Management

Are you old enough to remember the good old days when careers practically managed themselves and there weren’t so many job-related decisions to make? Even if you are not, you probably did grow up with the notion that you would work in the same field for most if not all […]

There are several types of graduate business degrees which prepare students for many types of careers. The most typical is the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, with its concentrations or emphasis areas. There is also the Master of Science (MS) degree which allows a student to explore a business […]

The use of simulation learning tools to educate employees is growing rapidly due to the decisive success rates of their targeted commercial content. Increasingly they are teaching management teams improved business acumen and decision making in a risk-free real-world setting. These simulation tools will often take two forms; either a […]

Ten years ago I was fortunate enough to be heavily involved in the implementation of a company wide coaching programme, both as an employee who was to receive coaching but also as a manager and coach who was expected to regular coach my reports and my peers to enable them […]

Good news! The people skills that are the core of effective leadership skills are powerful beyond the world of work. They promote strong relationships with friends and family. You can – and you should – use them with your kids. Think about what people skills involve: listening, keeping an open […]

There are three levels of strategic planning: Corporate, business, and functional. Strategy may be planned at each level, but the plans for every level of an organization should align to insure maximum unity of effort. Without alignment, departments and functions will be working at cross-purposes, and the overall corporate strategy […]

Certificates of sponsorship allowance. We wish to remind all sponsors that the allocation of certificates of sponsorship (CoS) is not automatically renewed and must be requested annually through the sponsor management system (SMS) within a year from the previous allocation. Licensed sponsors who registered with multiple tiers and categories of […]

I know that Mexican Train is a friendly game, often played with family and friends, and that winning is not critical or terribly important. What is important is the social aspect of the game: talking, laughing, and having fun. Having said that, I also know that there are people out […]