Digital Marketing is continually evolving and this may seem unsettling at times. Strategies that were working in past, might not be effective in the present. Do you know why many businesses fail to get ahead of their competitors? It’s simply because they are not willing to adapt to the ever-changing […]
Management
Friend, Friendly Acquaintance, Or Simply An Acquaintance?
How many times have you heard someone refer to someone else as their friend, and wondered how close the two individuals really were? What makes someone a friend as opposed to a friendly acquaintance as opposed to simply an acquaintance? We all come into contact with a wide variety of […]
Aging Librarians and the Crisis of Succession Planning at Fourah Bay College Library
INTRODUCTION The issue of succession planning has been discussed in several library fora. The Academic Libraries Group did a revealing SWOT analysis during its presentation at the Seminar on Library Capacity Building Interventions for Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in West Africa at the Erata Hotel, East Legon, […]
Career Choices With a Culinary Arts Degree – The Hidden Talent
Are you an excellent cook? Do you recognize the quality of food and good taste? Can you make food look good? If yes then the Culinary Arts degree is the best for you and there is nothing better. If you adore food, then this career is made for you. This […]
Towards A Better Teachers’ Performance Management in Nigeria: The Balance Scorecard Approach
Introduction Education is sacrosanct to national development. Education and national development are the two sides of a coin that mutually reinforce and challenge each other. Jega [1997] affirmed, “Education is generally regarded as a necessary and essential requirement for national development. It is central to socioeconomic and technological advancement, and […]
Powerful Ways To Control Your Leadership Reputation
Many Get to the Top, Few Stay There Are you one of those who were not born to follow but to lead? Are you one of those who are facing hurdles in the course of greatness? Then you have reached the right spot. A leader is not born, but bred. […]
Want To Get Promoted? Develop The Habit Of Going The Extra Mile (GTEM)
Richard A. Chambers (Rik, his nickname, for short) was my Training Manager/Coordinator in Guinness Nig. Plc Ikeja Brewery, Lagos in 1994/95. During the approx. one year period I reported to him, he repeatedly challenged me to “build” myself up to be highly competent as a brewer and manager. By the […]
Be The Full Jigsaw! How to Solve the Leadership Jigsaw
“There is no such thing as a perfect leader, either in the past or present, in China or elsewhere. If there is one, he is only pretending, like a pig inverting spring onions into his nose in an effort to look like an elephant”. –Liu Shao-Chi It may be true […]