Showing posts with label Business Etiquette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business Etiquette. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2011

Kitu Kidogo (Ni Kitu Kikubwa)


Wenzangu, you will have to bear with me. In all honesty, there are some practices that unless addressed, will continue hindering our progress kama wazalendo toughing it out in a global market. These issues have been giving me heartburn and should they intensify without being aired, I fear that I may soon suffer from angina or worse.

Sasa ndugu zangu, kwani inakuaje kwamba (how is it that) in performing our duties, which we actually get paid for, we still expect someone to give us kitu kidogo on the side?

Where did this all come from and how has it been so entrenched in our society that it is now demanded as a right?




Wednesday, March 2, 2011

"There Is a Time For Everything [...] Under Heaven"

Your success in life depends on this everlasting truth - there is a specific time to do certain things in your day, week, (weekend), month, year, etcetera. Whilst this is as much true in private pursuits as it is for business appointments, it is business conduct that we are concerned about on this post.