HRD’s pocket guide to… hostile takeovers – Thirza Tooes
The HRD’s pocket guide series offers an explanation of areas outside day-to-day HR that business-savvy HRDs need to have a handle on Why do I need to know about it? When US food giant...
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4 Reasons Talented Employees Don’t Reach Their Potential – by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
No matter how talented someone might be, there is no guarantee that their talents will translate into top performance. The science of human potential has generally illustrated that an individual’s overarching competence cannot be fully understood...
The Future of Work and The Work of The Future – by Olufunke Amobi
The future of work is already upon us and it is clearly defined by Technology. This implies that the work or Jobs of the future belongs to those who can maximize and explore modern...
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Has A Secret Unpublished Layer on Top That Changes Everything!
Up until now, we knew about the 5 steps in the “Hierarchy of Needs”. But there is a 6th secret layer, on top of all the others, that was never published. It makes things...
Educational qualifications Vs effectiveness – by Emeka Oparah
One of the sad aspects of our education system (Nigeria’s) is that some of the products are half-baked and mostly unemployable. The sadder part is that we have a culture that puts educational qualifications...
Talent is never enough! – by Emeka Oparah
(Warning: this post is deliberately long to ward off folks who are not studious or those who have buried or wish to bury their talents) Ten years ago, I walked into a WHS bookshop...
The 7 Types of People in Politics
Contrary to some opinions, no mortal man exists without any form of politics in their domain According to Saint Innocent of workman International, it is either man is involved in politics or politics is...
How to maintain your shelf-life – Emeka Oparah
Have you wondered why some people remain relevant till they die and some even after? Forget politicians who do all sorts of desperate things to be relevant, like jumping from pillar to post, a...
The Pleasure of Books – William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) was an American educator, literary critic and author. He served as a professor of English at Yale University from 1901 to 1933. His works include Advance of the English Noveland Essays on...
Sinews of Peace – Winston Churchill
On the 5th March 1946, former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, described the post-war division of Europe as an “iron curtain” in his “Sinews of Peace” address at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. United...
