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The best stress management techniques are those that are easy to remember and use. Quick to learn and quick to implement, you can use them to manage your own stress levels or teach them to help others manage theirs.
Time management can be easy! Honest! Keep it simple with these time management tips...
Increase Self Awareness and Be More Effective In Groups with the Johari Window Model
Well chosen meeting ice breakers bond teams and ease people through the discomfort of getting to know others better. However, a badly chosen ice breaker can cause more discomfort than it cures.
The right icebreaker games make all the difference to meetings, trainings, your party and many other activities.
5 fun ice breaker games for large group activities.
Negotiation can be a complex issue, but a simple negotiation technique is often the best.
Saying thanks, well done, or great job can be throwaway insincerities that can do more damage than good, so make sure you follow these steps for giving positive feedback.
Change management - change never stops, it just changes speed. Make sure you can accelerate to keep pace
Office party season can make or break your career. Work the office party to your advantage by following these quick and easy do's and don'ts.
Managing Ambiguity - if something is uncertain and important, it can create much anxiety. Learn how to manage ambiguity effectively.
Sometimes your motivation at work and work mojo gets so low you think it has abandoned you forever. Here are five ways to regain your motivation at work and recharge your work mojo...
Push back the boundaries of your comfort zone and get comfortable with achieving more.
You can improve your time management skills by doing nothing. Sounds impossible? Okay you're right; you have to do something, but not very much.
Love them or hate them, multi-user calls are here to stay. Make sure your conference call etiquette is up to scratch...
Most managers find their first few interviews scarier than being interviewed themselves. Here are seven interviewer interview questions to beat first time interviewer nerves and help find the right person for the job.
How I built and online business when I can't build a website. The SiteBuildIt Secret...
Giving or receiving feedback can be hard, but of the two, receiving feedback can be harder. Unless you know how. Here are 7 tips for receiving feedback gracefully, allowing you to learn from it and quickly move on.
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The quality of your staff induction plans says more about your managerial style and company culture than you think. At its simplest, employees work harder for companies that care for them, and hard working employees keep customers happy, bringing money into the company. You put loads of effort into attracting and retaining customers - can you say the same about your new employees?
Dyslexia awareness has increased in the last few years, and it's important for managers to understand this learning difficulty so that they can work with people with dyslexia effectively.
Use these 7 brainstorming rules and techniques and be the exception to the rule, get more from group problem and keep the creative juices focussed and flowing.
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There are 101 reasons why we change jobs, and these sample exit interview questions and answers will guide you through the moral and emotional trials and tribulations.
No matter where or who you are, there is a time and place for effective delegation. Whether it’s getting the kids to clean the yard or your accounts manager preparing the annual budget, good delegation skills are essential if you want to achieve a work-life balance.
3 tips for prioritizing tasks better.
Master the basic interpersonal communication skill of body language and be better understood.
Chances are you've been down-sized or re-engineered so radically there's zero tolerance for mishaps or delays, and you extend your work day to pick up the slack. What you really need is some help on building a high performance team, to regain that work-life balance we all yearn for.
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The 8d problem solving process explained in everyday language
The six sigma process improvement method explained in everyday language
Jim Estill, CEO of SYNNEX Canada, a $1 billion computer distributor gives his insights on how to deal with difficult people.
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Workplace Bullying: How to recognise and deal with bullying in the workplace
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Here are three brainstorming activities, games and exercises to transform your problem solving sessions.
If you're busy going nowhere but working the whole day through, you may have forgotten the importance of time management. Personal time management is not about fitting more in - it's about doing what's needed, when it's needed. Here's a time management tool you can use everyday.
The harried business man was so busy - his personal time management was failing - he had to take time out. So he went for a walk and found by a stream, a fisherman. The businessman struck up a conversation with the fisherman..
Time waits for no one. But the conundrum is that you need to spend time to make time. So spend a little time on creating your personal time management chart and free yourself to do what you really want to do instead.
Win win negotiation skills apply at home and in the boardroom, and this negotiation article tells you how.
Albert Einstein knew about the art of problem solving and if he'd written about it, he may have broken it down into these 5 easy to follow problem solving steps.
Knowing how to take meeting minutes accurately and communicate them quickly is an invaluable business communication skill. Learn how to take meeting minutes effectively, in this short article.
I learned the hard way how to be more assertive at work. After spending a couple of turbulent years hiring, firing and bringing factory workers into line, I figured out the best way to be firm but fair.
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A little mischief and nonsense can be the most powerful group team building activity. Introduce a Friday Frolic at your work with these 3 fun team building activities.
Effective managers understand basic business communication. It's not about whizzy powerpoint slides or wordy reports. Ask yourself these 7 Basic Business communication questions to freshen up your communication skills.
Effective communication in business is essential. Use this fun communication skills game to improve communication within your team.
Effective communication in business is essential. Use this fun communication skills game to improve communication within your team.
Using Frederick Herzberg theory is a simple, structured way to motivate your team and increase job satisfaction. By considering Herzberg's two factor theory, you can work out what dis-satisfies your team, what motivates them and most importantly, what you can do to increase job satisfaction
Using Abraham Maslow theory is a recognised way to help you understand your needs and how to meet them. In the time it takes you to drink your skinny latte, this article shows you how.
Applying basic human need principles to your work and home life can increase your happiness. How? Well, I bet you don't take your car to the mechanic when the petrol warning light comes on, so why look for complicated solutions when your own warning lights come on?
John Stacey Adams's Equity Motivation Theory allows you to put workplace psychology into action and increase your own and your team's motivation.
Kolb's Learning Style Inventory and Kolb's Learning Cycle are the two key models in current use relating to adult learning and development. Knowing your own and your team's learning style allows you to grow and develop more effectively, building skills and experience, allowing you to meet your life goals.
Employers must use proper employment termination letters, so here are some sample employee termination letters to get you started.
Understanding the basic principles of statistics transforms a good manager into a great manager. Using basic business statistics, you can turn data into knowledge and increase your decision making accuracy. In the time it takes to make a coffee, you'll know the most useful basic business statistics and become fluent in number-speak
When you know how to create a histogram, you move from knowing a little bit about a process to knowing a lot. When you know your process, you've gone a long way towards making big improvements. Learn how to make a histogram in this short article, and discover hidden information about your process
A good individual development plan will help you achieve your potential as it will help you identify skills gaps and improvement areas. Then you'll be able to get that job, go for that promotion, build your business further, or whatever you want. Find out how.
This oral presentation checklist has been prepared to ease the process of preparing for and delivering a quality presentation. Even natural presenters use an oral presentation checklist to jog their memory and ensure they've got all bases covered. Presenting well is a learned skill and you can increase your presentation skills with these simple reminders.
Oral surgery may be preferable to oral presentations but you can successfully improve your public speaking with this oral presentation rubric. (To save you wandering off, a rubric is a marking scale, commonly used by teachers or lecturers to evaluate student performance). So how can a classroom tool be useful in the workplace.?
Understanding the basic principles of statistics transforms a good manager into a great manager. Using basic business statistics, you can turn data into knowledge and increase your decision making accuracy. In the time it takes to make a coffee, you'll know the most useful basic business statistics and become fluent in number-speak
Most of us have dreams and ambitions, or at least used to, before things got too hectic! Use this example personal development plan to figure out how to turn your dreams into reality.
What is ethical? Decision making can be hard enough but when we have to consider ethics and decision making we can tie ourselves up so tight we stop making decisions entirely. Here is a short guide to help you through the ethics maze and make effective decisions.
Work isn't work when you love everything you do. These 7 motivational activities can bring the love back. Today..
We all know team work and motivation are closely linked - then why are so many managers failing their people? The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found almost half of UK employees are dissatisfied with their relationship with their line manager. Here are 7 team work and motivation tips to get your people genuinely raring to go at work.
Advanced Communication Skills - where do I get some of those please?!! Right here, right now, you can learn 9 advanced communication techniques to move you into the premier league of effective communicators.
Want to reach your potential? Then ditch the stifling notion of the classic IQ test and embrace Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence test.
A common personal growth and development barrier is believing talent is the only key to success. Here's the belief-buster - talent is irrelevant to great success. Find out how to break down personal growth and development barriers.
Many workplace problems can be avoided with effective management. A practical introduction to 9 common employee problems and how to avoid them can save you the hassle and heartache of learning the management ropes. Read on and learn how to become an effective manager.
Understanding decision making psychology can enable you to reach a conclusion quicker. Whether it's choosing a holiday destination, or project to fund, you'll find this outline of decision making psychology a useful addition to your management toolkit.
Got a problem to solve? This facilitator's guide to participatory decision making will get you from problem to solution in 4 steps. With a bit of guidance, groups can effectively evaluate alternative solutions, systematically work out what trade-offs exist and agree a working solution.….
Money makes the world go around, and decision making is no exception. Cost Benefit Analysis does exactly what it says; you analyse costs and benefits and make a decision accordingly. Learn how to do a cost benefit analysis in these 3 easy steps.
The Six Hats Thinking technique enables you to break out of your habitual thinking style and make better quality decisions. Learn how to look at the effect of a decision from a number of important, different perspectives, and modifying your decision accordingly.
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