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October, 2022

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CAREER DIRECTION IS UNCLEAR
  • October 30, 2022
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In the first two years of joining M&M Financial Services company, Fred, twenty-four, still feels unsure where his career is headed.

Post-training school, he started out with the Audit and Investigation Unit, and it appeared he was heading for an Auditor’s future. However, six months later, he was “temporarily” posted to HR to cover for a manpower gap. Weeks became months, and he was already seeing a future in HR.

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3 THINGS YOU WISH YOUR SUPERVISOR KNEW ABOUT YOU
  • October 23, 2022

Kathrine, a middle-aged Project Manager with her company, has had it with her Line Manager, Kola. On this afternoon, after being summoned by the Head of Legal regarding a project she is managing, she busted at Kola, “you don’t listen to me. You don’t even try to hear what I think. We could have avoided all these issues with Legal, if you only listened to what I was saying last week…” Her face was dripping sweat, her arms were shaking, her eyes were almost given to tears…

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INSIDE THE MIND OF A LEADER
  • October 20, 2022

In 2001, the concept of “Mars Oasis” was conceived by Elon Musk. This was the foundation of his, now popular, colonization of Mars, and making humanity a multiplanetary specie dream.

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THE MIDAS TOUCH OF A LEADER
  • October 20, 2022

In 2015, the world gathered to the lying-in-state of the great leader of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. The air was dampened with the tears of Singaporeans, as their founding father was being mourned; a week-long event.

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THE THIRD EYE OF LEADERS
  • October 20, 2022

The air was tensed. The night was cold. America was on the edge of the union’s cliff as the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, was shot in the head at the Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. The next morning, 15th April, 1865, 7:22am, he was pronounced dead.

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THE SELF-DISCIPLINE OF A LEADER
  • October 20, 2022

Every great leader knows, that being great in leadership begins by leading oneself.

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THE PERSUASION OF A LEADER
  • October 20, 2022

In his presidential inaugural speech, he dropped those famous lines “Ask not what your country will do for you, but what you will do for your country”, spiralling an age of radical advancement. With a persuasive oratory prowess, forty-three-year-old President John F. Kennedy was challenging every sphere of the American mind.

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THE DEFIANCE OF A LEADER
  • October 20, 2022

The business of leadership is normally a tough one. However, for women in many parts of the world, leadership is both tough and rough. Women have had to face a lot of resistance in their journey to lead their teams or their organizations.

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THE SPEAKING POWER OF A LEADER
  • October 20, 2022

Leaders all over the world have been saddled with the responsibility of communicating the vision and destination to their followers and audience. Often with poise and a measured sense of persuasion, many have gained the following of thousands.

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LEADERS AND THEIR STAYING POWER
  • October 20, 2022

It is common knowledge among successful leaders that every valuable venture will take time. In fact, it is believed that the rule of thumb for checking valuable investments, is looking into their long-term sustainability plan. This method of investing, is called Value-Investing. It was pioneered by Benjamin Graham, and is the leading investment strategy of renowned investor, Warren Edward Buffet.

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