Tag: personal-development
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How Childhood Reading Shapes Professional Leadership
Discover how childhood reading shapes professional leadership. Learn through personal stories from a tropical island upbringing. Gain global career insights.
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Books That Shaped My Career in International Development
A UN professional from Seychelles shares three transformative books. These books range from a statistics primer to a leadership classic. They have shaped decades of international development work.
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Managing Global Health Across Cultures: The Art of Unplugging
A UN professional shares authentic strategies for unplugging from global health demands, blending Seychellois wisdom with international development experience.
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The Collections That Define Us: Books, Trust, and Skills
Discover how three essential collections—books, trusted relationships, and skills—shape professional success and personal growth in our interconnected world.
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Mastering Leadership: Knowing When to Lead and When to Follow
For over fifteen years of work across three continents, a question has plagued me. It resurfaced recently. Am I truly a leader, or am I a follower? Through spectacular failures and occasional wins, I’ve discovered the answer hides in the messy middle.
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Overcoming Presentation Anxiety in Technical Fields
In the conference room, that moment when all eyes turn on you still triggers a familiar tightness in my chest. Despite years of experience, explaining complex technical concepts in meetings remains my professional Achilles’ heel.
L J Padayachy 