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“Why doesn’t my manager listen to me?” – Communicating better with your managers
How often do you feel frustrated that your manager just doesn’t seem to listen to you or is not interested in your ideas? Do you blame the manager for not understanding you? What if it is actually you who needs to adapt? When we are fresh out of university and first join a new workplace,…
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“How are you?” – The 3 most infuriating words in the English language?
We’re going to war. Our enemy? The 3 most useless and frustrating words in the English language: “How are you?” Are you…
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Tomorrow Is Too Late – 3 Critical Lifestyle Reminders for Young Professionals
The beauty of this blog is that it allows you to learn from others’ mistakes before you make them yourself. Here are…
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Lady up, Gents
By way of introduction, my name is Pieter Senekal. This is a line I was taught by a manager at the audit…
Mentors that Matter: Finding the Right Mentor at Work
Read the story of the best (and most unexpected) mentor I ever had, and learn that you can’t rely on your organisation…
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From the archives
Be the Coffee Guy
Experience has taught me that there are two types of people in the world: – Those who fetch/make coffee…
Fake it ’til you make it
Being an auditor making his way through the ranks of the business world has its perks, albeit that they’re…
So you failed your big exam. Now what?
My social media feeds blew up on the 14th of February. To my supreme shock, the content was 0%…