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Top Advice on Getting The Promotion You Want
How to Get Promoted

Top Advice on Getting The Promotion You Want

While sometimes it may seem as though a promotion will never happen, you can ensure that you set yourself up for professional success. With careful strategising and intentional actions, the promotion you want can be within reach. Before making demands with your boss, clearly identify your goal and make preparations early on to make your ideal position an easy win. Consider the following questions and gather strong responses before you talk to your boss.

Time Management Tricks for Procrastinators
Productivity Tips

Time Management Tricks for Procrastinators

The procrastination club is well-populated with smart and talented people who sometimes struggle to get things done. People tend to procrastinate for one or several of the following reasons: you are frequently distracted, the task seems unpleasant, overwhelming, or too difficult, priorities are out of order, or there is a general lack of motivation for action. The good news is that there are strategies to combat each of these problems.

How Managers Can Help Their Team Achieve an Ideal Work Life Balance
Productivity Tips

How Managers Can Help Their Team Achieve an Ideal Work Life Balance

The concept of a better work life balance has the business world buzzing for several years now and while many companies are jumping on the bandwagon to pursue happier, more rounded employees, achieving that crucial balance between work and personal life isn’t necessarily the reality for many professionals. Executives and managers may be talking about implementing new and innovative organisational policies to help employees juggle priorities, but often times the proponents of work life balance may unwittingly be the same ones creating the obstacles for their employees to realise it.