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The 7Cs of Effective Communication
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| When we are communicating face to face, over the phone or even through email, we must remember to reduce our chances of mis-communication by incorporating these seven fundamentals of effective communication. |
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If You are a Leader, are You a Peacemaker?
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| A good leader creates an environment of peace that compels people to walk in that direction...Here are characteristics that make leaders effective peacemakers.
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Stop Being So Defensive!
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| If this article’s headline caught your eye - yes, it was meant to be provocative and somewhat ironic. Check out the full article below for tips on how to be less defensive and more powerful in your personal and professional communication.
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When Everyone Is Right, Who's Wrong? Uncovering the Mystery of Perceptual Styles
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| Each of us perceives the world differently, not only because of differing perceptual styles, but also because of the various circumstances, goals, aspirations, ages and lifestyles we have. These individual experiences create different realities, each of which represents only part of the whole picture. |
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Use Interactive Blog in Online Marketing Strategies
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| Interactive blog marketing is among the recognized effective online marketing strategies. Many website owners rely on this vehicle of product and service advertisement. They use interactive blog to reach out to their customers. Moreover, it greatly attracts web traffic. |
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Extroverts excel at working from home, research says
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| Working from home or in a freelance career is an attractive prospect for many employees – but is this arrangement suited for everyone?
An article in Business Week explores the personality traits that successful home-based workers typically possess.
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Its not fair!
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| As a leader or manager do you aspire to be fair?
If you do, stop!
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You didn’t say I’d be fired!
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| Do you get frustrated when something you say which is obvious gets misinterpreted? |
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Always isn’t every time
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| As a manager, do you and your employees have miscommunications? |
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Just the facts
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| Do any of your direct reports (or for that matter, anyone at all!) continually challenge you in an unproductive way? |
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My employee seems to be sick on Fridays and Mondays
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| Do you have an employee who takes advantage of the system? |
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That person has a difficult personality
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| Does it irritate you when one of your employees, peers, or boss is very difficult? |
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Gen X, Gen Y, Gen whatever
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| Do you have opinions on someone based on their age? |
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The Facebook Revolution
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| Do you wonder what your employees are doing on their computer? |
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Not listening can be catastrophic
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| Do you feel your reports are not listening to you?! |
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Dealing with Morons
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| Do you ever think you’re working with people who don’t know what they’re doing?! |
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The $64,000 Question
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| Do your questions lead to solutions or more problems? |
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Dirt on the car
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| DO YOU STRUGGLE TO EFFECTIVELY MOTIVATE ANY DIRECT REPORTS? |
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Questions, Jeopardy Style
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| Do you find yourself stuck no matter what questions you ask yourself? |
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The questions which lead to nowhere
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| DO YOU FIND YOURSELF STUCK NO MATTER WHAT QUESTIONS YOU ASK YOURSELF? |
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My Door is Always Open
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| Do you ever commit to things which you possibly can’t achieve? |
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Can Your Home Business Afford To Fire A Client?
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| Your home business is your livelihood and possibly the only way you have to provide for your family. You may be relatively new at this venture or have been on board for quite some time. You may have already handled many assignments and have a line of customers wanting to give you their business. Or you are still striving to achieve this stage of your business life. Then it happens and something goes totally awry. |
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9 Practical Reasons Why Web-Audio is a Necessity
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| Many business people are scared-off by an assumption that multimedia solutions like audio are expensive - but that is just not the case. Audio is far more cost-effective than video, animations, and other labor intense rich media creative. If you hire the right people who know what they are doing, you can have an audio presentation professionally produced and incorporated into your website for a budget within the reach of any serious marketer. |
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Top 5 Qualities in an Outsourcing Company
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| What do freelance providers look for in an outsourcing company? What makes a company a preferred outsourcing buyer? We asked some of our freelance providers to think through their most rewarding outsourcing experiences and define the top qualities they observed in those buyers. Here's what they told us... |
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Job Talk—The Heart Of Productivity
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| Communication is the heart of job productivity. This article outlines the steps you need to take an internal audit to improve communication and productivity and boost employee retention. |
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Overcoming the challenges of an ineffective RFP process: Improved collaboration through intelligence synchronization (QStrat Profile)
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| I have had close to 30 reader responses to my recent posts on the utilization of the RFP or e-tendering process for the acquisition of goods and services.
While there have been successful demonstrations of its utilization relative to MERX (MERX: An Evolution to a Broader Market), and of course the Commonwealth of Virginia’s eVA program (Yes Virginia! There is more to e-procurement than software), the majority of respondents do not view the current process has being effective. (Note: links to the above referenced articles are available through the Web Resources section at the conclusion of this post.)
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Being as professional
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| Living up to the expectations of being a professional when in business. |
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Planning for Web Site Disaster
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| Do you have a corporate site where the content is written by various in-house staff members, the pages are managed by your freelance web designer and your SEO campaigns are outsourced? Read on to put in place plans to prevent web site disaster. |
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We Dont Need No Stinking Permits
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| Unless you’re renting simple office space odds are you will need to make some modifications to the space, be it adding walls, flooring, paint, electrical, plumbing, or any combination thereof. |
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Profitable Supply Chain?
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| How would you market the concept of the Profitable Supply Chain to CFO's?
Do you have insights, or hopefully a structured approach/methodology?
Yishai, Consultant
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 1
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 2
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 3
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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What have I learned in 6 months of management? Part 4
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| I asked one of the managers I was coaching what he learned in six months of re-focusing on management skills. Each response deserves its own soundbite, because they all incorporate skills managers should use to avoid traps and pitfalls. |
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The loud woman at Starbucks
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| Do you find any of your employees irritating? |
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Managing techies
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| Do you need to come from a technical background to manage technical people? |
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Motivation with consequences
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| How do you motivate someone to do something they don’t want to do? |
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Jumping to Conclusions
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| As managers and leaders, how do we put aside our beliefs and experiences when we’re listening? |
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Six SanitySaving Scenarios to Turn a Massive Breakdown into a Powerful Business Breakthrough
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| I've learned over the years that a breakdown means that something very valuable is happening – I have new insight into how I can improve my process, my attitude, or my belief so that problem never happens again. The bottom line is that life happens and breakdowns will occur. We have all heard the saying, "breakdown, breakthrough." So take those challenging situations and look for the opportunity to strengthen your personal mindset and your business systems. |
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Trust Avoids Miscommunication - Especially Online
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| The potential for miscommunication is greatly enhanced in online communication (all forms of it) because we cannot see the body language. In person, if the words do not match the body language, the disconnect is easier to see, so it can often be corrected on the spot. |
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Etiquette and Teen Texting
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| There seems to be some confusion about our role as parents and educators regarding our children's use of technology. In other words how do we teach technology etiquette to Gen Y-ers who are characterized as "knowing it all" especially when it comes to technology? After all, they aren't called the Net Generation for nothing! Discover the benefits and pitfalls of teen texting and 3 easy rules we can teach our teens to use technology responsibly and respectfully. |
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