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10 Strategies to Make New Friends

Making new friends is a critical aspect of our lives. The ‘no new friends’ bandwagon is flawed. Our identity as human beings is bound up in the social relationships of which we are a part. These relationships provide a sense of community and belonging, and they are vital to our mental health and emotional wellbeing.

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11 Tips to Run an Effective Team Meeting

We regularly attend meetings where no one has a clear idea of what is to be undertaken, everybody talks at once, and no one is sure of what has to be done after the meeting. In a world where time has become something of a scarce commodity, executing a well-run meeting is an artform. A

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Supply Chain Management Problems are Pushing up Inflation

Covid-19 has resulted in an unprecedented number of deaths globally. Uncertainty regarding the virus and measures implemented by governments to contain the spread of the virus has resulted in shortages of raw materials, products and labour, giving a major challenge to logistics and supply chain management. What is inflation and how is it related to

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Business Risk Management for Your Organisation

It is all too easy to forget about the things that can go wrong in the course of running a business, until we need risk management. All of a sudden, a crisis hits us, and we are knocked off our feet. The Covid-19 pandemic is a good example, but there are other smaller, but no

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Another Look at Exercise and its Benefits

We live in a world where sitting is the norm. We sit at our desks at work. We sit on the couch to watch video content. We sit and scroll through our mobile phone to catch up on news. We sit in the car, train or bus going to and from work. The Covid-19 pandemic

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How to Protect Yourself Against Cybercrime

The recent cyberattack on Transnet’s computer systems, which affected the container handling its operations and resulted in ships diverting from South African ports, is still fresh in our memories. Cybercriminals do not only target large multinationals. It does not matter if you are an individual, large, or small company, or even a government entity. As

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8 Ways Water is Good For Us

Now that spring is approaching in the southern hemisphere, and temperatures are rising, it’s important to look at the need for water in our diet. None of us can exist without water. Our bodies use water in cells, organs, and tissues to help regulate temperature and maintain other bodily functions. Without water, we are likely

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Company Directors and Fiduciary Responsibility

Many business students and managers aspire to become company directors. They usually do so because of the perceived status or monetary rewards of being a director. The duties of a company director are vast and onerous. Directors have a special role to play in providing oversight of the management of the company they serve. The