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“You don’t need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to training design.  Most of the hard work has already been done for you” Use what’s already freely available to help you create quality learning experiences We’ve all heard of the old saying ‘don’t reinvent the wheel’, yet many educators...

Keeping a remote workforce engaged means putting people first and trying new things to keep everyone involved and invested. Leaders must work to keep their teams engaged, whether continuing to work remotely or returning to the office post-pandemic. Try these three strategies for team relationship upkeep. In this remote-controlled world...

From March 18, 2020, to March 18, 2021, the world's 2,365 billionaires added US$4 trillion to their collective wealth during the pandemic, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). Their combined wealth rose from US$8.04 trillion to US$12.39 trillion - that's a 54% increase. In...

What do you think of when I ask you to be more productive?  Most people would say I need to “do more”.  The reality is that none of us will ever be able to complete all the tasks on our to-do list. Time management and work-life balance are not the...

Working remotely can be highly challenging for many people. The workstyle of working from home became a trend right after Covid-19 appeared as an existing problem in all modern societies. However, it is almost certain that the working conditions will never return to the point they were before the pandemic...

The global pandemic hit us all hard in March 2020, changing our lives drastically in the process. Many of us were forced to work remotely, or cease work altogether, in order to avoid infection, and to comply with social distancing orders.  The end result was extremely isolating and incredibly anxiety-producing...

Does Nature Hold the Key to Effective Female Leadership? Though it is undeniable that women have made great strides in both the private and public sectors, it is also clear that many still struggle to break into management, or once there, to be respected and effective. Willing cooperation and productivity...

When our brain is hijacked by emotions, our executive functioning, the clever part of our brain is inhibited. Being able to manage our emotions well is imperative for our performance and only in recent times has it been given the priority status it deserves. This is not just a case...

Diversity, or discrimination depending on how you look at it, is a hot topic right now.  Some days it feels like you can’t look sideways at someone without the risk of being labelled a racist, sexist, misogynist, bigot, xenophobe, or other label from the myriad of discriminatory issues associated with...

When I was working out in the gym, a single man asked me a question: Why do single people want to be married, and married people want to be single? I found the question quite interesting. In the recent past, there is a growing trend globally where single people want...