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Dealing With Resistance: The 4 + 2 Method
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| Six steps for responding to resistance. Combines principles from both Aikkido and Gestalt Psychology into a practical approach that first acknowledges an employee's resistance (and power not to cooperate) and then opens him/her up to consider and accept the rationale for your position or performance expectations. |
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Delegation: The Forgotten Management Tool
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| Six reasons why managers resist delegating tasks and decisions, three excellent benefits that will accrue when they do delegate, followed by a six-step approach to doing the hand-off effectively. |
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Down the Slope and Up Again: Seven Strategies to Lead Your Team through the Recession
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| Seven strategies to provide highly effective leadership at all levels of your organization, leadership that keeps employees engaged, focused, and productive during turbulent economic times. |
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Executive Coaching on the Rise
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| Covers why one might engage the services of an external coach, how a typical coaching process works, when to consider using a coach and what to look for when selecting one. |
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Ouch! It Hurts To Think This Much! Communicating Performance Targets
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| Why are so many managers unclear about what performance results they expect from their employees? The prime reason: it requires concentrated mental effort and time, upfront. Make that investment. It will be worth it. |
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The Other Way… Beyond Technology to Leverage Your Investment in Your People
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| Proposes a comprehensive learning curriculum to enhance so-called soft skills and attitudes at three distinct leverage points in an organization: managers, teams, and individual contributors. |
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What to Do When Your Team Gets “Stuck”: 7 Ways to Get It Moving Again
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| When a team becomes "stuck" it saps energy, costs money, and hurts results. How do you know when your team is, in fact, stuck? And what can you do to turn it around? Here are seven most common pitfalls teams and working groups encounter and a practical strategy to overcome each one.
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You Gotta Get’em To Wanna: 6 Roles the Modern Leader Plays
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| The "leader" aspect of being a manager in today's competitive market for top talent has become absolutely critical. Managers, therefore, must master the skills and attitudes that support six specific roles that an effective leader plays. |
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