There are only so many hours in the day, so making the most of your time is critical. There are two ways increase your output–either put in more hours or work smarter. I don’t know about you, but I prefer the latter. Being more productive at work isn’t rocket science, but it does require being more deliberate about how you manage your time. This post will walk you through 15 simple but effective strategies for increasing your productivity at work. 1. Track and limit how much time you’re spending on tasks. You may think you’re pretty good at gauging how much time you’re spending on various tasks. However, some research suggests only around 17 percent of people are able to accurately estimate the passage of time. A tool like Rescue Time can help by letting you know exactly how much time you spend on daily tasks, including social media, email,…

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Everyone faces a dip in motivation now and then, and consistently maintaining high levels motivation in the workplace can be challenging. That’s why we gathered some great tips from experts to help you keep yourself and your team motivated, day in and day out. These tips aren’t specific to any industry, and most of them are either low, or no-cost. They can be applied in a small, local establishment, a franchise, an early-stage startup, or a Fortune 500 company. Let’s get started; 1. Recognize great work. One of the most important factors in employee motivation is how often their hard work is recognized. If an employee continues to expend discretionary effort to produce exceptional results, and that effort isn’t recognized, don’t expect it to keep happening. It’s not just important to recognize great work — how you go about recognizing your team’s contributions has a significant impact. An annual bonus at…

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ARTICLE BY: FRANK.O.OUMA Suffice to state that the business environment is dynamic. Customers are no longer interested solely on a product or service but also the customer relationship offered by a company. Some business experts claim that customers no longer buy the product but the personality of the company. The mentioned personality can be articulated through the lenses of the concept termed as the WOW effect. The WOW effect is attained by precisely surpassing the customer’s expectation with regards to a given service. They are not just satisfied with your services or the product but they are impressed and most likely feel motivated to share their positive experiences with their friends and family.To avoid extinction, a company needs to design strategies that will hook its customers. It definitely needs to find something that will make it stand out from the rest, something that will make its customer say WOW. The…

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Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love what you are doing of learning to do. Sometimes, to become successful and get closer to the person we can become, we don’t need to add more things — we need to give up on some of them. There are certain things that are universal, which will make you successful if you give up on them, even though each one of us could have a different definition of success. 1. Give Up On The Unhealthy Lifestyle Learn to take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. If you want to achieve anything in life, everything starts here. First you have to take care of your health, and there are only two things you need to keep in mind: Healthy Diet,Physical Activity. Small steps, but you will thank yourself one day. 2. Give Up…

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SEE original article : www.hbr.org Too many managers avoid giving any kind of feedback, regardless of whether it’s positive or negative. If you work for a boss who doesn’t provide feedback, it’s easy to feel rudderless. It can be especially disorienting if you’re new in the role, new to the company, or a recent graduate new to the workforce. In the absence of specific guidance, is there any way to know what the average boss would want you to work on? While everyone will have different strengths and weaknesses they need to work on, when we examined our database of performance evaluation information for more than 7,000 individual contributors and 5,000 managers, we noticed a reliable pattern. There were five behaviors that managers most often associated with high performance: Delivering results. The strongest, most consistent correlations were skills that focused on achieving results. When individuals were able to achieve goals…

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1 Surprising Thing That Keeps Good Leaders From Becoming Great Every strength has an opposing force. Here’s how you can leverage the gap that lies between them to get to where you want to go. A great leader possesses strengths and qualities that stand out to those who wish to achieve greatness in their own right. Steve Jobs placed no limits on imagination and fearless innovation. Richard Branson believes in his people, values integrity, and embraces life with a passion. These are undeniable assets, but something equally important lies in the gap between the admirable qualities and the weaknesses that put a leader’s greatness at risk. Executive leadership coach and CEO of Lead From Within, Lolly Daskal, has worked with top organizations spanning 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. Through this work, she has discovered that the specific set of values and traits a leader relies on to…

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OBJECTIVES • To show case and recognize innovations by researchers, incubatees (University Innovation Hub and other Innovation Hubs), private companies and public agencies. • To create a platform for presentation of academic papers, innovation illustrations and case studies focused on research and innovation. • To champion policy discussions on innovation in Kenya. BENEFIT & IMPACT • Engage policy makers on the growth and support of the innovation ecosystem in Kenya. • Create linkages between the diversity of stakeholders in the industry. • Learn about existing innovations and inventions that benefit others. • Support local and international collaboration in applied research by private and public innovation facilitators. • Increase the visibility of innovations and innovators in the University of Nairobi and in Kenya. • Stimulate and promote entrepreneurship spirit among the youth in Kenya and the region. TARGET AUDIENCE • Policy makers from government • Academia • Entrepreneurs with innovations or…

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