Personal and Professional Development

Do you need to make a point in some way or the other but find yourself ending up chasing your own tail? Have some of your attempts at influencing people fallen flat on their face? If so, you may be lacking some basic skills in persuasion. Don’t worry; it’s not hard to learn the basics…

The most important skills in life are communication skills. Our success with friends, family, and colleagues depends heavily on our ability to communicate effectively. In this article I will present 10 tips that can help you improve your communication skill with people around you. These tips are based on my own experience and studies of…

The modern workplace is anything but static. With more and more people telecommuting, the average 40-hour workweek has become closer to 60 hours. Furthermore, job descriptions and responsibilities are constantly evolving as new technologies allow us to do everything from banking on our phones to reading books online through electronic devises. In addition, the global…

What is critical thinking? Critical thinking is a term used in various ways. In general, critical thinking may refer to any form of reasoning in which the thinker takes a relatively reflective and skeptical view of some matter. The subject for this type of inquiry might be an idea, a theory, an event, a phenomenon…

What does Business Acumen Mean? Business Acumen helps you to stay ahead in business by understanding the market trends, economic scenarios and your competitors. Business Acumen is used for strategic decision making, evaluating new opportunities and generating insights with an aim to outperform. It has been found that people who are strategically inclined have the…

Introduction to Problem Solving: Problem solving skills are essential for success in life.  Whether you are trying to solve problems at work, in your personal lives, or in everyday living, problem solving can be beneficial when approached correctly.  This article will give some tips on how to go about doing that. What is Problem Solving?…

The office is often full of people who are good at their jobs, but not very good at the skills that make them productive employees. Many companies offer training in time management and basic computer skills to their employees, but what about planning and organizational skills? In many cases, poor planning and organization may be…

Conflict Management Skills Conflict is a kind of dynamic in interpersonal relationships that are characteristic to all social situations.   These conflicts can prove either beneficial or harmful depending upon the way they are handled by the individuals.   The individual handling the conflict plays a very important role in determining if it is going…

A complex adaptive system (CAS) is a system of interacting elements that can change and learn from its environment. Because adaptation is central to the idea of CASs, it makes sense to begin our discussion with some general considerations about adaptation. Adaptation: Process or Result? In order to discuss CASs further, we must first understand…