PreciousTalks Podcast

Entrepreneurship is a big word to say 'business'. When people go into business, they start up another organisation where they invest in other people (human capital), resources and financial capital in order to bring to reality a certain dream and to make a profit. Business has a structure and it needs firm handling to attain maximum success... A business could manufacture certain products like electronics or render services like logistics while making a profit. What do you need to do if you want to make some profit from a certain product or service you wish to render while achieving your goals as an individual? Find this out and many more in this episode... 👍🏾 REFERENCES: www.businessnewsdaily.com, entrepreneurshiphandbook.co.uk, online business.northeastern.edu

Some employees can be terrible! Right? From possessing a lackadaisical attitude to their work to using organisational property with disregard, some have really cost their employers more money than they have made for the company. Being a great employee balances being a great employer. Never be a myopic and counterproductive employee whether you have a great boss or not. The ideal way to act in the work place should stem from a shared vision of the organisational objectives and a development of personal/professional skills while both employers and employees gain experience. Employees can learn to deal with overbearing bosses, become more productive at work and so much more in this episode. REFERENCE -IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS. SMALL BUSINESS| MANAGING EMPLOYEES| EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE BY KIMBERLEE LEONARD.

Many times issues arise at the work place because of what an employee describes as a 'mean boss' or an 'overbearing boss' or a 'yeye oga' (oga means boss in Nigerian Pidgin). These are descriptions we can actually relate to in some way whether we sit in (or own) a large office as a top management staff in our current organisations, or we are merely rookies on the job or we even own our businesses. Maybe some subordinates have even described us like this before... Whatever the situation with us, especially if we occupy the employer position, somewhere, we were once the rookie employee... Today it's all about finding out what to do concerning maintaining better employer-employee relationships as we climb the career ladder. We must learn to be excellent employers by being true to ourselves. We must be transformational leaders, and not slave masters/drivers or extremist bosses or hypocrite/vain employers. We certainly can do better... Reference-Bosses matter: The effects of managers on workers’ performance

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Kathryn L. Shaw, Standford University and National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, and IZA, Germany.

Embarrassments especially in a public place can be sooooo😱 dreadful right? Well no. It doesn't have to be. There are many things we can do to stay afloat an embarrassing situation; including the old trick-staying calm. Find out more by listening to this episode and dropping a voice message if you've got any reviews. References to writer Lizzy Francis and psychiatrist Dr. Logan Jones.