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習慣遲到的原因
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習慣遲到的原因

桃子小姐今年廿七歲,做過三份工,而每份工嘅老細都因為一件事而教訓過佢—「遲到」……

Time Management Habits for Future Success
How to Get Promoted

Time Management Habits for Future Success

As the new year begins, many professionals vow to improve their productivity and time management skills. Unfortunately these types of skills take time to learn and many give up when results do not reveal themselves after a few short weeks. While it’s crucial to stick to your time management efforts, it’s also important to learn and develop time management habits for lasting success. Here are some tips to help you achieve your goals this year.

What advice can you give to a teenager who dreams to found a startup in future?
Industry Stories

What advice can you give to a teenager who dreams to found a startup in future?

1) Start as early as you can – Early and well begun is a sign of a good start. It should be a well thought of and well planned execution of idea. Do not start off in a hurry. Messing up in the initial stage can be detrimental for the future of the business. Take effective, profound steps in the beginning. These steps may be as small as getting the blueprints of the idea, but they hold a lot of importance in the later stages.

Time Management Tricks for Procrastinators
Productivity Tips

Time Management Tricks for Procrastinators

The procrastination club is well-populated with smart and talented people who sometimes struggle to get things done. People tend to procrastinate for one or several of the following reasons: you are frequently distracted, the task seems unpleasant, overwhelming, or too difficult, priorities are out of order, or there is a general lack of motivation for action. The good news is that there are strategies to combat each of these problems.

How Managers Can Help Their Team Achieve an Ideal Work Life Balance
Productivity Tips

How Managers Can Help Their Team Achieve an Ideal Work Life Balance

The concept of a better work life balance has the business world buzzing for several years now and while many companies are jumping on the bandwagon to pursue happier, more rounded employees, achieving that crucial balance between work and personal life isn’t necessarily the reality for many professionals. Executives and managers may be talking about implementing new and innovative organisational policies to help employees juggle priorities, but often times the proponents of work life balance may unwittingly be the same ones creating the obstacles for their employees to realise it.

Management Tips for Busy Teams
Productivity Tips

Management Tips for Busy Teams

Success for busy, often over-worked teams ultimately comes down to management. Approach deadlines and targets with focus, discipline, and mutual understanding, and you’ll have a winning team working by your side…

8 Ways to Better Time Management
Productivity Tips

8 Ways to Better Time Management

Time is an elusive commodity. There simply isn’t enough time in any given day to do all the things you need and want to do. Fortunately, there is a way to relieve all the stress that can result from poor time management.

Tedious meetings are wasting time
Career Coaching & Guidance

Tedious meetings are wasting time

I’ve just joined a company and our boss loves really long meetings to rehash everything. I’ve figured out that these plus follow-up reports, take up two days …

Set goals at the right time
Career Coaching & Guidance

Set goals at the right time

Last week we looked at the best steps to take in settling in at a new company and building-up relationships of …