I recently had a phone conversation with my friend and former classmate from junior to high school. As it had been a while since our last communication, I noticed a significant change in the contents of our verbal chat. The conversations seemed more deeper and probing as rather than talking about the usual gossip and…

Have you ever found yourself in a situation in which you have to collaborate with others to achieve results? This could be in your marriage, work, business or at school. You may be eager to do your part but with time you begin to realize that others may not be meeting their end of the…

In early 2002, after collecting my previous school terms results, I had yet again performed ‘poorly’, and my mother was clearly disappointed. That day when we reached home, she sat me down and had a long conversation with me. At the time, I didn’t know why she wasn’t happy because for me the results were…

I recently attended an online training focused on bidding for tenders. Towards the end of the session, one of the participants made a request to the trainer who had over 25 years’ experience in this field: “Are you able to assist us with a standard/best template which we can use when working on any future tender?”…