Young Ladies practicing their networking skills at conference!
S.T.R.A.W Host 5th Annual Girls Leadership Conference.
Held every year in March, this event is attended by junior and senior high school females (as well as college-aged young women) throughout New Providence and the Family Islands. This year the conference was held on Friday 13 March 2009 at Superclubs Breezes Resort. The conference began at 9:00am and ended at 5:00pm.
"Heralded as the premier conference for teen girls and young women, it is the brainchild of S.T.R.A.W. Inc. Center for Young Women (Terry Cunningham's youth development organization).
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Last year a friend of mine was forced to attend a Company event with her husband; what a nightmare! She whined and complained all night about “not having anything in common with these people” and wanting to leave, and she refused to mingle with the other partner’s wives. In the end she and her husband got into a nasty argument that was witnessed by the Managing Director and half of the staff. What an embarrassment not to mention poor reflection on her husband. Needless to say my friend got her wish; she was excluded from all future company events.
Take my advise, If you wish to be a rising star in your organization or see the corner office in your future think twice before you invite your spouse or significant other to accompany you to any business events; he or she could be more of a liability than you realize. I heard a story just the other day of a boyfriend who got drunk at a client dinner and “cursed out” his girlfriend’s boss because “ya’ll have her doing all the work, and ya’ll wouldn’t even pay her a decent salary!” What was he thinking? Not only was the client embarrassed, but his girlfriend lost the account.
I’ll say it again “loose lips sink ships” and needless to say a poor refection on your guest is a poor reflection on you.
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Bad employees are like cancer. They enter organization and if left unchecked they grow and spread and can eventually kill the organization. But if the cancer is caught in its early stages the cells can be eradicated and the organization can go on to live a healthy productive life.
Are you a bad employee? To Thine Own Self Be True! Obviously the more you answer yes the greater the likelihood that you are a bad employee.
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You know what they say, good people don’t leave bad organizations, they leave bad bosses. So if you notice that employees are unhappy, morale and productivity are low, absenteeism is high (someone is absent almost everyday) and employee retention is a lunchroom joke maybe it’s time to evaluate your supervisors/managers. ‘Badbossology’ could very well be a part of your corporate culture!
Now I am pretty confident that no supervisor/manager is going to admit (at least not publicly) that he/she is a bad boss, but just ask employees and you will have enough horror stories to write a book.
Are you a bad boss? To Thine Own Self Be True! Obviously the more you answer yes the greater the likelihood that you are a bad boss.
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