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Leadership – Networking

Value and build your network.

Six ideas to increase your success with networking include:

  1. Record the details of people you meet.
  2. Contact people you meet within 24 hours.
  3. Add value by providing information or a contact.
  4. Try to set up a second meeting if they have potential value to you.
  5. Forward a link about a subject of interest to them.
  6. Takes time to invest in building a relationship.
  7. Build trust as you continue the connection.

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2020-06-10T16:20:24-04:00June 29th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Time Management – Productivity

Increase your attention, your productivity and value.

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

  1. Figure out what needs to be done before getting started.
  2. Determine when something needs to be done, if not today, schedule it.
  3. Create action plans for each day, week and month.
  4. Practice being decisiveness.

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2020-06-10T16:17:23-04:00June 26th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Professionalism

Professionalism

Part of professionalism is communicating both unemotionally and with a problem-solving focus.

Six ideas to add to your professional strengths include:

  1. Without fail, meet every commitment you make.
  2. Focus on facts; never on judgements
  3. Accept feedback graciously –ask for facts; ignore judgements.
  4. Treat feedback as a learning opportunity.
  5. Skip sarcasm – it’s dirty fighting.
  6. Remember that defensiveness can be an automatic mechanism.

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2020-06-10T16:15:56-04:00June 22nd, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership – Increasing Patience

 With the ever-increasing speed of our society, patience is an challenge. It needs to be developed and nurtured.

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

  1. Recognize developing patience as a learning opportunity.
  2. See waiting time as an chance to practice building your patience.
  3. Respond only after stretching the time you think you need to respond.
  4. Avoid the impulse to act quickly other than in emergencies.
  5. Take additional time.

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2020-06-10T16:09:40-04:00June 18th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership

Promote yourself, your service or your product!

Eight ideas to increase your success with networking include:

  1. Remember names by repeating them when you’re introduced.
  2. Ask questions about changes people are experiencing.
  3. Ask questions about challenges people are experiencing.
  4. Ask questions about successes people are experiencing.
  5. Listen more than you speak.
  6. Mingle at conferences, meeting, events.
  7. Exchange business cards.
  8. Follow- up by sharing relevant information.

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2020-06-10T16:06:31-04:00June 15th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Communications – Questions

Questions work wonders

Five ideas to add to your questioning strengths include:

  1. Use the rhetorical questions to engage people… it get them thinking without answering.
  2. People have an automatic response to questions so use questions to collaborate.
  3. Use questions to check your understanding.
  4. Use questions to clarify.
  5. Use question to confirm.

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2020-06-10T16:34:47-04:00June 11th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Project Management

Following through is just as important as planning and organizing!

Eight ideas to add to your project management strengths include:

  1. Monitor both progress and delays.
  2. Always consider how delays will impact on the timelines… are they critical?
  3. Record changes to the original scope of the project.
  4. Calculate risks of any delays and changes..
  5. Only adjust timelines, budget, and the scope statement with the necessary approvals.
  6. Don’t let additions take you away from your ability to meet the project goals.
  7. Make sure you’ve included plans for all the deliverables.
  8. End with an evaluation and implement improvements for the future.

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2020-06-10T16:07:25-04:00June 10th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Supervisor Skills

Great supervisors recognize the importance of continuously their skills!

Five ideas to increase your success with leading others include:

  1. Commit to your own self development .
  2. Grow as both a leader and a person.
  3. Focus on intent as well as communication.
  4. Pay attention to feelings as well as ideas.
  5. Be authentic.  Sincerity speaks volumes!

 

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2020-05-27T15:21:26-04:00June 1st, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Project Management

The effectiveness of your project plan determines the success of your project.

Five ideas to add to your project management strengths include:

  1. Involve the key players early.
  2. Use ability to contribute rather than availability as the criteria for your project team.
  3. Continually communicate with all team the members regarding priorities, deadlines, budgets.
  4. Stay focused on the key project activities, deadlines and costs.
  5. Keep the team updated on both the progress and delays.

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2020-05-27T15:19:39-04:00May 28th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Communication Skills

Be respectful!

Six ideas to add to your communication strengths include:

  1. Follow up regularly.
  2. Deal with facts not opinions or judgements.
  3. Accept well intended feedback graciously.
  4. Speak like a professional; without emotion.
  5. Eliminate sarcasm.
  6. Avoid 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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2020-05-27T15:18:17-04:00May 28th, 2020|Tips of the week|0 Comments