There was a time in not too distant past when IT was seen as a very complex and too complicated task for most employees. It was regarded as some sophisticated business process beyond the reach of small and medium sized outfits. Furthermore, the installation and maintenance of the hardware and software involved took considerable time to implement with little chance...

The advantages of outsourcing are numerous and they include cost reduction and increase in productivity and profit, the very things that attract many entrepreneurs to give it a try, especially the new comers to the business world. However, plunging headlong into the process carelessly may find you frustrated and disappointed. Remember that outsourcing can be your...

Although many agree that social engagement is vital for the success of networking ventures, still not a few fail in this respect due to these 2 simple reasons: Inability to build up relationships: Many fail to appreciate the importance of business owner-clientele rapport. They see prospective customers as mere walking dollar-signs. Once this money sign leaves the...

Every New Year that comes, there are many who come up with resolutions that the coming year would be a better and a more productive one for them. Long lists of laudable plans of action are drawn up to guide them. Alas, barely two months pass and most are back to their old selves despite their initial motivations, and perhaps sincere ones at that, to turn a new leaf....

Have you experienced driving uphill when half way to the top, you car starts to lose power and slowly slides back? That is how it feels when half way in your project, you start to lose enthusiasm. Your motivation begins to wear off and the chance of you achieving your goal grows dimmer with each step. In times like this, what you need is push just as your car needs...

“I have no time” has become so common a complaint (and alibi) that it has lost its validity and credibility, and rightly so. Actually, having the time is not so much the problem, since everyone is given 24 hours in a day, but rather the management of it. Among the major reasons blamed for the scarcity of time problem is the social media or the online social...

Failures and success are strange bedfellows in life but they are meant to be that way because they complement each other. You could view them as arch enemies or good friends, depending on how you treat them or re-frame them in your life. Take for instance “failure”. It could mean a disastrous calamity in your life for obvious reasons. But why “success”, you might...

You must have heard it over and over again in leadership training and seminars that leaders are made (especially the good ones), not born. Since leaders are made, it means that the opportunity to lead is open to everyone. But how come only few grab this opportunity despite the power and prestige that go with the position? In most cases, it has something to do with...