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Communication Skills – Listening

Improve your success by improving your listening skills!

Five ways to listener more effectively include:

  1. Look at the person speaking.
  2. Pay attention; dismiss distractions.
  3. Practice good posture to stay engaged;
  4. Encourage the speaker by saying: “I see”, “That’s interesting”, “Right”
  5. Appreciate the speaker by asking for more information. Say “Tell me more”, “Then what?” “Please go on.”

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

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2021-10-05T15:54:33-04:00October 18th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Dealing With Difficult People

Don’t escalate conflict.

Seven ideas to increase success with Dealing With Difficult People include:

  1. Forget the negative experience quickly.
  2. Focus on what makes you happy.
  3. Let happiness come from inside, not from others.
  4. Ensure rest, nutrition and physical strength to handle challenges.
  5. Interact with positive people and experiences
  6. Focus on facts.
  7. Forgive everything!

Our Toronto based Dealing with Difficult People skills training workshop and our Developing Emotional Intelligence skills training workshop provide the skills to master challenging situations.

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2021-10-05T15:53:26-04:00October 14th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Emotional Intelligence

Don’t get sucked in to negativity.

Six ideas to increase success with emotional intelligence include:

  1. Limit time spent with difficult people.
  2. Maintain physical and emotional distance from challenging people.
  3. Maintain emotional distance from problems by considering the bigger picture.
  4. Focus on solving problems for the future not blaming for the past.
  5. Be open to learning from every experience.
  6. Turn a negative response to a positive response.

Our Toronto based Dealing with Difficult People skills training workshop and our Developing Emotional Intelligence skills training workshop provide the skills to master challenging situations.

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2021-10-05T15:51:35-04:00October 12th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership

Patience is beyond a virtue!

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

  1. Remember that impatience is not in your best interest.
  2. Remember that respect and tolerance are key to accomplishing your goals.
  3. Visualize yourself acting and re-acting with patience.
  4. Repeat the following to yourself frequently; “I’m working on increasing my patience.

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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2021-09-29T14:48:30-04:00October 7th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Meeting Management – Leadership Skills

Effective meetings are dependent on effective meeting management.

Three ideas to increase success include:

  1. Use an agenda that includes the purpose of the item.  Is it for approval, discussion, or information etc.
  2. Indicate the amount of time required for each item on the agenda.
  3. Begin and end the meeting on time.

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.

 

2021-09-29T14:44:57-04:00October 4th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership – Inspire Others

Help others reach their goals.

Four ideas to increase your success with influencing others:

  1. Help people to see the value of their actions.
  2. Show interest in other people’s development.
  3. Support and recognize accomplishments and contributions.
  4. Discuss goals each month or each quarter.

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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2021-09-21T18:21:02-04:00September 30th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership – Motivating Others

A motivational climate is key to getting work done through others.

Six ideas to increase your success with motivating others include:

  1. Provide positive feedback to each person every day.
  2. Focus on the future whenever you share what needs to change.
  3. Share only facts, eliminate judgmental comments.
  4. Be specific; use exact numbers, percentages, dates, times.
  5. Be open to change.
  6. Encourage social interaction among others!

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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2021-09-21T18:16:15-04:00September 27th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership Skills

When you practice continuous improvement you inspire others.

Six ideas to increase your success with leading others include:

  1. Meet every commitment and promises you make.
  2. Appreciate your other people’s contributions to any project.
  3. Celebrate achievements.
  4. Value everyone.
  5. Give positive feedback frequently.
  6. Focus on the future.

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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2021-09-13T16:47:35-04:00September 23rd, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Time Management – Increasing Your Productivity

Save time and increase the quality of your work by staying focused!

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

  1. Request information you need right away to avoid delays.
  2. Only participate in essential meetings.
  3. Finish A priorities before thinking about a B.

Our Toronto based time management skills training workshop provides the time management skills essential zero in on the areas that will provide the greatest return.  Participants develop the methods to step out of the states of overwhelm, frustration, disorder, anxiety and lack of control into the state of mastery and satisfaction.

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2021-09-13T16:44:07-04:00September 20th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Motivating Others

Higher self-esteem results in higher productivity!

Three ideas to increase your success in motivating others include:

  1. Provide options.
  2. Invite solutions instead of telling people what to do.
  3. Consider new ideas and approaches.

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.

2021-09-09T14:52:26-04:00September 16th, 2021|Tips of the week|0 Comments