Posted on 20 January 2012. Tags: Churchill, leaders, Patton
Our trust in leadership has decreased as the speed and availability of information has increased. The flow of Information has fundamentally changed over the years and while leaders were once looked to to provide the answers to our questions (they were, after all, the ‘ones’ in the know), now they seem out of touch, and somehow removed from what happens on a day-to-day basis.
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Posted in Self Improvement
Posted on 21 December 2011. Tags: businesses, Garrison Duke
Laying the ground work for career change during slow periods can greatly enhance your job search when things improve. The option of going back to school can also prove to be a very productive way to ride out a slow economy.
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Posted in Self Improvement
Posted on 08 December 2011. Tags: Conversation Skills, Helena Kaufman, Tips for mingling and conversation
Many people find it a challenge to enter a conversation. Some even quake in their well shined shoes before they enter a room. Take your shy, new, singleton or fearful about your language skills self and step into the room. It may hold opportunity! Enter smiling and be natural.
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Posted in Communication Culture, Self Improvement
Posted on 21 November 2011. Tags: Communication Success, Conversation Skills, Helena Kaufman
Sure, our conversations today take other forms than what most of us grew up with. The basics, however, still apply and together, we’ll start with verbal conversations and once we’re comfortable, we’ll swing back and apply them to written conversations. OK?
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Posted in Communication Culture, Self Improvement
Posted on 15 November 2011. Tags: Hello Math, Math Study Skills
General learning study methods can help you pass most of your courses, but to get better grades in math, you will need to adopt a different approach and develop math study skills. Mathematics is not like other courses.
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Posted in Self Improvement
Posted on 13 November 2011. Tags: Children, Failure
The truth about failure is that everyone experiences it at sometime. Whether great or small, we will all have to face it to some degree. Failure in and of its self is not scary.
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Posted in Self Improvement
Posted on 01 November 2011.
Many people are overwhelmed by the variety of education and training options available to them. Which one is right for you and how do you choose? There are a lot of possibilities, and may even include a combination of several options. The key is figuring out which is right for you. Ask yourself the big questions
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Posted in Canadian News, International News, Local News, Self Improvement
Posted on 19 October 2011. Tags: Job Search, Phone book, Strategic
Most people don’t realize that only 15% of jobs are found using the internet as the primary job search tool. No wonder it is so frustrating for people.
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Posted in Self Improvement
Posted on 06 October 2011.
What are the dreams that you have given up on? Can you remember them? If not, then start dreaming again and get back to work at fulfilling your dreams.
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Posted in Self Improvement
Posted on 05 October 2011.
Why is it hard to connect? We each wear a mask to present ourselves to others as we want to be perceived. People connect only when the masks come off.
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Posted in Self Improvement