The latest PISA assessment confirms that Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, the only countries in the region to appear in its ranking, are far from the average results obtained by the OECD group of nations.
Although in the last ten years the average expenditure per primary and secondary student increased by about 15% in OECD countries, most of their states do not report significant progress in education.
If job responsibilities are easy then it's very likely that you may not be using the full potential of your workers, preventing their personal growth and causing demotivation.
In a discussion of the topic in an article in Harvard Business Review, Francesca Gino says that the belief that work without stress increases productivity, is false.
Beyond the fact that stress can cause disease, the truth is that in order to be more productive, it is essential to feel some stress.
Five tips to increase productivity as practiced by different personalities recognized for having achieved success.
Jennifer Cohen 's article on Forbes.com reviews how the morning may be the most useful time for work and personal development, and lists five activities which it is essential to carry out early in the day.
1 - Physical Exercise
Most successful people do exercise in the morning because it gives them an extra energy boost for the day and a nice sense of accomplishment. Any type of exercise is good, from running to short bursts of bending or stretching routines.
Success is not a destination but a journey without end, which requires a positive attitude, team playing mentality, a mindset for continuous improvement and responsible outlook.
With over 20 years of experience as an executive of IBM, in the ever turbulent business environments of Latin America, the engineer Enrique Baliño says the success is not a destination but a journey without end, and that successful people have to develop four key attitudes: positivity, team playing, continuous improvement and accountability.
The ability to recover from a failure is essential in order to be successful. But what if you have never failed?
Suzanne Lucas, on her blog at Bnet.com, discusses how new generations of graduates are too used to being successful, to finding things easy, which can lead them potentially to collapse when things get out of their comfort zone.
People who only know success simply lack the skills to deal with failure or complicated situations.
We can be better leaders if we understand that unconsciously, as humans we will always seek to increase our status in society.
This need has existed since prehistoric times. According to researcher David Rock, from the time that humans started living together in groups, increasing their status has been as important as getting food.
Modern research has identified a chemical relationship between increases or decreases in status and our neuronal network. When status increases, so do the levels of neurotransmitters associated with pleasure and positive emotions, and stress-related ones are reduced, augmenting our feeling of security and strength.
Broadband telecommunications technologies have the potential to stimulate rapid economic growth and facilitate job creation.
The report, "Broadband: a platform for progress", published by the United Nations, urges countries to implement national plans for broadband, so as not to risk losing the benefits of global high-speed digital communication .
The report shows, by way of example, that every 10 percent increase in broadband penetration in China could contribute to an increase of 2.5 percent extra growth in the gross domestic product (GDP). Other data cited in the report indicates that for countries of low and middle incomes, a 10 percent increase in broadband penetration could mean up to a 1.4 percent point increase in economic growth.
Warning! This article contains information that can lead to psychological damage - specially to your boss.
Bnet.com published 5 tips to "help" your boss make the "correct" decisions - the ones that benefit you the most...
1 - When your boss organizes a meeting, hijack it:
To land a favorable decision, invite as many allies as possible to the meeting, and prepare them to support your ideas.
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