Rise and Shine
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The 40-70 Colin Powell rule
Many of us fear to make tough decisions and when the moment comes to make the big decision, we look…
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Encounters with Bishop Zuza
We have all heard so much from many people over the last one week on how shocked they all were…
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Congratulations Professor Grant Kululanga– Part II
Last week, we gave background to the event in December where Professor Grant Kululanga was inaugurated Professor of Engineering. Today,…
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Build your Vision 2020
Today we start a new year 2015. By the end of five years, we will be hitting the year 2020.…
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Create and preserve goodwill
Goodwill is a precious opportunity to have. Many of us underrate the power of goodwill and so we do very…
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Evolve with change
There is a well-known saying by an English author Israel Zangwill that says that “Everything changes, except change itself”. Others…
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Effective approaches to delegation
Delegation is a powerful practice once it is well embedded in day-to-day business operations. At the same time, delegation is…
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Annual career reflections
You might have read or heard of the quotation from a popular novel that was used on Malawi School Certificate…
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Management lessons from Sir Geoffrey Colby
Many of us will remember from our primary school history classes that Sir Geoffrey Colby was a British colonial administrator…
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Operating in multiple modes
In modern jobs, we often wear multiple hats. Those who best understand this reality, are best positioned to excel in…
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Understand ideal expectations of employees
We need no justification to claim that a good manager is one who accurately understands the needs and wants of…
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Self discipline is key to success
Many people want to achieve a lot but very few are prepared to travel on the long journey to success.…
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Teach others so you can advance
Many people acquire competences, practice for some time and then consider themselves great experts. But real big experts achieve expertise,…
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Conducting after-action reviews
The world as we know it today has benefitted a lot from innovations that were originally developed for and used…
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Avoid information vacuum
In the past, it appeared noble, humble and professional not to fight back when attacked. Today, for achievers, it sometimes…
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Maximising productive time
Let us face it! A lot of people in our country are far less productive than their true productivity potential.…
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Avoid surprising your boss
One of the things that all bosses singularly and collectively hate is to be surprised by their juniors. In fact,…
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Fend off intimidation
We all get exposed to intimidation from time to time. On the journey to success, you need to gain the…
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Master the seven learning styles
There are seven different ways in which we learn. Each of the seven learning methods uses a different part of…
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Keep professional fights professional
Whenever you have moving parts, there will be some kind of friction. The same thing happens when you drive for…
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