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Company Culture affects Employee Morale
“There’s no magic formula for great company culture. The key is just to treat your staff how you would like to be treated”. – Sir Richard Branson Every company has some kind of a culture. It is the supposed norm by which certain behaviours and actions are considered acceptable or unacceptable. The ‘air’ or the…
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Responsive Leadership – Not Reactive
“It takes maturity to respond, rather than react. Remember this when you feel upset with customers and co-workers alike. Exercise emotional maturity, self-control, kindness…and take the high road.” – Steve Dorfman Leaders in a company are probably the most closely watched and continually emulated people. Employees expect them to act and behave in a certain…
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Importance of Business Etiquette
Photo by Kampus Production “Etiquette is what you are doing and saying when people are looking and listening. What you are thinking is your business.” – Virginia Cary Hudson Polite behavior and decorum are a must – the rules are unwritten and apply to social situations and workplace relationships. In the workplace, business etiquette includes working…
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Embracing Diversity for Growth
“Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.” – Malcolm Forbes The dictionary describes diversity as “the state or quality of being different or varied” and this is absolutely accurate for any business – differences exist in almost every portion and are most pronounced in the company’s workforce. As companies become global, they attract customers from…
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Corporate Social Responsibility is a Must
“If a brand genuinely wants to make a social contribution, it should start with who they are, not what they do. For only when a brand has defined itself and its core values can it identify causes or social responsibility initiatives that are in alignment with its authentic brand story.”- Simon Mainwaring Being in business…
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Goal Setting in a Business Scenario
“The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we’ve already achieved them.” – Denis Waitley In every realm of life it is important to set goals – they lend purpose and focus.…
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Helping Customers use your Mobile Apps
“The rich and interactive experiences we have come to expect on mobile apps have created new standards and expectations for all digital media including the web. The result is websites are evolving to become more app-like in their rich functionality” – Raj Aggarwal It is the digital age – the age of speed and being…
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Don’t let a Job Interview Unnerve you
“Emphasize your strengths on your resume, in your cover letters and in your interviews. It may sound obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people simply list everything they’ve ever done. Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data”. – Marcus Buckingham The quote states in a…
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Managing Stress in the Workplace is Vital
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James Stress is a killer – everyone knows that but it is inescapable too. It exists in every sphere of our life but we will focus on stress in the workplace. Managing such stress is the joined responsibility of…
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Making the Choice of Commitment
“When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.” – Howard Schultz The choice of commitment promotes stability and growth and we are focusing on the choice of commitment to one’s place of work. The reality is that, as in the past, employees are no longer interested…
