Self Improvement

So much to do, and so little time in which to do it. Is that how you feel? You'll probably find yourself agreeing with management guru, Peter Drucker. He said: "Time is the scarcest resource...

One of the main roles of a manager is to provide guidance and clear, decisive leadership to a team.Effective or ineffective leadership doesn't just impact the leader's

Using team-building activities to create successful teams has many benefits to both team members and their organizations. Being part of a team can empower individuals because of added knowledge – through learning from each other

Negotiation skills are among the most important for any leader. I called on some prominent senior executives in the region (and my former executive MBA students from the Robert H.

 
 
You may not believe that you are especially creative, but you probably possess various skills and attributes that will help in creative projects. If you are going to enhance your creative performance and potential, you need to know what skills you already have, and what areas you need to build on.

The psychological terms restructuring and functional fixedness are relevant to how the creative process works, and can be applied to creative thinking. Restructuring means reorganizing or restructuring a problem to find a solution. Functional fixedness occurs when, as the idea originator, you become restricted by the demands of the task, or other constraints or norms. This functional fixedness means that you have difficulty reconceptualizing the problem to find a solution.

In business, creativity and innovation are often used interchangeably. They mean different things. Creativity is the ability to develop something original, new, and unique.

Behavioral interviewing is the most powerful and accurate way to get from point A: recruiting, to point B: hiring the best candidate. Behavioral-based hiring hinges on the premise that a person's past job performance is the most telling indicator of his performance in the future. This approach to interviewing is quickly becoming standard procedure in both small and large companies across the globe.

There are three levels of response to questions asked in an interview. The three levels are the attribute level, the general process level, and the behavioral level.

Exclamations are used to indicate great excitement or emphasis. In business writing, exclamation points should be used sparingly and only to add urgency, surprise, or disbelief to a statement. Business writers are expected to convey feeling or emphasis primarily through strong words and clear structures, not through punctuation. If you use exclamation points too often, the reader may become immune to their effect or may consider you unprofessional. There are two rules for using exclamation points in your writing: