on you, try these helpful tips to make the best of it.

This article examines Netflix's strengths and weaknesses and explores the opportunities and threats the company faces.

Speaking through a mask can be frustrating, as your words can sound unclear and muffled to your listner. These tidy little tips can help you to speak more clearly through your face mask so that your friends and colleagues can hear you better.

Following these 11 simple email etiquette tips will keep your emails professional and enhance the impact of your communication. These tips are simple, yet many people overlook them. Use these and stand out from the crowd as a real professional.

Fiverr is a great platform when it comes to outsourcing work. This guide will help you choose the right sellers for the job.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, working from home suddenly became a common setup for non-essential workers who were able to keep their jobs. As great as flexible work arrangements are, working from home is not for everyone and there are advantages we lose when working at the office stops.

A step-by-step guide on how to study and prepare for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Associate (1Z0-1085-20) using free courses and practice tests.

More and more people are working alone nowadays, mainly because technology enables remote working, rendering offices and other work spaces less relevant. This article lists and looks at 10 negatives associated with working individually.

A lot of people search ‘how to get rich quick’ on Google and Youtube, but let’s look at what we can actually learn from billionaire, businessman and entrepreneur, Bill Gates.

While there are without doubt many challenges associated with individual working, this article lists and examines 10 of the main advantages.

Many certification exams can be taken from home using online proctoring. To take an exam from home, there are several requirements and rules you need to be aware of in advance.

Here are 30 essential questions to ask your mentor and advice on how to coordinate a meeting.

Recent research on how working from home negatively affects remote workers physically and mentally and how these effects can be overcome.

How do you move on from a perceived 'failure' and gain something positive from it? In this article I share one of my own experiences to explain how I took the positive from the negative.

From my own experience of working in a corporate office, to suddenly working at home every day, here are 5 strategies I've found to be the most helpful when trying to avoid work from home depression.

In the Philippines, the pandemic and the general hustle for a livelihood has pushed unlicensed people to undertake real estate services such as the referral of buyers and sellers of property or advertisements on social media for a chance at a commission. This is illegal and harms everyone involved.

Risk management is becoming an integral part of businesses. This article looks at five tactics that businesses without a strong risk management strategy can consider and begin to implement during these uncertain times.

This article speaks about proven tactics that will help employers to create a strategy to ensure consistency and efficiency in the workplace.

Briefly covers concepts related to the current ratio with a calculation example and explanation.

Those with higher degrees of emotional intelligence usually reap the rewards of more genuine relationships and effective work patterns -- make sure you're aware of these common roadblocks.

One of my experiences of getting bullied by a surgeon.

Here is a list of professional out-of-office away messages for work. Learn how to set up automated responses for email and Slack.

If you identify as a woman in the work place, you might be wondering how you can gain the respect of your male colleagues. Here are a few tips.

Here's a collection of the best quotes about powerful leaders and inspirational leadership. Use one of these quotes on a card to a coworker, in a speech, for workplace motivation, or to show appreciation for a job well done.

Pre-employment screenings have been subject to heavy scrutiny both online and in the HR space. In this article, I break down and answer why, in my experience, pre-employment screenings are a great tool for recruitment and selection.

If you need to get out of work and you're looking for a valid reason, choose from this list of 35 believable reasons for missing work.

This article reviews four websites that can help improve the speed and accuracy of your typing. Whether you are a writer, a secretary, or someone seek at-home employment, improving your typing skills can help you become more employable and efficient.

Here are handy tips to keep in mind and practice before your next video conference call.

Managers often have difficulty in pinning down the root causes of employee performance-related problems. This seven-step system utilizes an easily remembered acronym to help managers define and solve them.

Lymbic synchrony also referred to as mirroring is an important natural occurrence in the learning process of children, but it is also part of how we bond with other. However, as it turns out, it is a excellent tactic for sales and business people in general to use.

Remote work has become far more prevalent in recent months than ever before, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are a few tips to slough off teleworking fatigue and help you work remotely more productively and efficiently in the days ahead.

What makes a great theme park? Great rides? Good food? Short lines? Theme park design involves whole family entertainment as well as fascinating psychology. Here's how you make a great theme park.

From harnessing your emotional intelligence and fostering collective wisdom, to building your professional network and diving into professional development opportunities; the possibilities for your successful route to professional success are as dynamic as you are.

When you have a new group of employees join an organization it is important to make them feel part of the family by welcoming them. Here are some ideas for thoughtful welcome messages for new employees.

Supervising employees is hard enough as it is, but, supervising employees that are working from home can be much harder. This article provides a how to in managing employees working from home.

Cap tables are a critical part of building a new business on investment funding, but how do they work? And do you successfully manage them?

Working from home isn't as easy as it sounds like. In fact, there are many ways it can be harder on an individual than working in the office. This article discusses how you can take care of yourself while working from home.

Using the Rasmussen safety model formulates a process to open a business without drifting into failure. The boundaries include safety, workload, and economy. Balancing among each will help the company function by using a hierarchy of controls to prevent movement into a critical area.

Preparation may be dull and seem time consuming when all you really want to do is dive into a project and start feeling like you've accomplished something. Read on to find out how to skyrocket your success with a few easy tips.

Women are underrepresented as CEO's of major corporations. In the U.S., we are yet to have a woman president. The proverbial glass ceiling seems to be a ubiquitous fixture within the halls of power. Given the opportunity, can women perform? Can they compete with their male counterparts?

Email and texting are now the primary forms of communication both at a corporate and personal level. Here are some rules for what not to do in an email, what to do, and why it's important.

Project management does not have to be on a grand scale and is not limited to big projects. You can use some of the information presented in my 3 Project Management Principles articles to develop a personal action plan.

Whenever we are at a crossroad, it means there is a choice. We must choose between two or more options. Making our own choices about what we do is important because it gives meaning to our life.

Planning is important to find the best course of action, clarify what needs to be done, check what is outside our area of expertise, and know how to delegate and set works for others.

The online digital hate mob can ruin your reputation. The question is: what can you do about it? Should you hire a reputation management firm or SEO expert to undo the damage?