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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Attitudes and Attributes every professional needs

Modern business world is ever changing, more competitive and requiring individuals who will stand and be counted as leaders above others. When you stand head and shoulders above your own colleagues, employers will rush for you, business will come your way, your department will win all the prizes for good performance. As a professional in your own area of endeavor, know that your attitudes and attributes facilitate the well being of your subordinates. This has a direct impact on the altitude the company's vision will rise to. Do business like your entire life relies on it.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Greatest Enemies of Greatness

Greatness remains a birthright for every living human being. Your greatness is guaranteed and without question or negotiation. The capacity to dream is built in and grafted to everyone at the point of conception. This function is enabled more as you arrive on earth and become aware of what could be, possibilities and opportunities as well as potential obstacles that you face in the process called growth and experience. However, your ability to dream and guarantee of greatness is has equally opposing forces which seek to either delay, derail, destroy and mutilate your progress towards destiny.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Guidelines to effective negotiation skills

Never enter into any agreement or negotiation from a point of desperation. The moment you show how desperate you are, you disarm yourself of the bargaining power. The value of the transaction will be compromised by your APPETITE & APPARENT desire. Rather stand back, gather yourself & your thoughts & reschedule the talks. Often we place a PRICE tag on goods based on our NEEDS. No one desires to spend more than the real VALUE of product or service.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Office Etiquette Tips

In this article, I will show you how we need not take our workplaces for granted. Every workplace has a general feel and expected etiquette. It sometimes does not necessarily need to be documented for your to behave in a certain way. The ambiance communicates the expectations to you. However in some organizations, expectations are clearly laid out in company code of conduct documentation from Human Resources Department. I have documented common guidelines.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Lessons I learned from Challenges

When CHALLENGES face us as they often do, the tendency is to draw into a shell and FOCUS on "me" and "my" issues. One becomes selfish to a point where no one else really matters but themselves. My wife gave me a wake-up call one day. She had endured six months if not more with someone who had become hard to encourage and inspire. Her daily efforts to take husband out of dungeon were seemingly fruitless. I hardly slept for more than 2 hours per night. Gripped by worry and ANXIETY, I would wake up and think deeply and develop THOUGHTS. Unfortunately I was focused on negative ones.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Pointers to Effective Recruitment - How to select your leaders and team.

Appointments to position of leadership, influence and high decision making power are always rigged and plagued with inconsistency, thumb-sucking, guesswork with no system of set down criterion in place. Many followers complain of haphazard approaches to promotions where it is not based on any merit or previous track record. Books are continually judged by their cover, promotions based on looks, composure and dressing become the order of the day.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

Who Stole your time? 10 Tips for Effective Time Management

Your success is linked to your understanding of the value of a resource called time. Time lost can never be recovered. While you are still able to work, make your time worthwhile and productive. While sleep is important in that you rest the body, some have a challenge of over committing time to sleep and slumber. The issue of time management is what has separated the rich from the poor. Somehow in some parts of the world it is acceptable to be an hour late for an appointment without feeling guilty. It's the "normal" expectation.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Essential Tips for Effective Networking

Networks and relationships will take you beyond where your salary (money), schooling (education) or smartness (intelligence) have taken you. Greatness is built through deliberate relationship formations (networking). The bigger your network, the greater your reach. Networks are made of mutually beneficial relationships where it is not about you benefiting but others benefiting from your existence and established networks.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Pillars for Organisational Success

For any organization or business to succeed, it has to all it takes to ensure that it is continually achieving set goals which are linked directly to the vision of the founder. In this article I share with you what I would brand "Beyond the Marketing Mix". We explore some of the pillars that will position your business for greatness. These are a must for any up-coming or even established entrepreneur. Having studied business and also having started my own business ventures, I know I have a mandate to set others up for success.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Tips to Get and Keep Customers

"Customer is king", "Our customers are not strangers to us, they are part of what we do". These are common cliches we speak and write on the walls of our businesses and in reception area. The question which is rarely asked is "Do we mean all that we say?". When you customer coughs, your company performances feels the threat of that cold. The tremors and challenges your customer faces have a direct bearing on your profits and your targets. Once you obtain a customer, they should be kept lest they move on to the next supplier.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Tips of Money Matters (Money Demystified)

Money is a power tool that enables businesses and individuals across the globe to exchange value for goods and services. You often hear many people mention that money is evil. I submit to you that there is no evil in money whatsoever. It is the love of money that actually is a root of all evil. How you behave when you now have the money or what you try to do in order to get a hold of this power tool is what can end up being in the Evil category. You have the right to access money. You will realize that in most people's lives, money does not come easy.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Wisdom keys to keep employees longer

It is one thing to hire the employees you desire and require to get your vision on track towards fulfillment but it is yet another thing to ensure those people are fruitful and fulfilled to a point where they stay with your company long enough to make the impact you desire. The employee-employer relationship is such that there is mutual benefit. The employer meets all the required expectations while the employee attacks the key results areas so as to deliver results befitting of the benefits accruing to their name.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Business Lessons My Mother Taught Me

The one who gave birth to this author Mrs. Dainah Mapuranga (nee Mabaya Madoro), never attended Business School neither did she attend formal primary school education because of the culture which discouraged fathers from investing in the girl child as “she would be soon taken away anyway on getting married”. I remember her making an attempt to attend Adult Education classes where she learned basic reading and writing. That is how far she went but the intelligence of that woman was unfortunately never given a chance to manifest.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Steps towards Excellence

Within every individual is a desire to be excellent in that one does. Unfortunately for many, excellence remains a desire and is never acted out practically. No matter how much you can desire to be excellent, it will not come on a silver platter. It will cost you in terms of action, standing up and beginning to do those things that are building blocks for ultimate excellence. Excellence can also be referred to as distinction or pre-eminence. When you boldly take the steps I will give you below, you will soon make excellence a way of life. It will be a part of you.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

Be married to your vision - 10 Lessons

Are you merely paying lip service to your vision or you are sold out 101%? A marriage of convenience sometimes occurs where one party or both parties are seeking to get a quick solution to an issue. Be it citizenship issues or merely passing time. Sometimes we are found reneging on our own commitments and vows out of familiarity and making our marriage so common. Question that comes to mind automatically is "What happened to your first love, the days you used to court your vision?

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Palace Principles - Etiquette Before Kings

In you lifetime, you will get to a point where your gift brings you before kings and people of major influence in society. You may not enter the real palace but for the sake of this document, I will look at etiquette considerations when you are meeting someone significant e.g. your mentor, minister, chief etc. The principles I share with you today apply to the real palace when you meet a real king or when you meet an authority figure. No longer will you live on assumption but you will be deliberate and intentional about some of the things you do.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Excuses Potential Entrepreneurs Make

Starting and running your own business has never been an easy road. It is a leap of faith, hope and believing in your dream that it will one day blossom. Building a company is similar to what a farmer goes through. He has time to Prepare the land, Plan the appropriate seed, Plant, Pluck out weeds and hope for big harvest. This is something that keeps the farmer going. Year in year out he/she risks all the seed and finance available because they are convinced that a good harvest is coming someday. As I said implementing your dream is usually riddled with many excuses.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Appeals to your Leadership Potential

Everyone is a leader. What differs is the number of people you are leading. By virtue of your existence you are leading someone every day. That person is you. Others choose to increase in leadership when they start leading a family, leading in a company department or at the very top (CEO) or a government ministry, to presidents. At each level of leadership there is a need for situational sensitivity. By this I mean that you need to adjust and be flexible to realize that the way you lead yourself or your family differs to the way you may want to lead a project team.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Destiny Questions Everyone Must Answer

A question is a sentence that solicits for information. A question has a corresponding answer or set of answers. In life, one must be able to ask themselves vital questions pertaining to life and destiny. This is a questionnaire that you carry throughout life which acts as a guideline or compass on how your life must run. Many people shy away from these vital questions which require introspection, looking at life in retrospect and evaluating what the future holds. Whether you like it or not, one day you would have to answer the questions.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Priorities for Every Leader

There is nothing as wasteful as a leader in a position and is ignorant of his/her priorities. I have always shared the notion that in every human being is the craving and desire to lead. Everyone is potentially a leader. However, some are very successful at thwarting and suppressing the leadership potential through various well-crafted excuses. I have discussed some before in another article. Now that you know you are a leader in your team, I need to acquaint you with your priorities.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Common Statements That Hamper Progress

You are as strong as the confessions and statements you say out loud or within you’re the confines of your own mind. There are common statements which our human nature naturally gravitates towards at the expense of progress and tasks at hand. Sometimes these statements are said spontaneously, without even thinking or winking. When you say something to yourself long enough, you begin to believe it totally. When you believe something, your actions and decisions are directly affected and ultimately real character is formed. Your statements you say to yourself are sometimes called affirmations.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Business Fundamentals for Success

10 Business Fundamentals for Success Rabison Shumba 23Apr 2010 Your understanding and correct use of the available business tools will determine how far the business goes. Regardless of size, every business needs tools to setup, administer and properly run. Some of those tools are purely financial in nature. A fair understanding of finances is necessary for every leader regardless of profession. You ignore your financial performance at your own peril. You are able to make better, informed and calculated risks or decisions whenever you know the financial implications.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Guidelines to Effective Public Presentation

In my 13 year career as a businessman and trainer, I have either attended or presented papers at seminars and I am now accustomed to this subject. I have witnessed how even with the most detailed and exciting content most people usually see their presentation crumble for one reason or the other. As a leader or someone whose influence I know is growing, you will have to start getting used to standing before audiences to sell or market your idea, to teach or even give a speech when you get an award one day.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Rabison ShumbaRecently published1 topic

10 Management Lessons from my Cookery Class

You will be forgiven for wondering what on earth a cookery lesson my wife took me through has anything to do with management, leadership and so on. If you have read some of my articles you will realize that I derive lessons from what I see and experience every day. Indeed I received some coaching from my cookery mentor, my wife. It was worth the time as I now appreciate the fact that a meal does not just happen at the touch of an Emergency SOS button. It calls for time, planning and many other leadership and management aspects I share with you today.

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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