Tag: Management

How To Succeed In Business

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Business is a game. If you want to win, if you want to get ahead, you must follow the rules.

If you are not playing, you are watching. If you are not creating, you are consuming. If you are not planting, you are reaping. If you are not growing, you are dying.

To stay in the game, according to Molly D. Shepard, Jane K. Stimmler, and Peter J. Dean, ‘Never allow yourself the luxury of anger, no matter how ‘hot’ the discussion gets. Instead, control your emotion so it doesn’t interfere with your message.’

‘When a boss or coworker gets angry, try not to take it personally. Instead of thinking about how you feel, put your focus on the person who is angry and try to figure out his or her motivation.’

‘If you are having a problem with a coworker, don’t let it irritate you until you get angry. Identify the problem and address it with him or her.’

‘Don’t wait for information to come to you. Get out of your office, join a conversation, and get in on the informal network ‘action.’ You never know what you’ll learn.’

‘A true leader routinely assists talented people who work with her to attain bigger jobs, sometimes even surpassing her.‘

‘Be clever in determining who really impacts on your success.’

‘When making your list of possible company mentors- don’t leave out your boss.’

‘When you know in your gut that you’ve received all possible benefit from a mentoring relationship, it’s time to move on.’

‘If your schedule and responsibilities are veering out of control, ask yourself what tasks can be delegated or rearranged to free up more time.’

‘Whenever you can, try to make things more streamlined by changing the way you do something, letting it go, or hiring someone else to do it.’

Source;

Molly D. Shepard, Jane K. Stimmler, & Peter J. Dean (2014). Breaking Into the Boys’ Club: The Complete Guide for Women to Get Ahead in Business

Leading Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

Here is one POWERFUL question for you: ‘Do you feel worthy just because you are alive?’

What do you think?

Because ‘Our ability to be our own solution versus the thing that stands in the way of our success is the only way through and to the life we want for ourselves.’

‘We need to find a way to ground ourselves in our own self-worth, learning to validate ourselves.’

‘The important thing is to have self-confidence in the activities in your life that matter to you and a high sense of self-worth overall.’

‘It’s almost impossible to have strong self-confidence if we are in a constant state of doubting our worth.’

‘Understanding what we are amazing at and what we are suck at are critical to building self-confidence.’

‘If you don’t get comfortable with your own self-imposed limitations, someone else will happily step in to limit your potential.’

‘We must understand and name our fears if we are to conquer them.’

‘The things we fear can impact our decision-making, our ability to innovate, and even the morale of those around us.’

‘The steps we take are more important than how large those steps were.’

‘When we learn how to focus on a bigger mission, it will make overcoming any irrational fears or even facing real obstacles easier to bypass.’

‘Without the will to be different or better, change can never be sustainable.’

Source:

Heather R. Younger (2025). The Art of Self-Leadership: Discover the Power Within You and Learn to Lead Yourself