Leadership Survey

Dating over 40

So, recently i conducted a dating survey. Personally, I had no luck with the dating thing, and I thought I would research to find out why I was having such rotten luck. There was the time a date walked out her house, saw my car and burst out laughing. She went back into the house and slammed the door, leaving me to fend off angry ridgebacks, a closing gate and a crushed ego. Then there was the time I got so nervous I just blabbered on like an idiot. I was nervous. No one makes me nervous, but that was a date I would like to do over, a lady I would like to re-meet, a second chance at a first impression. We all know that doesn’t happen.

Team Work

Personal Development Skill: Team Work

There is no doubt that the single most important skill to define a leader; to will make or break his or her reputation is their ability to work with a team. This important skill quickly separates true leaders from the “wannabe” that wants to gloat in their own self importance.

You may fool fans, but you will never fool the team.

Effective Communication

Personal Development Skill: Effective Communication

We communicate, all the time. Using various mediums, messages travel back and forward between people at an incredible rate.

Communication generates an incredible amount of data daily. Why then is effective communication so illusive?

Identify and Solve Problems

Personal & Leadership Skill: Ability to Identify and Solve Problems

No other skill will keep you relevant and in demand like the ability to solve problems. The best problem solvers in the work place are often the highest paid in the company. This is a skill that everyone should have but has become rare and extremely valuable.

Cultural Awareness

Personal & Leadership Skill: Cultural Awareness

Sadly, polarisation seems to be the current trend in the world at the moment. This is a dangerous attitude to own in the “global village” of our modern world.

Our workplaces, neighbourhoods and public areas are filled with people from various culture groups and backgrounds. We are exposed to all sorts of age groups, religious persuasions and life attitudes each and every minute. This cosmopolitan environment requires each of us to be able to demonstrate some awareness and sensitivity to other culture groups.  

Collect, Organise, Analyse and Critically Evaluate Information

Personal & Leadership Skill: Collect, Organise, Analyse and Critically Evaluate Information

Regardless of the position we hold at work, we all deal with information daily. A massive amount of information is passed back and forward on a moment by moment basis. Information and its assimilation is big business. If you are in business, if you work or even as a student, you will constantly deal with this skill. Efficiently collecting, organising, analysing and critically evaluating information can mean the difference of starting a new trend in your industry or being a tail-end trend follower.

Use of Science and Technology

Personal & Leadership Skill: Use of Science and Technology
Developing ourselves requires conscious planning and focus in specific areas. We should not allow our personal and career development to be haphazard or ad hoc. Having a careless attitude towards our career or personal skills could result in us unwittingly becoming redundant and without purpose in the work place.

Staying Relevant In A Rapid Changing World

Staying Relevant In A Rapid Changing World

The pace of change is fierce and constant. A leader, a manager and even an employee has to develop a serious passion for change in order to remain current and relevant over the lifespan of their personal career.

As simple as this may seem at first, it requires a mindset that is focused on development. Random and haphazard development is not sufficient to keep you up-to-date. The development should be specific and purposeful.

Dating & Relationships for those Over 40