Different Personalities in the Workplace

Learning to manage a variety of personalities in the workplace is critical to managerial or even career success. It does not require that one be a trained psychologist to manage or understand the various ‘personalities’. What is important is managing the different personalities in the workplace by identifying a few common characteristics of personality types. Dealing with conflicts between employee personalities can be tricky for anyone. As a manager, one of your directives is to become the arbitrator amongst your employees. Whether you are managing a group of 20 or 100 employees, you really should be able to obtain an understanding of each individual’s personality. It helps when you know what makes each one of them tick, especially when communicating one on one.

 

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Marketing Yourself on Social Media

Social media is a great way to chat, connect and increase exposure for yourself and your business. It may be the ‘best thing yet’, but there are plenty of potential pitfalls as well. With social media marketing, you have to be aware that you are positioning yourself on the spectrum of social media content. Ultimately, everyone has to decide what is best for their career and business. With the wide selection of social media tools available nowadays, do not be tempted to use all, or as many of them as you can, at once; instead, select the top three which make the most sense to you. It is advisable for one to set their own rules [and strive to adhere to them] before engaging in any social media activities.

 

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Making Healthier Choices

Consumers are becoming more aware of the need to eat healthily, and are becoming more and more educated about the effects of a bad diet. Hospitals, clinics and health institutions are being inundated by diseases such as diabetes, high-blood pressure and heart disease. One way to reduce or reverse these symptoms is to eat healthily – and that is the bottom line according to Diane St Clair Moor, Chief Marketing Officer for KAUAI. KAUAI’s approach is based on a strong belief that healthy eating improves one’s quality of life and is more than a philosophy. “KAUAI positions itself in the minds of consumers as the first choice in healthy convenience food and it continues to provide healthy meals, because it wants to be recognised as having developed a culture of healthy eating in the world we live in,” outlines Diane.

 

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