Six Things You Must Know About Emotional Intelligence
Susan’s Snippets This month, I am pleased to present the first of a two-part series of articles by a guest writer, Mr Galba Bright, who was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa and migrated to England when very young. He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Henley Management...
Working From Home
Susan’s Snippets We’ve just got through the madness of Carnival here in Trinidad and now we have World Cup Cricket on our doorstep. The resulting traffic jams, due to closed streets around the Oval for security purposes, has inspired this issue’s topic of how to avoid commuting...
Local Content Lobby 3
Continuing my series of blogs of the Energy Chamber’s Local Content & Capability Development Forum last November, the feature speaker was The Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, the Honourable Kevin Ramnarine. The minister was very upbeat about the prospects of the local energy industry,...
Tighten your belt
Susan’s Snippets To those who were lucky enough to be in Trinidad for Carnival, the “greatest show on earth”, earlier this week – it was fabulous, wasn’t it? Now it’s back to reality. The downturn seems to be taking effect in the Caribbean with spectacular...
Local Content Lobby 2
At the recent Energy Chamber’s Local Content & Capability Development Forum, Mr. Roger Packer, Chairman of the Energy Chamber, opened the proceedings by warning of the effect of the “Great Crew Change” due to baby boomers retiring in their droves. This will leave a shortage of skills in the...
Local Content Lobby 1
Last November, I trekked down to Claxton Bay to attend the Energy Chamber’s Local Content & Capability Development Forum. There was a Who’s Who of T&T’s Energy Services leaders in attendance. The panelists were eloquent and passionate. As I am new to the Energy Chamber and not in the...
Jobs in an Uncertain Economy
Susan’s Snippets Congratulations to T&T’s Soca Warriors for winning the football (soccer) match against USA (first time this has ever been achieved) and hopefully on their way to getting into the second round of the Football World Cup qualifiers. We have eyes on South Africa in 2...
CRS – The First 10 Years
Susan’s Snippets Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the long Easter weekend. I particularly loved watching hundreds of kites in the Savannah, some flying more successfully than others. Speaking of success, I’m very proud to announce that CRS is now 10 years old. To commemorate this...
Loyalty-to Career or Employer First
Susan’s Snippets Are you finding that this newsletter doesn’t arrive every month? We get a lot of ‘bounces’ after each transmission, some due to accounts which are now invalid (and which we delete from our mailing list), some because of full mail boxes, and some because of...
Attitude-Key To Success
Who is Ed? OK, OK, I’ve been hiding behind the name ‘Editor’ or ‘Ed’, though many of our readers are well aware of who I am. I won’t be so shy in future and I’m happy for you to know that this newsletter is put together and written by Susan Hale, founder...