Jul 02, 19

Who Pays Your Salaries?

One of the most important lessons you can teach yourself and your employees is the answer to this question: ‘Who pays your salaries?’ In many organizations, employees will do anything to please their bosses, and in a small business, they will do anything to please YOU. The truth is that beyon..

Jun 27, 19

The Triangle of Career Success, by Omagbitse Barrow

One of the reasons why people working in organizations fail to achieve their performance benchmarks and add value the way they should is that most people are square pegs desperately trying to fit into round holes. In fact, some will argue that this phenomenon of “square pegs in round holes” i..

Jun 26, 19

Implementing Your Innovative Solutions, by Omagbitse Barrow

Creativity and innovation only truly happen when the ideas are transformed into workable solutions, implemented and add value. To achieve this innovation teams need the discipline of execution. Having ideas is great but without disciplined execution, all of your ideas will translate to less value..

Jun 24, 19

Measuring Your Financial Health, by Omagbitse Barrow

Just as it is important to get a medical check-up from time to time, it is equally important to measure your financial health from time to time. To take stock of the financial decisions you have made over time and measure the state of your finances. Measuring your financial health helps you to as..

Jun 19, 19

How to Listen Effectively, by Omagbitse Barrow

Listening is certainly one skill that most people struggle with. In fact, most very successful leaders have such a strong personality that they tend to dominate conversations and seldom actually listen to the other person. Listening is however one of the most potent way to empower and to influenc..

Jun 19, 19

Refining your Ideas into Solutions, by Omagbitse Barrow

When you have come up with as many ideas as possible, it is important that you and your team use similar disciplined approaches to refine and select the most appropriate ideas and transform them into implementable solutions. The following tools can help you to achieve this…

Jun 19, 19

Managing Remuneration & Rewards, by Omagbitse Barrow

Whether you like it or not, remuneration plays an important part in employee motivation and productivity. Your ability to attract and retain the right employees will depend on the remuneration and rewards that your organization provides. Remuneration like all forms of motivation helps to get the ..

Jun 19, 19

Overcoming Barriers to Financial Planning, by Omagbitse Barrow

Many people fail to plan their finances because of some psychological blocks that they have regarding financial planning. It is important that we all are aware of these myths and confront them head-long so that we can chart a course for a better financial future. These myths once overcome will po..