There are companies out there who silently discriminate working moms, especially pregnant ones because they would be paying them while not getting anything when their maternity leave kicks in. Project managers would always put the extra effort in timelines and resource planning whenever they have pregnant moms in their team; some would understand while others would wish they had all male workers.

I remembered back in college my professor have done a study about working moms and being a mom herself, she was displeased how a lot of companies do not treat people like them fair enough. If there wasn’t a law for paid leave then surely a lot of companies would not give a single dime for their absence.

Are there companies who give value to working moms?

If you want to do things right, do it yourself. How often do we hear this quote from leaders and managers? Sometimes when things go wrong our leaders tend to blame themselves for not doing the work themselves; but they are actually the ones at fault because they failed to mentor and coach you into someone that could perform his task at a high level.

Delegation is a skill a lot of leaders and managers fail to learn; and this is most likely seen in newly promoted leaders or as they progress one level up the ladder. Delegation is a necessity in organizations because it is impossible for one person to do the entire task of business and learning this skill would not only free you of tasks for higher and more difficult jobs; but you would also help the organization progress as a whole.

It’s difficult to “hard work” your way to success (Seth Godin)
Student Graduates College in Only Two Semesters (Steve Pavlina)
Business Plans and Your Success (Wisdump)
How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic – The Ultimate Guide (Copyblogger)
Why is management important? (PingSix)

I am reading an article at MSN about a survey to be published in Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal indicating that 56 percent of graduate students admitted as cheaters. According to the article there were 5,300 survey respondents from US and Canada coming from 54 colleges and universities. 623 of these correspondents are students in 32 graduate business programmes. Worst, it was suggested that a lot of this respondents were actually afraid to say they were cheaters and as such 56 percent may be even higher in actual.

Getting promoted is probably one of the most mind boggling thoughts in a corporate career because people get promoted around so many factors—age, peers, market, organization, superiors, environment, timing, etc. Some of the questions to ponder are:

How many times have you seen people get promoted for so little reason?
Have you been promoted even if you felt someone deserved it better than you?
How many times you should have been promoted but never came?
How come new hires moved up the ladder without having proven anything?
How come no matter how good the process is, questionable promotions occur?

Below is a list of things that could help you to get promoted in your organization:

Have you ever dreamed about being successful? Most people dream of being successful but very few people understand what success means.

I am reading a post of Seth Godin entitled “Successful?” which questions the definition of success and tells us how outside forces tell us the meaning of being successful.

I quickly remembered my professor back in college (almost a decade ago) asking me the definition of success, and me growing up idolizing Bill Gates, I quickly cited him as my definition of success. She didn’t seem convince of my answer and soon after bombarded me with tons of questions: