Some organisations exist where the central makes hefty and key decisions that affect their day to day running. Employees are put in the loop when such decisions have been made. The role of a human resource officer in every organisation is to ensure that employees are kept in a constant loop of the […]
Antonyms
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Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI) (Extroversion/Introversion)
The Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) measures two pervasive, independent dimensions of personality, Extraversion-Introversion and Neuroticism-Stability, which account for most of the variance in the personality domain. Each form contains 57 “Yes-No” items with no repetition of items. The inclusion of a falsification scale provides for the detection of response distortion. The traits measured are Extraversion-Introversion […]
Work Ethics
It’s a new year and everyone is busy obsessing over keeping their New Year Resolution, some people are Obsessing over making more money, for some it’s about making better decisions, better work-life balance, getting into much healthier relationships, generating better contacts and many more. However, while this is utmost in our minds and consciousness, we […]
Good Leader – Defined
There is this interesting program I have been watching for a while now, in this program, the star of the show has a colleague at work whose major role is to antagonize and be arrogant to her colleagues. The said colleague was given the role of team leader and she messed it up, by being […]
Using Emotional Intelligence to your Advantage
Every workplace is comprised of people with different strengths, personalities and emotions, which can greatly affect the way they work. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your emotions as well as the emotions of others. Emotional intelligence is typically factored into the everyday decisions employers make, such as hiring, firing and promoting […]
Understanding Emotional Intelligence
When you understand and can control your own emotional responses, you become less susceptible to mood swings or counterproductive reactions to frustrating situations. Allowing your anger or panic to get the better of you forces your mind to race, and prevents you from thinking rationally, or focusing on objectives one by one; this wastes time […]
Emotional Intelligence – Defined
Your ability to perceive, understand and manage your own emotions and your capability of being aware of others’ especially in managing people is referred to as emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions. Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while other […]
Boosting Employees’ Productivity
Boosting Your Employees’ Productivity Every employer, manager, team leader, group head and so on wants his/her employees/team to use their talents to the utmost capacity. But realistically, it’s not possible for this to be done. We all have our ups and downs in terms of work output, and any team member is bound to go […]
Overcoming Employees’ Skills Gap
Overcoming Employee Skills Gap In my earlier post, we discussed how employee skill gap or skill gap on the job is defined as the difference in the skills required and the actual skills possessed by the employee(s) on the job. Also, I explained that for an evolving organization, its employees are also evolving; the expectation […]