Tips of the week

Supervisor Skills –

Your ability to get work done by others is one of your leadership strengths.

Five ideas to increase your success with leading others include:

1. Create a sense of ownership by involving others from start to finish.
2. Give all the information and direction whenever you delegate tasks.
3. Motivate by outlining benefits;
4. Never demand change; it could lead to sabotage.
5. Encourage people to find solutions by posing effective questions.

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

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Leadership –

Staying calm wins the day!

Three ideas to increase your success with building your patience include:

1. To gain better perspective; consider the big picture.
2. Only deal with facts ; not with what “could happen”.
3. Avoid copying the habits of impatient people who surround you.

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

Leadership –

Increase your network.

Five ideas to increase your success with networking include:

1. Set up a system to manage the details of the people you meet.
2. Follow up within 24 hours of meeting.  Call or write.  Refer to something they said.
3. Arrange a meeting if they have potential to be of value to you.
4. Send them an article about an interest they expressed.
5. When building a relationship; recognize that it takes time and will need many contacts as you build trust.

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

Time Management – Productivity –

The following questions will help you focus, increasing your effectiveness and value.

Four ideas to increase your success with increasing your productivity include:

1. Identify what needs to be done and then get started.
2. Identify what’s needed and then recommend it and/or start it.
3. Create action plans for each day/week/month.
4. Identify the decisions that need to be made and then make them.

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Communication Skills – Professionalism –

Being unemotional – problem solving oriented is the foundation of your professionalism.

Six ideas to add to your communication strengths include:

1. Meet all of your commitments.
2. Focus on facts; not on judgements or on opinions.
3. Accept any feedback graciously – always ask for facts; not judgements.
4. Treat feedback as a learning opportunity.
5. Skip sarcasm – it’s dirty fighting.
6. Skip defensiveness.

Our Toronto based Communication skills training workshop provides the communication skills for performing positively and clearly to enhance your career and personal success.

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Leadership – Build Patience –

Most leader want to be more patient!

Patience is not natural.  Waiting for outcomes as we experience the ever-accelerating speed of modern life is a challenge

Four ideas to increase your success with building your patience include:

1. Realize that there is always a learning opportunity if the give the process time..
2. Use any situations where you need to wait to build your patience… i.e. waiting in line or in traffic.
3. Fight against acting on impulse.
4. Practice by taking extra time even when you know you don’t need it.

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism

Leadership –

Network to promote yourself, your service or your product.

Seven ideas to increase your success with networking include:

1. Remember names by repeating a name when you’re introduced.
2. Ask questions about the challenges people face or the changes they’re experiencing.
3. Listen two times as much as you speak.
4. Circulate at a networking events.
5. Handout your business card.
6. Share relevant information whenever possible.
7. Ask people for their card.

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

Leadership –

Network to promote yourself, your service or your product.

Seven ideas to increase your success with networking include:

1. Remember names by repeating a name when you’re introduced.
2. Ask questions about the challenges people face or the changes they’re experiencing.
3. Listen two times as much as you speak.
4. Circulate at a networking events.
5. Handout your business card.
6. Share relevant information whenever possible.
7. Ask people for their card.

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

Project Management –

Success project management is not just about planning organization; it’s about follow through as well.

Seven ideas to add to your project management strengths include:

1. Document your progress and delays.
2. Document any changes to the original scope of the project.
3. Continually calculate risks.
4. Constantly adjust timelines, budget, and the scope statement.
5. Don’t let any “add-ons” take you away for your ability to meet the project goals.
6. Make sure you’ve planned for all the required deliverables.
7. Complete project evaluation when you’re finished to improve for the future.

Our project management skills training workshop provides the project management skills for effective project planning and control.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based project management skills training and other management courses and communication skills and leadership skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

Project Management –

Successful project management is not just about planning and organization; it’s about follow through as well.

Seven ideas to add to your project management strengths include:

1. Document your progress and delays.
2. Document any changes to the original scope of the project.
3. Continually calculate risks.
4. Constantly adjust timelines, budget, and the scope statement.
5. Don’t let any “add-ons” take you away for your ability to meet the project goals.
6. Make sure you’ve planned for all the required deliverables.
7. Complete project evaluation when you’re finished to improve for the future.

Our project management skills training workshop provides the project management skills for effective project planning and control.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based project management skills training and other management courses and communication skills and leadership skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.