by Bonnie Currin | Mar 9, 2018 | Career & Development
Self-motivation can be rather elusive, can’t it? Some days you are firing on all cylinders, full of ideas, energy and enthusiasm. Other days, no matter how hard you try, you stare at the computer screen willing yourself to type, create, develop, and instead end up...
by Bonnie Currin | Jan 24, 2018 | Career & Development
We’ve all heard the saying: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This is true for a business. Your business/organisation is only as strong or as powerful as its weakest person. If your staff are unmotivated, they are a weak link. If your staff are...
by Bonnie Currin | Nov 14, 2017 | Career & Development
Sam Ewing said, ‘Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, some don’t turn up at all’. I recently did a radio interview about ‘work ethic’, and I thought of Sam Ewing’s quote. The kind of work ethic you have in...
by Bonnie Currin | Aug 24, 2017 | Career & Development
We spend a lot of time at work. In fact, our colleagues can become our close friends, and our work desks can become as familiar as home. This familiarity, while it is encouraged in the modern business culture, does not mean that we can act and present ourselves as...
by Bonnie Currin | May 12, 2017 | Career & Development
Conflict in business is unavoidable. The Business Dictionary defines conflict as friction or opposition resulting from actual or perceived differences or incompatibilities. If you are honest with yourself, you will be able to confess that at some point in your career,...
by Bonnie Currin | Apr 7, 2017 | Career & Development
Have you ever looked at your superior and wondered: “Why on earth were YOU promoted?” or “How have you not been fired by now?” If you have, take comfort in knowing you’re not alone! Many of us are subjected to bosses that seem in over...
