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Your problem-solving skills contribute to you leadership strength!

Ten ideas to increase your success in problem-solving include:

1. Word the problem in the form of several different questions.
2. Decide what facts you use to make the decision?
3. Ask yourself what the solution look like.
4. Ask yourself what  concerns will you have resolved.
5. Ask yourself what factors you need to consider.
6. Identify the causes of the problem.
7. Generate many possible solutions to each of the causes.
8. Select the best possible solutions
9. Compare your choices to your solution criteria.
10. Follow-up to determine your success of your problem-solving process.

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Change is inevitable!

Five ideas to help you move from your reality to a new reality.

1. See change as positive.
2. See change as an opportunity.
3. See the benefits of change.
4. Look  for the hidden value.
5. Work to make change successful.

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The reason to questions in addition to learning, is to engage, to build commitment and to empower.

 Ten ideas to increase your success in asking questions include:

1. Record information provided;
2. Accept that notes are better than memory
3. Phrase questions you pose positively.
4. Ask: “How can I help? ”
5. Ask: “What would you do?”
6. Ask: What would a calm person do?
7. Ask: What would a professional do?
8. Ask: “What do you think we should do?”
9. Ask: “What is our competition doing?”
10. Ask: “How can we do it better?”

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Practice crisis prevention by identifying and completing highest priority tasks.

Seven ideas to increase your success in dealing with crisis include:

1. Focus on staying in control.
2. Identity possible solutions, time frames, resources, impact, and responsibilities.
3. Consider innovative solutions.
4. Include everyone impacted generate possible solutions.
5. Delegate whatever you can.
6. Stay on top of any additional ‘A” priorities
7. Develop plans & strategies to prevent the same situation from happening again.

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A specific problem-solving structure will improve the quality of your decisions.

Seven ideas to increase your success in problem-solving include:

1. Start with stating the issue in the form of a question.
2. Identify the following; On what basis will you make the decision? What will the solution look like?  What concerns will you have considered?  What factors need to be addressed?
3. Uncover all of the causes of the problem.
4. Generate possible solutions.
5. Pinpoint the best solution(s) using the solution questions identified in step 2.
6. Implement
7. Evaluate to confirm the success of your process.

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

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In addition to gaining information which in turn leads to power, ask questions to show interest and or concern.

Six ideas to increase your ability to ask questions include:

1. Keep your questions short and simple – 10 words or less
2. Ask one question at a time.
3. Ask at the right time,
4. Ask in the right way.
5. Ask the right person.
6. Start with a question to generate information.  i.e. “Tell me about…?” or How…? or What…?

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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One of the most respected leadership skills is the ability to make decisions!

Six ideas to increase your success in decision-making include:

1. Get used to making some decisions without all the information.
2. Learn from any mistakes.
3. Refrain from overthinking.
4. Ask yourself, What’s the dollar value of the decision?
5. Set a time limit to consider solutions; then make a decision.
6. Once you’ve decided move forward.

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Stop encouraging interruptions!

Three ideas to increase your success in reducing invitations to interrupt you include:

1. Stop telling people how you are in great detail.
2. Never say – “call any time”
3. Tell people you’re pressed for time.

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Positive feedback helps others feel good about themselves and boosts productivity.

Six ideas to increase your success in complimenting people include:

1. Be specific. “Great” is not as effective as a statement like “I appreciate that your reports are always on time.”
2. Be real. Compliment only when it’s really earned.
3. Be frequent. Make positive feedback a priority
4. Be daily. Look for opportunities to compliment.
5. Be singular. One compliment at a time.
6. Be sincere. Avoid complimenting before you ask for something.

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Not everything a priority!  Tasks compete for your attention; effectively identifying your priorities will move you focusing on the essentials.

Seven ideas to increase your success in focusing on priorities include:

1. Every task/assignment needs a specific deadline.
2. Identify the start time to meet your deadline and then add a buffer.
3. Add a longer buffer for critical and/or time-sensitive tasks.
4. If a really has no specific deadline move out of sight. (these C priorities and may never get completed)
5. Only tasks that have to be completed today are your “A” priorities”.
6. Organize the tasks that need to be started on another day in order of when they need to be started.
7. Finish all your “A’s” before you consider starting 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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