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A Personal Website Won't Get You Hired, But Not Ha...

Employers want to see more than a CV before they call you. They want evidence of what you can do, and some sense of who you are be...

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10 Signs You Need to Hire a Recruitment Agency

This article discusses 10 clear signs you need to hire a recruitment agency, how recruitment agencies solve these problems, and wh...

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Top Hiring Mistakes Nigerian Employers Make and Ho...

In this article, we'll explore the most common hiring mistakes Nigerian employers make and how recruitment agencies solve them.

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Best Freelance Skills You Need to Earn in USD

This article discusses the best freelance skills to learn if you want to earn in USD and shares tips on how you can get your first...

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new tags!

We now have three new tags for posts: medical issues and work (with 137 posts in it as of today) pregnancy (94 posts) neurodiverge...

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how soon can you tell if someone isn’t cut out for...

A reader writes: My organization has to go through a long, complicated rigamarole to get a position approved, followed by multiple...

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open thread – July 17, 2026

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questi...

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coworker is making me uncomfortable, internet age-...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker is making me uncomfortable A few years ago, my colleague Fergus jo...

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weekend open thread – July 18-19, 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here ar...

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How to Create AI Skills: Build Reusable AI Workflo...

AI tools are evolving fast. One of the biggest shifts is the move from one-off prompts to reusable AI skills. Instead of rewriting...

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Billionaire Femi Otedola is writing a sequel to hi...

Femi Otedola says he is writing a second book, Making It Bigger, a follow-up to the award-winning memoir he published in August la...

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South Africa's Halamandaris family sells Famous Br...

A trust linked to the Famous Brands founding family sold about $129,000 of shares this month, at prices roughly 5% above where the...

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Elon Musk is a billionaire like everyone else agai...

Elon Musk's net worth has fallen below $900 billion as SpaceX shares slide toward their IPO price, wiping more than $500 billion s...

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Tycoon Ngugi Kiuna's BOC Kenya stake soars after t...

BOC Kenya shares have more than doubled since the Carbacid buyout collapsed, lifting the stake of Ngugi Kiuna, who opposed the off...

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Moroccan tycoon Chakib Alj's Forafric takeover rev...

The stalled sale of Forafric Maroc to Chakib Alj has been revived after a deal between the tycoon, Yariv Elbaz and Crédit Agricole...

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Best Online Platforms that Pay Nigerians in USD to...

Looking for AI training jobs that pay in USD? Discover the best online platforms where Nigerians can earn dollars by training AI m...

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coworkers stopped talking to me after I mentioned ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Two coworkers stopped talking to me after I mentioned my wife I’m a man who is...

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do I have to move an employee to a job he’s not qu...

A reader writes: I inherited a new team recently. One team member, Tom, was hired for a role that is rather unique for our busines...

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someone sent us racy photos of our employee

A reader writes: Today my office received an email from an address we don’t recognize about a young, relatively junior female memb...

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employee parked in parking lot outside of work hou...

A reader writes: I am the plant manager of a small manufacturing company. Production hours are 10-hour days, Monday-Thursday. The ...

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we complained about our boss but nothing changed, ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. We complained about our boss, but nothing has changed Two months ago, three co...

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South African billionaire Zak Calisto's Karooooo p...

Billionaire Zak Calisto's Karooooo posted record full-year results as Cartrack subscription revenue rose 19%, and it raised its di...

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How Canva's billionaire founders are handing $150 ...

Canva's billionaire founders have committed $150 million to hand cash directly to Malawi's poorest, funding the largest unconditio...

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Moroccan tycoon Moncef Belkhayat lines up a string...

Moroccan tycoon Moncef Belkhayat is preparing to float his FMCG group Dislog and several other companies on the Casablanca Stock E...

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Botswana tycoon Gulaam Abdoola's Turnstar fights o...

Botswana's Turnstar Holdings has lodged a counterclaim in a dispute over Mlimani City, the Tanzanian shopping mall that is its mos...

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Africa's richest man pledges $2 billion for solar ...

Aliko Dangote has pledged $2 billion to build a 250-megawatt solar plant and a fuel storage terminal in The Gambia, President Barr...

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Recruitment Agency vs In-House Hiring: Which Saves...

Compare recruitment agencies and in-house hiring based on cost, speed, talent quality, and ROI to determine which approach is best...

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commuting without a shirt on, asking to end a perf...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Commuting without a shirt on I have a low-stakes question I’d love your take o...

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let’s talk about your mortifying moments at work

It’s almost time for Mortification Week 2026, and in preparation we need to hear your stories of mortifying experiences at work — ...

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updates: the hovering coworker, the late class aid...

Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. I’m training my replacement and he won’t stop hovering (#5 at the link) I know...

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what info should an employer share with the parent...

A reader writes: I’m curious to know your thoughts on when and what information is appropriate to share with the parents of minor ...

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co-op student is now our manager, do executives ne...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Co-op student is now our manager My department’s gone through a bit of restruc...

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Billionaire Ibrahim Mahama's company defies court ...

A company owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of Ghana's president, has refused to leave a disputed $100 million gold mine despite tw...

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DR Congo opens corruption probe into billionaire R...

DRC prosecutors have opened a corruption inquiry touching the Rawji family, owners of the country's biggest bank, then lifted a tr...

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Elon Musk settles US securities case over Twitter ...

A US judge has approved Pretoria-born Elon Musk's $1.5 million settlement with regulators over the late disclosure of his 2022 Twi...

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Billionaire Mohammed Dewji's MeTL signs Italian de...

A MeTL Group unit owned by billionaire Mohammed Dewji has signed a 2 million euro deal for Italian silos and equipment at a Tanzan...

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Ghana tax authority seals businesman Daniel McKorl...

Ghana's tax authority has sealed the offices of Electrochem, owned by billionaire Daniel McKorley, giving it seven days to pay a G...

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open thread – July 3, 2026

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questi...

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weekend open thread – July 4-5, 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here ar...

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I said “F-you” to a coworker, working for a compan...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I said “F-you” to a coworker I’m looking for advice even though I know it migh...

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Palantir billionaire Alex Karp blasts AI industry ...

The Palantir chief, worth $12.3 billion, tore into rival AI firms on CNBC, accusing them of overcharging clients and endangering U...

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Nigeria awards $1.2 billion highway contract to Gi...

Nigeria has approved a N1.7 trillion ($1.24 billion) Sokoto-Badagry highway contract for Gilbert Chagoury's Hitech Construction, o...

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Billionaire Rostam Aziz receives top Tanzania cham...

Tanzania's chamber of commerce handed billionaire Rostam Azizi its highest award, citing his role in investment, job creation and ...

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Haitian-born billionaire Herriot Tabuteau is worth...

Shares of Axsome Therapeutics have doubled in nine months, pushing the net worth of Haiti-born founder Herriot Tabuteau to $2.2 bi...

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Heineken posts $1.9 million bank guarantee to free...

The Dutch brewer secured a $1.9 million Equity Bank guarantee, halting disputed interest on the $11.3 million award owed to Ngugi ...

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What is Executive Recruitment and How Does it Work...

In this guide, you'll learn what executive recruitment is, how the executive recruitment process works, why it differs from tradit...

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I saw a proposal to give us all raises — and I’m u...

A reader writes: I saw something at my very small office that I shouldn’t have: When I went to pick up some papers from the printe...

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update: how do I step back from a friendship with ...

Remember the letter-writer asking how to step back from a friendship with an intensely negative and argumentative coworker? Here’s...

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my boss is using a terrible photo, can you expense...

I’m off for the holiday. Here are some past letters from the archives. 1. My boss is using a terrible photo — should I say somethi...

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South African billionaire Christo Wiese is still d...

Christo Wiese's Titan Premier Investments has made a R350 million capital investment in Preference Capital as South Africa's most ...

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Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa joined South Africa's ...

Strive Masiyiwa joined President Cyril Ramaphosa at Google's inaugural Africa Cloud Summit in Johannesburg as the continent accele...

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South African billionaire Christo Wiese says he re...

South African billionaire Christo Wiese says he refuses to live like a prisoner and has no intention of emigrating despite the cou...

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Billionaire Johann Rupert has helped give 24,000 S...

Johann Rupert is the biggest sponsor of Khaya Lam, the Free Market Foundation's land titling programme that has transferred more t...

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African Wealth Briefing — Thurs., July 2, 2026

Johann Rupert's Remgro takes full control of Mediclinic in a $947 million deal. OCI's board backs Nassef Sawiris' bid to take the ...

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The Japa Syndrome and Its Effect on Talent Availab...

In this article, we share insight on how you can navigate the adverse effects of the japa syndrome on talent availability in Niger...

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How to Hire C-Level Executives: A Step-by-Step Gui...

Learn how to hire C-level executives using a structured executive search process. Discover sourcing, assessment, interviews, and h...

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employee wants to use “we” when referring to thems...

A reader writes: A member of my staff has asked that we change their name and their pronouns to they/them. We have done that witho...

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update: I’m drowning at work because of a family s...

Remember the letter-writer who was drowning at work because their dad had recently died and was wondering how to talk to colleague...

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what is the political game and why do we have to p...

A reader writes: I quit my entry-level job after three years with nothing lined up, judge it how you will. I want to describe one ...

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pressure to bake sourdough bread, managing when yo...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My office is greedy for sourdough About two years ago, I got into baking my ow...

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let’s talk about what your company discovered afte...

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: Our biggest “missing stair” is retiring soon and all sorts of thing...

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Toyin Ajayi raised $891 million to fix American he...

Toyin Ajayi grew up in Nairobi, trained in London and built a $6 billion company to fix American healthcare for the patients every...

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Billionaire Tony Elumelu's Heirs Energies commissi...

Tony Elumelu's Heirs Energies has commissioned a digital operations hub at OML 17 that integrates real-time monitoring, security a...

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Africa's richest man is weighing major new investm...

Tanzania has directed government ministries to begin technical discussions with Aliko Dangote on investments in fertiliser product...

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Ghanaian multimillionaire Papa Kwesi Nduom wants t...

Papa Kwesi Nduom's Groupe Nduom is exploring the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana's retail banking business and wants ...

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South African billionaire Ivan Saltzman built Dis-...

Ivan Saltzman built Dis-Chem from a single Johannesburg pharmacy in 1978 into a $1.7 billion healthcare chain and now faces his ha...

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Najlepsze bonusy i sloty w polskim kasynie online ...

Najlepsze bonusy i sloty w polskim kasynie online – Sprawdź ofertę Najlepsze bonusy i sloty w polskim kasynie online – Sprawdź ofe...

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Odkryj najlepsze bonusy i pokies w polskim kasynie...

Odkryj najlepsze bonusy i pokies w polskim kasynie online Odkryj najlepsze bonusy i pokies w polskim kasynie online Polski rynek h...

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Essential Tools for Students in Digital Marketing

Essential Tools for Students in Digital Marketing Digital marketing is an exceptional career choice if you enjoy working in the d...

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Should You Log On Sick in Your First Remote Job? H...

It is your first proper job, it is remote or hybrid, and you wake up feeling rough. Not hospital rough, just cold-and-headache rou...

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How to Build a Retention Strategy that Works

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a retention strategy that works and keeps your employees invested in your or...

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updates: the ignored harassment, the overly talkat...

It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager and I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answere...

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did my boss lie about submitting me for promotion,...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My boss said he submitted me for promotion … but maybe didn’t? I have worked f...

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open thread – June 26, 2026

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questi...

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weekend open thread – June 27-28, 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here ar...

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former employee blocked me from a new job, the tra...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My former employee blocked me from getting a new job I previously worked at an...

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How to Train Your Brain to Spot Process Improvemen...

Process improvement boosts your value and visibility at work. If it doesn't come naturally to you, no worries! It's learnable. Thi...

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Africa Finance Corporation lends Dangote Group $60...

Africa Finance Corporation has signed a $600 million loan with Dangote Group to triple fertiliser production capacity in Nigeria a...

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Paul Pogba built a $10 million home portfolio he k...

From a Manchester mansion with its own football pitch to a $6 million Miami tower beside the Beckhams, Paul Pogba's property run k...

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Nigerian-born Hakeem Olajuwon built a $300 million...

Hakeem Olajuwon left Lagos as a teenage goalkeeper, became the NBA's best center, then built a $300 million fortune refusing to bo...

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Hakeem Olajuwon built a $300 million real estate e...

Hakeem Olajuwon built a $300 million real estate empire across Houston and beyond, financing every deal with cash and zero debt, g...

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Lionel Richie filed four trademarks on his own voi...

Lionel Richie has filed four trademark applications on his voice to stop AI platforms from cloning it without his permission or co...

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Campus to Cloud: Navigating the New Era of Student...

Student employment is no longer confined to campus notice boards, part-time café shifts, or summer internships arranged through wo...

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How to Reduce Staff Attrition in Your Organisation

In this article, we'll teach you how to reduce staff attrition in your organisation and build a more stable workforce.

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I physically can’t submit hundreds of applications...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I physically can’t submit hundreds of applications a week I’m in the hellscape...

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how can I develop a more professional persona?

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’ve been working in libraries for over 20 years, and I keep runnin...

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how do I know if I’ll like being a manager?

A reader writes: I’m up for my first manager position after happily being an individual contributor for over a decade. Speaking wi...

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I need to give my employees more positive feedback

A reader writes: My employee recently told me that she would like to get more positive feedback from me. I’m good at giving constr...

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candidate couldn’t interview because of his workou...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Candidate couldn’t interview because of his workout schedule I’m hiring for a ...

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How to Work with Borrowed Authority: Effective Del...

You don’t need a management title to delegate work effectively. If you’re managing the execution of work on behalf of leadership, ...

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African Wealth Briefing — Sat., June 6, 2026

A new Standard Bank study on how Africa's wealthy think about money — and a look back at a busy week of deals, courtrooms, and suc...

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Rick Ross was a prison guard at 19 and built a $15...

Rick Ross built a $150 million empire from Wingstop franchises, a $35 million Star Island mansion and spirits equity stakes after ...

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Uganda's richest man Sudhir Ruparelia earns almost...

Uganda's richest man Sudhir Ruparelia collects UGX3.152 billion ($836,000) monthly from government ministries renting his Kampala ...

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Kevin Hart and Henry Cavill just signed on for a N...

Kevin Hart and Henry Cavill will star as rival spies in an untitled Netflix action comedy directed by McG and produced by Ryan Rey...

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Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire on Ju...

Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire on June 12 when SpaceX prices its historic $1.77 trillion Nasdaq IPO and...

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Staff Turnover and How to Calculate It

In this article, we'll explain what staff turnover means, how to calculate it, why it matters, and what businesses can do to reduc...

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I’m being targeted for increasing our health insur...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. I’m being targeted for increasing our health insurance rates My boss approache...

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what are some enjoyable ways your behavior changed...

A reader writes: I’d love to discuss this with readers: once you’ve firmly decided to resign from your job at a future point, what...

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can our company make us work rigid hours and expla...

A reader writes: My company has steadily tightened remote work over the past year from two days remote allowed, to five days in-of...

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updates: the emotional affair, my boss won’t let m...

Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Someone I had a near-emotional-affair with years ago is about to be my sort-of ...

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employee doesn’t know how long their work takes, c...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My employee doesn’t know how long their work takes I have managed people for a...

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Ghanaian tycoon Togbe Afede XIV tells Africa's chi...

Togbe Afede XIV told the 10th Ghana CEO Summit that Africa's business and corporate leaders must reject self-enrichment, conflicts...

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Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris sold Euronews ...

Alpac Capital, which bought Euronews from Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris in 2021, is now acquiring Serbia's last independent ...

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Billionaire Robert F. Smith says $3 trillion is po...

Robert F. Smith told the XCEL Summit For Men that up to $3 trillion is being poured into AI infrastructure and that Vista Equity's...

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Mohamed Al-Fayed's abuse survivors temper expectat...

Survivors of Mohamed Al Fayed's abuse are preparing to meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer while tempering expectations, as the Me...

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Idrissa Nassa's Coris and Vista Bank seek $45 mill...

Idrissa Nassa's Coris Holding and Vista Bank are jointly requesting $45 million from the IFC to expand SME lending in Senegal, sep...

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my employee lied for months about work he wasn’t r...

A reader writes: I have a small team of developers working under me. We were working on building a new product for our start-up. T...

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the interns I’m mentoring don’t want my help

A reader writes: I am mentoring my third summer intern (in a company program that assigns mentors and mentees), and I’m facing a f...

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poop emoji in a rejection email, is it rude to ask...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Poop emoji in a rejection email I enjoy jokes at work, and am partial to self-...

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open thread – May 29, 2026

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questi...

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weekend open thread – May 30-31 2026

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here ar...

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“This is a True Leader” — doacWeb's Didi-Omah Poin...

If you as a leader is not able to transform someone's life, like as a leader, your lifestyle, your pattern, your system, your succ...

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Tanzania court hears Pula witness testimony in $19...

Tanzania's High Court heard witness testimony from Pula Group this week in its $195 million graphite mining lawsuit against compan...

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Executive Insight: James Mwangi’s Lobito Corridor ...

James Mwangi just announced Equity Group's expansion into Angola, Zambia and Mozambique along the Lobito Corridor — the most ambit...

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Kenyan port billionaire Abubakar Joho wins court r...

A Kenyan court has rejected a bid to remove key evidence in a criminal defamation case brought by Mombasa port billionaire Abubaka...

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The Inside Story: What Dangote, Motsepe, Masiyiwa,...

Seven African industrial principals — Dangote, Motsepe, Masiyiwa, Rabiu, Kagame, Tinubu, Nahdi — have converged on one coordinated...

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African Wealth Briefing — Fri., May 22, 2026

Aliko Dangote says his refinery will end Africa's dependence on imported fuel; James Mwangi accelerates Equity Group's regional ex...

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Blogging Is The Fastest Way To Get The People Of T...

Blogging is the fastest way to get the people of the future to know about you. Wikipedia and other world wide updated encyclopedia...

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is there a way to tell a coworker, “stop being sex...

A reader writes: I’m a trainer in a field that requires significant technical and soft skills (think someone in medicine needing b...

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my coworker sent a rude message about me and I saw...

A reader asks: I was on a Zoom call recently with the president of our company and two junior staff members who I do not manage di...

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do I have to hire an employee who went scorched ea...

A reader writes: I am a senior administrator, with a team of 10. Most of the positions that I supervise are entry level, a lot of ...

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coworker wrote a sonnet about my absences, boss as...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker wrote a sonnet about my absences I am a teacher. We have professio...

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how do you figure out a career path that isn’t you...

It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes: I’m in the position where I need to rethink my career path and have...

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Design That Sticks: Applying Neuroscience to Predi...

Why do so many beautifully designed websites, ads and digital experiences still fail to convert? In this episode of The Digital Ma...

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How Malawi billionaire Thom Mpinganjira went from ...

FDH Bank founder Thom Mpinganjira was convicted and jailed for attempting to bribe judges in Malawi's disputed 2019 election, then...

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Qatar's billionaire Al-Khayyat family is bidding t...

Qatar's Al-Khayyat family, through Power International Holding, is bidding to build Ethiopia's planned $12.5 billion Bishoftu airp...

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How Nigerian businessman Arthur Eze's Atlas Oranto...

Nigerian tycoon Arthur Eze's Atlas Oranto has lost oil blocks in 4 African countries as governments crack down on dormant licenses...

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