Personal Growth
Open Communication and Listening: The Secret Ingredients of a Healthy Marriage
Every marriage faces its share of challenges – disappointments, offences, even deep hurts. The difference between marriages that thrive and those that collapse often comes down to one simple practice: open communication and intentional listening. For nearly two years, we’ve interviewed more than 30 couples – all of them exceptional in how they’ve built lasting…
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The truth? The #1 career assassin isn’t incompetence—it’s neglecting leadership. That’s why I’m launching “Leadership Development for Managers and Team Leaders.” We’ll cover the 10 pillars of leadership every manager must master: Influence, Priorities, Character, Problem Solving, Attitude, Serving People, Vision, Self-Discipline, and Personal Growth, etc. John Maxwell’s Maxwell Leadership Certified Team resources 📅 The…
Read MoreEvery Career Has Two Paths
Every career has two paths: The difference? Leadership. Leadership isn’t a title.It’s influence. Character. Vision. Attitude. Self-discipline. Growth.It’s the ability to bring out the best in others while delivering results. That’s why I’m launching “Leadership Development for Managers and Team Leaders.” Inside, we’ll build the 10 pillars that transform good managers into great leaders using…
Read MoreThe Secret Career Assassin
Fred is brilliant. As a project manager, his technical expertise is top notch. He has all the right technical credentials and professional certifications. He delivers results, knows the numbers, understands the systems, and rarely misses a deadline. On paper, he looks like the perfect employee any organization would want to keep. Yet, Fred’s career has…
Read MoreThe Time of Visitation
“If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes…They will crush you into the ground…because you did not recognize it when God visited you.” Luke 19:42,44 I will return to this shortly. Two significant events took place over…
Read MoreDRILLING DOWN WITH QUESTIONS
But how do we learn how to formulate and ask those high-quality questions? Or how do we know if the questions we ask will lead to the root of the problems?
Well, there are many ways to learn how to formulate high-quality questions as a method of inquiry, such as in coaching training.
But I want to introduce to you the 5-Whys Questioning Technique.
HOW QUESTIONS CHALLENGE MINDSETS AND GET YOU OUT OF RUTS
In part 1 of this series on the Value of High-quality Questions, we examined how questions unlock and open doors that would otherwise remain closed. Today, we discuss how questions challenge mindsets and get you out of ruts. And nothing illustrates this to me better than a story that the greatest man that ever lived told. It…
Read MoreINTRODUCTION TO EPC CONTRACTS Part 1
In this series of essays on Introduction to Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contracts, I intend to discuss the basics of Engineering and Construction contracts. I hope they will help you if you are new to project and construction management, and provide fresh insights to experienced project professionals.
Read MoreREAL-WORLD PROJECT PLANNING DONE AND DUSTED
I have attended many planning and risk management courses and even have advance certificates in P6 by Oracle. But nothing compares to this course both in content and delivery.
Read MoreWHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES?
Why do we do this to ourselves? We did something that yielded results. We learnt something, applied it, and that resulted in some progress. And then we stopped! I have done it. Have you? While I was planning to write this, my wife, a Nutrition and Wellness consultant, related a story that buttressed the point.…
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