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7 ways to enhance your leadership skills

There is a popular saying: “Leaders are born and not made”. This might be partially true but only a few of us are natural born leaders. The rest of us must simply develop and practice leadership skills. Fortunately, there is a useful trick that will help you become the successful leader you long to be.

Awakening

The Awakening of New Era Marketing

Intense competition drives companies to focus more on marketing activities. Customers have many choices and at times they are fickle minded to make selections. These customers are value seekers.

Study Techniques Every Student Should Try

7 study techniques every student should try!

These useful study tips will show you how to make your studies a lot easier.

Success Factors

Identifying Basic Success Factors in New Business Venture

This article aimed to reveal the basic success factors, which necessary and inevitable for new ventures or startups to acquire in order to sustain profitable, growing and value adding.

Procrastination

5 tips to overcome procrastination

'Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow.' 'Tomorrow is another day.' And so on, and on… You've certainly heard these phrases and probably even used them yourselves. But do they even make sense?

Effective productivity

Effective productivity towards profitability

In today’s industry, being able to capture market share is challenging as there are many competitors in any industry. With human capital increasing and rapid advancement of technology, it is even more challenging for firms to achieve the competitive edge.

Environmental and sustainability aspects of the Value chain Management

Understanding the Environmental and sustainability aspects of the Value chain Management

This article explores the impact of resources sustainability thinking on the organizations competitiveness and how leaders prioritize the environmental impact objectives of their operations among other business considerations. Studies revealed that in today’s business environment the sustainability if employed in the value chain, companies would experience different pattern of reputation and gain advantage over competitors.

Leadership Mistakes

Leadership blind spots: five unconscious mistakes that could lead a company on the path to ruin

Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to be able to own up to them. After we acknowledge our mistakes, we can begin to correct them. However, some areas take us down without us realizing it. They are the so-called blind spots. According to the author of a series of management publications John C. Maxwell, blind spots are situations where people do not see things realistically, and thus they have become harmful to themselves and to others. Which blind spots affect managers the most?

Destructive habits

Six destructive work habits – get rid of them once and for all!

It is time to eliminate the bad habits that hinder us. Addiction to e-mail, needless comparisons with the achievements of others, gallons of coffee — all these have a disturbing effect on our performance and work efficiency. How does one combat these? It is important not to wave this problem away, but to admit one's weaknesses and to find a solution. Do the following toxic habits remind you of your own behavior? Change them!

Morning Rituals

Morning Rituals: beat stress and be confident in just a few minutes

Morning is the most important part of the day. The feelings with which you wake up and go to work will usually accompany you until the evening. It's up to you and your mood as to whether you spend the day in peace, without irritations or escalated emotions, or succumb to stress and negative thoughts. Here are some simple tips for inducing positive thinking right from early morning and for stepping into a successful day. And do not forget that the impact of rituals is especially in their regularity.