Tips of the week

Introducing Change –

The natural response to change is resistance. Introduce change by anticipating resistance. Formulate way to overcome it.

Eight ideas to increase success include:

1. Involve people in the planning process as soon as possible.  Participation leads to commitment.
2. Explain the change and why it’s necessary.
3. Highlight the benefits of the change to the individual(s).
4. Show how the change will affect the individual(s).
5. Share the careful considerations you have made before making the decision..
6. Ask for their concerns first.
7. Ask for their questions second.
8. Ask for support, i.e. “Can I count on you to make this change?”

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Communication Skills – Listening –

Develop your listening ability.

Four tips to becoming a “better listener.”

1. Maintain eye contact.
2. Give full attention to the speaker.
3. Keep your posture straight; it sends the message that you’re focused;
4. Encourage the speaker by using. e.g.: “I see” “Tell me more” “That’s interesting” “Then what?” “Please go on.”

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Leadership –

Develop your patience. Patience always leads to better relationships.

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

1. Ask yourself… is impatience in your best interest?
2. Remind yourself how important respect and tolerance to your goals.
3. Visualize yourself acting and re-acting with patience.
4. Use positive self-talk.  “I’m working on increasing my patience.

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Meeting Management – Leadership Skills –

Here are some strategies to become highly effective in managing meetings.

Three ideas to increase success include:

1. Use an agenda that includes the outcome, i.e. for approval, for discussion, for information etc.
2. Indicate a time frame for each item on the agenda.
3. Start and end your meetings on time.

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Leadership – Inspire Others –

Help others to achieve their goals.

Four ideas to increase your success with influencing others:

1. Help people see the benefit of the their actions.
2. Demonstrate interest in the other person’s continuing development
3. Provide approval, support and recognition.
4. Follow up on goals and accomplishments each month or each quarter.

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Leadership – Motivating Others –

Leadership means getting work done through others. Creating motivational interactions is the key to success.

Six ideas to increase your success with motivating others include:

1. Provide positive feedback every day.
2. When tweaking performance, focus on what needs to change in the future.
3. Rely on facts, skip judgmental comments.
4. Be very specific; no generalizations.
5. Be willing to change your evaluation based on their explanations.
6. Encourage fun!

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Leadership Skills –

Be an inspirational leader – work continuously at improving your skills

Six ideas to increase your success with leading others include:

1. Follow through on commitments or promises that you make.
2. Credit your peoples’ efforts;
3. Celebrate your peoples’ achievements
4. Acknowledge your peoples’ effort.
5. Never make positive feedback the warm up to negative feedback.
6. Focus on the future to ensure you’re providing feedback as opposed to criticism.

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Time Management – Increasing Your Productivity –

Stay focused to save time and maintain the quality of work! The following questions will help you identify where you should be focusing your attention.

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

1. Connect with anyone you need information from immediately.
2. Schedule meetings that are essential
3. Identify any meetings you can skip.
4. Enlist people you need on your team as soon as possible.

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Motivating Others –

Create a motivational climate by allowing building others self-esteem.

Three ideas to increase your success with motivating by others include:

1. Give choices whenever possible. For example:

• on activities to accomplish a goal
• on the order of actions
• on the deadline
• on the time line
• on the team members

2. Ask open questions as opposed to directive questions… allowing others to suggest the solutions.
3. Demonstrate that you are open-minded…. receptive to new ideas and approaches.

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