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July 23, 2024
IMAGINE YOU have a breadfruit tree that gives you shade and every day a neighbour passes by and gives the tree one chop with his cutlass. Every day yo...
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July 16, 2024
WHILE THERE IS no perfect organisation, there are some organisations that are more tolerant of dysfunctional employees than others. There are several ...
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June 25, 2024
Priming the pump is about putting something in to get something out. There is no escaping investing in employees if managers want to enjoy greater pro...
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June 18, 2024
Recently, someone asked my advice on how to deal with an issue in their organization. It involved a supervisor who, under the guise of ‘concern for he...
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June 11, 2024
We have all heard the saying ‘Employees are the most valuable asset to an organisation.” Anne M. Mulcahy is quoted as saying “Employees are a company’...
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June 4, 2024
What a difference it will make in the world if we learn to utilise the skills and expertise of former enemies instead of entrusting positions and resp...
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May 28, 2024
Over the past week, I closed one chapter in my professional career as I transitioned from one company and an incredible team and prepare to enter anot...
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May 14, 2024
RECENTLY I have come across a statistic on VANTAGECIRCLE that claims that 52% of employees perform their task without enthusiasm or care for their wor...
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May 7, 2024
A few weeks ago, as I contemplated announcing a big career change, I began to experience feelings of anxiety. Secretly I tried to decipher those feeli...
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April 23, 2024
“Although our body language governs the way other people perceive us, our body language also covers how we perceive ourselves and how those perception...
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April 16, 2024
Conclusion: A few weeks ago we began discussing charisma and whether it was something that people were born with, magic, or a skill that can be learne...
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March 19, 2024
Olivia Fox Cabane in her book ‘The Charisma Myth’ shares a story of William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli who were both politicians contesting the 1...
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March 5, 2024
Who is that? This question is usually asked when a charismatic person enters a room. For a moment, conversations stop, everyone is distracted, if even...
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February 27, 2024
“Thomas Jefferson said, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pret...
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February 20, 2024
“For a clever man, different cultures, different lives, different attitudes, different dreams, different of everything are a good teacher! You only ta...
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February 13, 2024
Why would managers refer to employees who have successfully completed up to fourteen years of schooling and were successful in Secondary School exit e...
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February 6, 2024
“Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that’s the truth in people’s minds.” Some years ago, I e...
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January 30, 2024
I recall a conversation with an individual, the person claimed that their services were terminated because it was alleged that of the number of job co...
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January 23, 2024
“As a leader, you have an incredible opportunity to change someone’s life every single day. Leadership is never about tearing people down, it’s all ab...
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January 16, 2024
By now you should have prepared a list of aspirations for 2024. I am sure many of you only have a mental list, but it is extremely important that you ...
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January 9, 2024
Happy New Year Everybody! Before we get back into the groove of Prime the Pump, I want to inject some of karenhearttalk into today’s article with a do...
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December 19, 2023
Some leaders do not appreciate the value of honest feedback. They assume people are supportive of them when no one challenges them, and everyone is se...
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December 12, 2023
Trevor, a leader of an organization contacted me to formulate a separation letter for one of their members. According to him, an investigation was don...
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December 5, 2023
I usually don’t beseech people to read and share my articles, but I am making an exception and ask you please to indulge me. Over the next couple of w...
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November 28, 2023
My first encounter with a toxic boss happened the first day on a job. He thought that the best way to give me a taste of the workplace culture was to ...
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November 21, 2023
Before I go into today’s article, I want to express a heartfelt thanks to the consistent readers of ‘Prime the Pump’. I appreciate the feedback from t...
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November 14, 2023
“Leaders don’t rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.” John C. M...
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November 7, 2023
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader Today I pause to recognize a man I consider a great leader ...
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October 31, 2023
It is likely that there are people in positions of authority because someone saw potential in them, or they knew people of influence, or because of lo...
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October 17, 2023
Years of experience in a position of authority does not determine your leadership level or if you are a good leader. You’ll be surprised to discover t...
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October 10, 2023
The McLennan Community College biography of John C. Maxwell describes him as, “A No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, coach and speaker who has so...
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October 3, 2023
Last week we started discussing the topic of performance management and its impact on companies’ bottom-line and highlighted feedback as a key element...
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September 26, 2023
“Lack of feedback is the number one reason for performance problems.” Leigh Branham, Author As we approach the end of the financial year for companies...
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September 19, 2023
“Think dispute resolution is a tough nut to crack?” Welcome back to our series titled “Walk awhile in my shoes,” real world, gut-level messages from e...
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September 12, 2023
Welcome back to our series titled “walk awhile in my shoes,” real world, gut-level messages from employees to managers. This series was inspired by th...
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September 5, 2023
Recently I sat in a forum and listened to long serving employees from various fields talking about how different things were when they joined their or...
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August 29, 2023
For many employees in lead positions, annual performance evaluation is considered one of their least favourite times of the year. Most lead workers do...
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August 22, 2023
Last week, I was motivated to begin sharing employees’ perspective on issues that they want managers to be more understanding of. In many cases, manag...
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August 15, 2023
A few weeks ago, I began sharing on my YouTube Channel, ‘Karen Heart Talk’, expressions from the book ‘Walk Awhile In My Shoes’; gut-level, real-world...
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August 8, 2023
A couple weeks ago, after being left stranded at the airport by InterCaribbean Airways enroute to a mini vacation, my travel pals and I set out on a s...
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July 25, 2023
On any given day, as we interact with frontline employees be it within the organization we work, or as we conduct business with other establishments, ...
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July 18, 2023
“There was an issue at work yesterday involving me”, a young professional said to his father. His father waited patiently to hear… “In summary, someth...
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July 4, 2023
If you are entering an organization for the first time as an employee, it wouldn’t take long for you to recognize the politicians i.e., the influencer...
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September 5, 2025
The Climate Change Resilience Network (CCRN) in collaboration with the Youlou Radio Movement (YRM) recently embarked on a disaster preparedness initia...
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September 5, 2025
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, is to obtain three more Heamodialysis machines as part of the revolution in the healthcare secto...
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September 5, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, is leading a delegation to the East African country of Ethiopia; the delegation left the state on Wednesday, Septe...
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September 5, 2025
The modern port in Kingstown is expected to be handed over to the government just before this country celebrates its 46th anniversary of political ind...
