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Coping with Office Politics
You’ve heard the old saying that, who you know matters as much as what you know. Even more importantly, who likes you counts a great deal in getting ahead in most organisations.

Amid declining manufacturing employment, some jobs go unfilled
Michael Starr was laid off in mid-career from his factory job and found himself back in the classroom to upgrade his skills.

Theories of Leadership
Considerable research has been carried out on the role and attitudes of leaders, and the way in which individual leaders adopt an approach which is either task or people orientated.

Managing Your Own Time
While most professionals in the Caribbean region have never attended a time management course, or read a time management book, they probably believe that they could benefit from an improvement by improving their own productivity.

What do leaders do?
Each leader has their own personality and leadership style. And it is important to recognise that there isn't one leadership style which is right or better than another.

A Good Speech is Like a Good Relationship - 20 Tips for Presentation Success
Contrary to what many people think, a speech is not a performance. Rather, it's a relationship -- ideally a meaningful one -- that you create with a group of people.

Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Business intelligence is now the art of sieving through large amounts of data, extracting information and turning that information into actionable knowledge. Data warehouse technology has empowered this process by creating repositories.

Moving beyond the cocktail circuit
The days of golf club membership or being seen in the cocktail circuit is becoming passé, at least to network.

Building an On-Line Presence
Young Jamaican professionals who are serious about building their career must confront two facts about their future - They are the first generation of Caribbean professionals, their image on the internet is critical to their success

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