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Dear Friends
The
summer is in full swing , and our thoughts turn to vacation. We look at
the pile of files on our desks and offer a silent prayer, requesting the
divine powers to grant us exceptional strength to overcome this
Herculean task.
Some of us are the ones who cherish their vacation time and spend
considerable time planning it. Others have difficulty with vacations, We
are the workaholics of the organization. Our jobs tend to dominate our
lives, and as a consequence we find it hard to take time off and enjoy
some well deserved vacation.
While we greatly appreciate your dedication to your job, it is important
for you to remember that there is life outside the City. If the truth be
known, employers do not give vacation time simply to be nice. Vacations
actually are a productivity enhancer.
Vacations
refresh the body, rejuvenate the mind, and restore the soul.
A change of
pace is essential to help you relax and balance the multiple demands in
your life. Vacations let you recharge your batteries so you can put your
best energies into your job as an employee.
A
vacation with a cell phone and a lap top computer is not a real
vacation. For a vacation to have its full restorative effect, it’s best
not to check in with the office at all. There are two reasons for this.
You need an uninterrupted break, and everyone in your work area needs an
uninterrupted break from you.
Do not feel guilty at looking forward to the holiday, as we all will be
working really hard to recharge our batteries, pump up the creative
stores and release all the trapped negative energy which coerces us to
lash out at our team members or family members throughout the year.
It is the same destructive chi which keeps building stores underneath a
calm subterfuge of a very professional person of the corporate world, yet malevolently transforms us to be ace politicians, safe players with
minimal risk taking, weak
decision makers and insecure with our livelihoods. A pretty bleak
picture of our daily lives. Well! Now the time has come to remedy
that…..
To empty our minds of this ceaseless chatter we need to go away from the
concrete jungles into an actual green forest. The further away from the
city life it is, the more beneficial it will be. When we go deep into
the forests on a trail, the forest out there becomes the very essence of
our existence and the trail itself becomes a part of self-discovery;
with the backdrop of nature, all our senses are in complete harmony,
giving way to divine wisdom to encircle our physical plane bringing
about profound changes in our lives.
All
the negative domination gives way to purified and cleansed soul,
providing the right perspective for our life ahead.
Wishing all our friends a happy, relaxing and rejuvenating holiday. May
you find the answers to all your queries amidst all the elements of
nature.– a repose to re-think the priorities in life and a chance to
merge with nature.
Always look forward to your
suggestions / feedback
which helps the Intek team to continually improve this Ezine.
Zaufyshan Haseeb
and The Intek Family
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Delegation
Are You on Overload? Delegation is One Key
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You probably know that delegating work to others
is a great
and appropriate way to save time, prioritize your own agenda and
to focus on what you “should” be doing.
However, knowing when and how to delegate well
is the key to being successful at it. First, what does it mean to delegate?
Del-e-gate: to assign responsibility or
authority
Next, are you successful at delegating tasks in
your life and work? If not, what gets in the way of successful delegation?
Here are a few common factors:
+ You have
not taken the time to analyze all you are doing and therefore do not have
the awareness of what you could delegate.
+ You are a control freak and feel the
need to do it all yourself.
+ You do
not have the confidence that anyone else could do it well enough.
+ You enjoy
doing it and don't want…
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Thinking
A Framework for Thinking Ethically
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This document is designed as an introduction to
thinking ethically. We all have an image of our better selves-of how we are
when we act ethically or are "at our best." We probably also have an image
of what an ethical community, an ethical business, an ethical government, or
an ethical society should be.
Ethics really has to do with all these
levels-acting ethically as individuals, creating ethical organizations and
governments, and making our society as a whole ethical in the way it treats
everyone.
What is Ethics?
Simply stated, ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how
human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find
themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople...
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Managerial Skills
Hire the Right People
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Managing stress is not easy if you don't have
the right people in your business or team.
One of the biggest challenges any business owner or manager has is hiring
the right people.
I've recently discovered a simple, inexpensive yet very effective way which
will help you get it right.
This week I've asked Nathan Chanesman, Managing Director of Myprofile Pty
Ltd. to please explain…
"Without quality employees who share your vision and work ethic your
business is not going anywhere.
So how do you find the "right" employee?
We've all experienced hiring the "wrong" person. It's a nightmare. Hiring
mistakes costs money, time and worse can easily ruin your business and your
health! A recent survey in Forbes Business Magazine revealed, "Hiring the
wrong person is the prime cause of business failure in the USA". For most
employers it's a lottery, hire someone and hope
...
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Cross Cultural Awareness
Global Non-Verbal Signals - Kenya &
Jordan
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Kenya
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The most common form of greeting is the handshake, however some
local tribes show greetings by gently slapping palms and then
gripping each other's fingers which are cupped.
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Never use your left hand to accept a gift.
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Always ask permission before you take a photograph of a local
resident.
Jordan
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Among senior citizens and the more traditional Jordanians, the
"salaam" gesture may be used. This is done by taking the right hand,
touching the heart, then the forehead and then gesturing forward.
The verbal saying is, ""salaa alaykum", or "peace be with you".
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When dining, it is common to refuse additional servings of the meal
at least two times, but then accept the third offer if you do
actually wish more.
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It is considered to polite to leave small amounts of food on your
plate.
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Coffee in the Middle East may seem thick and strong to foreigners.
This coffee is served in small cups which are refilled often. If you
wish to signal that you do not wish to have any more coffee, then
just tip the cup back and forth with your fingers.
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If you cross your legs, do so at the ankles or the knees, because
it is considered improper to place one ankle on the other knee.

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