- Five Ways to Encourage Strategic Thinking
By: Robyn Collins - Nov 15, 2008
You cannot be strategic if you do not allow time to think. This article suggests five things school leaders can do to ensure staff and the school...
- How to Resolve Communication Problems with Colleagues so You Work Together More Effectively
By: maureen collins - Nov 1, 2008
Sometimes you have to step back from relationships with colleagues and take time to sort out communication problem before you can work effectively...
- Three Ideas That Will Get You Started When You Have to Hold a Difficult Conversation
By: maureen collins - Nov 1, 2008
It is easy to talk when the topic is not sensitive, when the other person is not defensive and when you are not feeling threatened. The three ideas...
- Speak Up: Confront Difficult Conversations and Improve Communication
By: maureen collins - Oct 31, 2008
Learn how to speak up about things that trouble you. If you do not, problems continue unresolved, communication suffers and as you become more...
- How Small Businesses Are Saving Money With VoIP
By: Christine Harrell - Oct 31, 2008
The nation's small businesses are always looking for cost-effective ways to manage their operations. Many of these organizations are abandoning...
- Are You On Top Of Your Business Needs?
By: Paul McIndoe - Oct 31, 2008
Growing a business is arguably just as difficult as setting one up in the first place. Are you prepared for that next level of sales?
- Improve Your Communication: Do Not Use Politeness When Honesty Would Be Better
By: maureen collins - Oct 31, 2008
We often use politeness to smooth over tricky interactions with others. We forget that it interferes with effective communication and destroys...
- Choose the Right Initial Audience and Craft an Appealing Message for It
By: Donald Mitchell - Oct 29, 2008
Marketers make the mistake of looking for the broadest possible audience and message. This article argues that picking the most influential and...
- If You are Scared of Confrontation, Hold Conversations Sooner
By: maureen collins - Oct 29, 2008
The thought of confrontation is scary for most people so we often delay holding difficult conversations. Unfortunately, the longer a conversation...
- When You are Appraising Performance Get the Facts Right
By: maureen collins - Oct 29, 2008
Of the many difficult conversations that managers face, reviewing performance with an employee should be fairly straight forward. But as every...
- Communicate Your Business With Newsletters and Magazines
By: Lawrence J. Reaves - Oct 23, 2008
Newsletters and Magazines are a great way to communicate, not only with customers but the general public as well. You will get your name out there...
- In Performance Appraisal, it is the Quality of the Conversation that Counts
By: maureen collins - Oct 23, 2008
Many organisations have detailed processes and documentation for managers to use when they carry out appraisal interviews. Often it is...
- Better Listening Leads to Better Performance Reviews
By: maureen collins - Oct 22, 2008
When managers hold performance reviews, they tend to talk more than they listen. They say employees gain by sharing in their experience and views....
- Important Reasons To Learn Spanish
By: Ranju Kumar - Oct 20, 2008
Let me assume that you now know everything about the advantages and disadvantages of various methods of taking a Spanish home study course or...
- Three Mistakes To Avoid When You have Performance Improvement Conversations
By: maureen collins - Oct 20, 2008
Conversations about performance are some of the most important conversations managers have with their people. Unfortunately, these conversations...
- How to Confront Poor Performance Effectively
By: maureen collins - Oct 18, 2008
Managers often avoid confronting poor performance, preferring to side step difficult conversations and possible confrontations. But performance...
- Four Steps for Handling Poor Performance Effectively
By: maureen collins - Oct 18, 2008
When people do not perform to the standard expected of them, managers often hold back in tackling the problem. They ignore it, hoping it will go...
- The Advantages of the Asterisk Phone System for Businesses
By: Amy Nutt - Oct 15, 2008
The day has come in which Asterisk-driven systems have become available for the technological savvy business. Being that the telephone and the...
- How to Get People at Your Table Talking
By: Laurie Wilhelm - Oct 9, 2008
Have you ever gone to a workshop or event where the attendees were all sitting tables of about six or eight and where no one was talking to one...
- Get Yourself a Custom Phone Number
By: Musa Aykac - Oct 7, 2008
When you are looking for a custom phone number, either for your business or your home, you should take into account a variety of facts ranging from...
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