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- 10 Management Lessons from my Cookery Class - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaYou will be forgiven for wondering what on earth a cookery lesson my wife took me through has anything to do with management, leadership and so on. If you have read some of my articles you will realize that I derive lessons from what I see and experience every day. Indeed I received some ...
Views: 1276 - 10 Priorities for Every Leader - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaThere is nothing as wasteful as a leader in a position and is ignorant of his/her priorities. I have always shared the notion that in every human being is the craving and desire to lead. Everyone is potentially a leader. However, some are very successful at thwarting and suppressing the ...
Views: 1257(1 vote) - 10 Business Fundamentals for Success - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Rabison Shumba10 Business Fundamentals for Success Rabison Shumba 23Apr 2010 Your understanding and correct use of the available business tools will determine how far the business goes. Regardless of size, every business needs tools to setup, administer and properly run. Some of those tools are purely ...
Views: 1417 - 10 Guidelines to Effective Public Presentation - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaIn my 13 year career as a businessman and trainer, I have either attended or presented papers at seminars and I am now accustomed to this subject. I have witnessed how even with the most detailed and exciting content most people usually see their presentation crumble for one reason or the other. ...
Views: 1379 - 10 Appeals to your Leadership Potential - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaEveryone is a leader. What differs is the number of people you are leading. By virtue of your existence you are leading someone every day. That person is you. Others choose to increase in leadership when they start leading a family, leading in a company department or at the very top (CEO) or a ...
Views: 1287(2 votes) - 10 Common Statements That Hamper Progress - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaYou are as strong as the confessions and statements you say out loud or within you’re the confines of your own mind. There are common statements which our human nature naturally gravitates towards at the expense of progress and tasks at hand. Sometimes these statements are said spontaneously, ...
Views: 1480 - 10 Wisdom keys to keep employees longer - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaIt is one thing to hire the employees you desire and require to get your vision on track towards fulfillment but it is yet another thing to ensure those people are fruitful and fulfilled to a point where they stay with your company long enough to make the impact you desire. The employee-employer ...
Views: 1723(3 votes) - 10 Palace Principles - Etiquette Before Kings - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaIn you lifetime, you will get to a point where your gift brings you before kings and people of major influence in society. You may not enter the real palace but for the sake of this document, I will look at etiquette considerations when you are meeting someone significant e.g. your mentor, ...
Views: 1719(1 vote) - 10 Destiny Questions Everyone Must Answer - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaA question is a sentence that solicits for information. A question has a corresponding answer or set of answers. In life, one must be able to ask themselves vital questions pertaining to life and destiny. This is a questionnaire that you carry throughout life which acts as a guideline or compass ...
Views: 1357(1 vote) - 10 Steps towards Excellence - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaWithin every individual is a desire to be excellent in that one does. Unfortunately for many, excellence remains a desire and is never acted out practically. No matter how much you can desire to be excellent, it will not come on a silver platter. It will cost you in terms of action, standing up ...
Views: 1920(1 vote) - 10 Office Etiquette Tips - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaIn this article, I will show you how we need not take our workplaces for granted. Every workplace has a general feel and expected etiquette. It sometimes does not necessarily need to be documented for your to behave in a certain way. The ambiance communicates the expectations to you. However in ...
Views: 6077(1 vote) - 10 Greatest Enemies of Greatness - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaGreatness remains a birthright for every living human being. Your greatness is guaranteed and without question or negotiation. The capacity to dream is built in and grafted to everyone at the point of conception. This function is enabled more as you arrive on earth and become aware of what could ...
Views: 4067(4 votes) - 10 Excuses Potential Entrepreneurs Make - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaStarting and running your own business has never been an easy road. It is a leap of faith, hope and believing in your dream that it will one day blossom. Building a company is similar to what a farmer goes through. He has time to Prepare the land, Plan the appropriate seed, Plant, Pluck out ...
Views: 1298(2 votes) - 10 Business Lessons My Mother Taught Me - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaThe one who gave birth to this author Mrs. Dainah Mapuranga (nee Mabaya Madoro), never attended Business School neither did she attend formal primary school education because of the culture which discouraged fathers from investing in the girl child as “she would be soon taken away anyway on ...
Views: 1452(1 vote) - 10 Tips of Money Matters (Money Demystified) - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaMoney is a power tool that enables businesses and individuals across the globe to exchange value for goods and services. You often hear many people mention that money is evil. I submit to you that there is no evil in money whatsoever. It is the love of money that actually is a root of all evil. ...
Views: 1495(1 vote) - 10 Guidelines to effective negotiation skills - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaNever enter into any agreement or negotiation from a point of desperation. The moment you show how desperate you are, you disarm yourself of the bargaining power. The value of the transaction will be compromised by your APPETITE & APPARENT desire. Rather stand back, gather yourself & your ...
Views: 7222(4 votes) - 10 Attitudes and Attributes every professional needs - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaModern business world is ever changing, more competitive and requiring individuals who will stand and be counted as leaders above others. When you stand head and shoulders above your own colleagues, employers will rush for you, business will come your way, your department will win all the prizes ...
Views: 15275(2 votes) - 10 Tips to Get and Keep Customers - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2010 from Rabison Shumba"Customer is king", "Our customers are not strangers to us, they are part of what we do". These are common cliches we speak and write on the walls of our businesses and in reception area. The question which is rarely asked is "Do we mean all that we say?". When you customer coughs, your company ...
Views: 1273(8 votes) - 10 Pillars for Organisational Success - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaFor any organization or business to succeed, it has to all it takes to ensure that it is continually achieving set goals which are linked directly to the vision of the founder. In this article I share with you what I would brand "Beyond the Marketing Mix". We explore some of the pillars that ...
Views: 1886(4 votes) - 10 Pointers to Effective Recruitment - How to select your leaders and team. - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaAppointments to position of leadership, influence and high decision making power are always rigged and plagued with inconsistency, thumb-sucking, guesswork with no system of set down criterion in place. Many followers complain of haphazard approaches to promotions where it is not based on any ...
Views: 3248(3 votes) - Who Stole your time? 10 Tips for Effective Time Management - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaYour success is linked to your understanding of the value of a resource called time. Time lost can never be recovered. While you are still able to work, make your time worthwhile and productive. While sleep is important in that you rest the body, some have a challenge of over committing time to ...
Views: 1396(3 votes) - 10 Lessons I learned from Challenges - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaWhen CHALLENGES face us as they often do, the tendency is to draw into a shell and FOCUS on "me" and "my" issues. One becomes selfish to a point where no one else really matters but themselves. My wife gave me a wake-up call one day. She had endured six months if not more with someone who had ...
Views: 2249(2 votes) - 10 Essential Tips for Effective Networking - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaNetworks and relationships will take you beyond where your salary (money), schooling (education) or smartness (intelligence) have taken you. Greatness is built through deliberate relationship formations (networking). The bigger your network, the greater your reach. Networks are made of mutually ...
Views: 1487(2 votes) - Be married to your vision - 10 Lessons - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Rabison ShumbaAre you merely paying lip service to your vision or you are sold out 101%? A marriage of convenience sometimes occurs where one party or both parties are seeking to get a quick solution to an issue. Be it citizenship issues or merely passing time. Sometimes we are found reneging on our own ...
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