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How to impart financial wisdom to the next generation

3 days ago - 18 June 2021 | Columns

Financial confidence is developed at a young age – here’s how you can help.One of the best gifts parents or guardians can give their children is an understanding of money. How to earn it, value...

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Career partnerships – mentor, coach, sponsor

1 week ago - 11 June 2021 | Columns

Chaze NalisaA few weeks ago, I shared an article titled ‘Network is a Currency’. In today’s piece, I would like to draw attention to network partners who aid in catapulting careers. A successful career requires...

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How to combat negativity in the workplace

1 month - 21 May 2021 | Columns

Analene MeyerWe spend the majority of our waking hours at work. It’s worth taking the time to help make it a place that you – and your colleagues – want to be.Nobody wants to work...

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Keeping it real

2 months ago - 01 April 2021 | Columns

It’s Easter weekend and it's beautiful to see the number of event posters for different shows taking place this weekend. Last year, around this time, event organisers were issuing cancellation statements, as Covid-19 shut down...

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Matter of fact:

2 months ago - 31 March 2021 | Columns

In the story ‘Namdeb set to evict tenants’ published 29 March, Namibian Sun reported that Namdeb was evicting its employees from houses it owns. The tenants are in fact residents of the town and not...

Building self-confidence through self-awareness

2 months ago - 26 March 2021 | Columns

Self-management is the second pillar of emotional intelligence, as described by Daniel Goleman. Following his theory, to be able to manage ourselves successfully, we need...

Corruption - A social disease (Part 174): Namibia at...

2 months ago - 25 March 2021 | Columns

Public perceptions about how well government is handling job creation has decreased since 1999 as is evident in data reported by the Afrobarometer in 2019.An...

Social Awareness: The ability to understand and be empathetic

3 months ago - 19 March 2021 | Columns

Gabrielle BotelhoEmotional Intelligence (EI) is the capacity that we all have to lead our relationships and ourselves. EI consists of four essential capabilities: self-awareness,...

Reasons for employee turnover and how to eliminate them.

3 months ago - 12 March 2021 | Columns

Along with lack of career development, work-life balance, and manager behaviour as the top categories, there are other essential reasons. They include wrong hiring strategy,...

Declare state of emergency in Kunene

3 months ago - 12 March 2021 | Columns

The picture of humans and animals scrambling for rotten items at waste disposal sites in Kunene are the clearest evidence yet that the region is...

Embracing innovative change

3 months ago - 12 March 2021 | Columns

What’s good my people; we are back with another entertaining yet insightful edition of tjil. Today I would like to applaud Namibian creatives for embracing...

Corruption - A social disease (Part 171): Namibia at...

3 months ago - 10 March 2021 | Columns

Johan Coetzee Namibia's average corruption rating by Transparency International (TI), i.e. all ratings added up and the sum divided by the number of years, is...

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Corruption - A social disease...

3 months ago - 04 March 2021 | Columns

Johan CoetzeeGiven ongoing media articles about governance, manifested in contraction of investment and increasing unemployment, it is appropriate to reflect on several trends covering several...

How we welcome new employees

4 months ago - 19 February 2021 | Columns

Alphons Within the workplace, induction refers to the process of getting new employees acquainted with your business, helping them to settle in and giving them...

Top 10 HR trends to...

4 months ago - 29 January 2021 | Columns

BAILI BIGHAMLast year will go down as one of the most infamous years of our lifetime. But we know that where there are challenges, there...

The true test of leadership:...

4 months ago - 22 January 2021 | Columns

Anthony Mitchell Leadership is challenging at the best of times, but how you lead during an environment of complexity and ambiguity is the real test...

Repeating outfits is not a...

5 months ago - 12 January 2021 | Columns

Enzo AmueleThe fear of repeating an outfit is shared across the globe. Societal norms have created this idea that you are not allowed to wear...

HR trends you need to...

6 months ago - 04 December 2020 | Columns

Ann SnookAs technology advances and best practices change, so does the face of human resources. If you want to work efficiently while recruiting strong candidates...

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