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What’s Holding You Back
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June 1, 2012
Take a few moments to examine your professional life. Are you where you want to be? Do you spend lots of time thinking and hoping about what life coul...
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What To Do When Bosses Want Sexual Favours
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May 18, 2012
Part One: 8 Warning Signs Your Boss Wants Sexual Favours Getting a job, especially when it’s your first position, your dream job or you’ve been ou...
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Let’s get up and go, St. Vincent
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May 11, 2012
Let me just say it’s good to be home and thank you for the support of my events thus far. I appreciate it. I’ve had a chance to talk to quite a fe...
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4 Ways to Beat Workplace Stress
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May 4, 2012
Did you know that an estimated 75% of illness is stress-related? In the last few months, we’ve been working closely with clients going through major...
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Do Your Employees Know You Care?
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April 27, 2012
Regardless to what business you are in, everyone likes to feel important—it’s just human nature. A major part of creating a healthy, productive wo...
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Achieving Personal Excellence
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April 20, 2012
Every employee who strives for professional excellence in their career must stop periodically and conduct a self-assessment. Are you on track to accom...
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Hard-Headed or coachable: Which one are you?
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April 13, 2012
If your company offered you a career coach to help you build your career, would you feel offended or paranoid that they offered? Recently I worked wit...
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Easter Attitudes
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April 5, 2012
Easter is here, and we all remember the ultimate sacrifice that was made on Calvary. It’s a symbol of dying to be resurrected with more power. As yo...
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Laugh and Move On
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March 30, 2012
It’s not uncommon to see ads in newspapers around the world that read “must be able to work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment.” What thes...
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Five ways we let time slip away
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March 23, 2012
Your life is busy. Time is spent at school, with family and friends, and at work. With such demands, good choices must be made about how your time is ...
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Three costly career mistakes that women make
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March 16, 2012
Building a career as a new or seasoned professional takes time, strategy and the determination to succeed regardless of what lays ahead. Sometimes in ...
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Are you that annoying co-worker?
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March 9, 2012
Sometimes it’s the simple things that co-workers do that can test your patience. These habits can be so bad that they can change the mood of the co-...
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5 signs you are living above your means
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March 2, 2012
When you have a job, the temptation to buy everything you want can be great for some people. But this mentality will leave you a slave to your job, an...
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Body talk
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February 24, 2012
Yes, your body talks, and people pay more attention to your body language than the actual words you say. There is an old saying “Your actions speak ...
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7 Ways to Work Better with Your Supervisor
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February 17, 2012
Supervisors are in charge because the company has confidence in their ability to perform supervisory responsibilities and obtain the results the compa...
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The value of volunteering
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February 10, 2012
A quick easy way to build your résumé is through volunteering. It does not matter that you are not getting paid; what matters is that you are learni...
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Business Introductions Made Easy
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January 20, 2012
Savvy young professionals understand that a big part of success is based on their ability to build strong relationships with different people. Althoug...
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What’s Holding You Back?
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January 13, 2012
So what’s holding you back? What obstacles are preventing you from achieving your highest potential? Do you believe that a combination of external c...
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Hiring Ex- Prisoners
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January 6, 2012
It could have happened when you were young; it might have been more recently—it doesn’t really matter. What does matter is this simple fact: jail ...
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Out with the Old, in with the New
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December 30, 2011
Before the newness of 2012 evaporates, everyone should do a quick self-evaluation. Revisit ideas, past decisions and dwell if even for a moment on wha...
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Merry Christmas to my sweet homeland
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December 22, 2011
I often get emails from readers asking if I am a Vincentian, and the answer is yes, I am a proud Vincy. I was born and raised in St.Vincent, Chauncey ...
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Putting the Christ Back in Christmas
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December 16, 2011
Everyone seems to be in the Christmas spirit. But not everyone understands the true meaning of the season. In fact, some people, some intentionally, t...
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10 simple ways to start owning your career today
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December 9, 2011
The landscape in the workplace has changed tremendously since the global economic crisis began, and it has impacted the way people manage their career...
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Burning your bridges
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December 2, 2011
Does it really matter how you end a relationship with a job you do not like and with people you will never work with again in your professional life? ...
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10 Commandments of Customer Service
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November 25, 2011
Christmas is in a few weeks, so this is the perfect time to tune up those customer service skills by revisiting the commandments of providing excellen...
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The art of selling
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November 4, 2011
Christmas is around the corner and no doubt people will be busy buying in preparation for the holidays. For the many sales people, are you ready? Sell...
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How to be personally independent
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October 28, 2011
Happy Independence day to all Vincentians at home and abroad. We’ve come a long way since 1979. Most likely, you will spend this weekend celebrating...
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Self-promotion
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October 21, 2011
You work hard, you do your best, and yet you don’t get the recognition you deserve in your company. Are you baffled as to why? The reason could be b...
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Are you a slave to your email?
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October 14, 2011
Does it seem like you can’t live without email? Do you find yourself constantly checking your Blackberry to see what you received? Do you check your...
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Understanding performance appraisals
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October 7, 2011
A performance appraisal, performance evaluation or performance review is the equivalent of getting a report card for the work you perform on the job. ...
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Too much Face Time in Facebook
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September 30, 2011
Facebook has drastically changed the way we communicate. There seem to be way too much useless information, too many revealing pictures and conversati...
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Women who rule at work
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September 16, 2011
When women began entering the workforce at professional levels, the old cliché “It’s a man’s world” was a reality that made working and commu...
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Six reasons people waste time at work
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September 9, 2011
Are there people on your job who just seem to be so busy all the time but still get nothing done? Why is that? Let’s look at a few reasons why some ...
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Body art or career hindrance?
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September 2, 2011
One of my clients was very excited about her new job. It was perfect for her, then her boss discovered her tattoo when she worn a short sleeve shirt t...
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Avoiding international embarrassment
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August 26, 2011
You’ve probably heard about incidents where business people committed faux pas when traveling or hosting international guests. They were dressed ina...
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Rude habits of people with cell phones
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August 19, 2011
After receiving a request to address proper cell phone usage, I turned to Facebook for some help and asked my Facebook fans about what they were seein...
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Taking God to work
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August 12, 2011
If you were to be judged by your behavior in the workplace, would your coworkers know that you are a person with deep religious convictions? Some CEOs...