Tips of the week

Leadership – Increasing Team Cooperation –

Build your organization by using effective teams.  Creating team spirit, encouraging a cooperative climate and channeling effort are essential to increasing productivity and obtaining success.

Three ideas to increase success with team cooperation include:

1. Recognize the problems facing team members in order to aid them in making their maximum contribution. Discuss these issues openly in team meetings.
2. Watch for how team members treat each other.  Respect is the foundation for effective communication.
3.  Apply problem solving models to help the team deal with issues and concerns.

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Project Management Skills –

Using a systematic approach is key to achieving goals with respect to project schedules and budgets.

Two ideas to increase success with projects include knowing that:

1. Each project needs a project sponsor. Do not begin until there is someone who is responsible for:
   • Approving the team and defining the responsibilities
   • Providing information and resources
   • Clarifying critical issues
   • Acting as key communication link between departments

2. Each project needs a clear statement of the expected outcomes, the approach, the timelines and the budget.  Do not commence any activities related to completing a project until the initial planning process has provided a statement that has the sponsor’s approval.

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Leadership – Increasing Team Cooperation –

Productivity and success are built with effective teams! Instill team spirit; create a cooperative climate; channel group effort to ensure a winning organization.

Three ideas to increase success with team cooperation include:

1. Make sure that team members understand the total problem.
2. Make sure that team members understand how they can contribute toward solving the problem.
3. Make sure that team members are aware of the potential contributions of the other project team members.

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Negotiating Skills –

Much of what you do is the result of negotiation.

Four ideas to increase negotiating success include:

1. Know “when to fold ‘em” i.e. when to walk away… set specific limits. It’s OK to say, “That’s more than I‘m prepared to do.” or “That’s more than I‘m prepared to spend.”
2. Use silence as a technique to gain more information and more power.  The other person will fill the silence with information that will be potentially useful to you.
3. Think of compromise …the 50/50 split, as your secondary strategy.  A collaborative effort where you both uncover common ground and mutual benefits is the best approach and will produce a better outcome for both of you.
4. Ask questions like:

• What will it take to close this deal?
• What will it take to resolve this conflict?
• What will it take to earn your trust?
• What will it take to satisfy you?
• What will it take to fix this?

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Leadership Skills – Providing Feedback –

By providing helpful feedback, you can accomplish five important goals:

1. Provide recognition
2. Provide support
3. Increase morale
4. Boost motivation
5. Fix performance problems

Feedback let’s people know, how they’re doing.   It doesn’t require any complicated forms; it simply shows that you’re there to help.

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