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Leadership – Networking  – Tips of the Week  (Part I)

Learning to mingle and to follow-up with business contacts could be the best thing you can do to promote yourself, your service or your product.

Eight ideas to increase your success with networking include:

1. Identify the type of person you want to meet; i.e. the purchasing officer.
2. Identify where you would likely encounter them; i.e. what associations would they belong to?  What conferences meetings or trade shows would they attend?
3. Create an objective around how many of these types of encounters you will need to attend in a week, month or year.
4. Review the list of attendees before an encounter so you can search for the people you want to talk to.
5. Be prepared with business cards, a pen, a notebook and a smile.
6. Arrive early so you can start networking when the group is small and less intimidating.
7. Approach people who are standing by themselves.
8. Shake hands.   Introduce yourself in 30 seconds or less. Describe the service you provide to your clients in one or two sentences.

Meeting Minutes – Tip of the Day

Know the purpose of each agenda item. i.e. for discussion, for decision, for information, etc.

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Business Writing Skills – Tip of the Day

Start with the purpose of writing in the first sentence.  End with a conclusion, a request for action, a restatement of the deadline or contact information.

Our Toronto based business writing skills workshop provides strategies and techniques to sharpen your business writing skills.

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Communication Skills – Tip of the Day

When problems arise, ask yourself the following three questions: “What’s the problem?” “What am I doing—or not doing—to contribute to the problem?” “What do I need to do to help solve the problem?”

Our communication skills training program  provides the communication skills for performing positively and clearly to enhance your career and personal success.

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Leadership – Supervisor – Tip of the Day

• Be equitable with each of your reports in terms of attention, delegation and social interaction. Treat all member of your team fairly and respectfully. While you may have more in common with some people, you need to avoid even the slightest perception of favouritism.

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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Project Management – Tips of the Week

We need to value and find ways to implement the art of continuous improvement.

Eight questions to ask yourself after completing an assignment or project include:

1. What can I learn from this experience?
2. What technology would assist me in the future?
3. How do I need to alter future time lines?
4. What budget considerations should I make in the future?
5. What lessons can I learn from internal or external suppliers or customers?
6. What could I do differently next time?
7. What recommendations would my superior make?
8. What strategy could assist me in the future?

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

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Time Management – Tip of the Day

Eliminate a sheet of paper “TO-DO” list or post-it notes strategically placed.

Keep track required actions, projects to start, calls and emails to initiate on a specific day in your electronic or manual calendar.

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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Between email, mail, faxes internal memos and telephone calls the amount of information presented to you each day can be a burden.

Project Management Training – Tip of the Day  

Before you ever start implementing actions make sure that it the project has a solid foundation.   You need buy-in from the key stakeholder(s), known as the Project Sponsor(s).  Understand interests, expectations and evaluation criteria.

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

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Assertiveness Training – Tip of the Day

The way you stand and your facial expression speaks volumes. Keep your shoulders squared, your head straight and your chin up. Avoid fidgeting or covering your mouth when you speak. Look people in the eye.

Our Toronto based assertiveness skills training workshop provides the assertiveness skills essential to getting your ideas, plans and feelings across with confidence and conviction.

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Meeting Minutes – Tip of the Day

–Write formal minutes in complete sentences.

• use simple words
• use past tense
• use the third person

Our Toronto based meeting minutes skills training workshop provides strategies and techniques to sharpen your minute taking writing skills.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based meeting minutes skills course and other writing skills programs and workshops can help you build your professionalism.