Tips of the week

Communication Skills – Listening –

Develop your communication skills by developing your listening effectiveness.

Three tips to becoming a “good listener.”

1. Maintain eye contact. Give full attention to the speaker visually.
2. Keep your posture upright it sends the message that you’re alert;
3. Give the speaker verbal cues, known as probes to encourage them to say more. e.g.: “I see” “Tell me more” “That’s interesting” “Then what?” “Please go on.”

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Leadership – Meeting Management –

Introduce strategies to become more effective in managing meetings.

Three ideas to increase success include:

1. Create an agenda that includes the outcome, i.e. for approval, for discussion, for information etc.
2. Establish a time frame for each item on the agenda.
3. Show respect by starting and ending meetings on time.

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Leadership – Inspire Others – 

We all need help us along the way.

Four ideas to increase your success with inspiring others:

1. Identify a benefit to the other person.
2. Show interest in the other person’s development
3. Give recognition, support & approval.
4. Follow up monthly on goals and accomplishments.

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Leadership – Motivating Others –

Leading requires practicing skills and strategies to motivate others.

Six ideas to increase your success with motivating others include:

1. Provide lots of positive feedback
2. Provide corrective feedback focusing on what needs to be done in the future.
3. Stick to facts, not judgments.
4. Be specific; avoid any generalizations.
5. Be willing to change your own thinking based on explanations provided.
6. Remember people work best in a climate where fun is encouraged.

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Leadership Skills –

Be an outstanding leader – continuously work at improving your skills

Three ideas to increase your success with leading others include:

1. Follow through on any promises or commitments you make.
2. Recognize your peoples’ contributions; celebrate their achievements; acknowledge their effort.
3. Provide positive and negative feedback separately otherwise positive feedback may only be perceived as “the warm up”.

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Time Management – Increasing Your Productivity –

Distraction reduces productivity. Staying focused saves time and improves quality! 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. Recognize who you need to connect with and then do it.
2. Identify which meetings are essential and which you can skip.
3. Identify who needs to be on your team and enlist them.

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Motivating Others –

The goal is to create a motivational climate. Allowing others to have control creates an environment that builds 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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Supervisor Skills –

Getting work done through your support team requires special skills.

Four ideas to increase your success with supervising others include:

1. Create complete jobs fostering a sense of ownership from the start to the finish.
2. Give as much information and direction whenever you delegate tasks.
3. Convince others change by providing benefits; demanding change will possibly lead to sabotage.
4. Encourage people to find their own solutions by posing effective questions.

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Leadership –

Remaining calm is an essential leadership skill.

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

1. Take time to get perspective; consider the big picture.
2. Deal with facts as opposed to what “could happen”.
3. Avoid adopting the habits of impatient people who are around you.

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Leadership –

Increase your network.

Five ideas to increase your success with networking include:

1. Set up a system to manage the details of the people you meet.
2. Follow up within 24 hours of meeting.  Call or write.  Refer to something they said.
3. Arrange a meeting if they have potential to be of value to you.
4. Send them an article about an interest they expressed.
5. When building a relationship; recognize that it takes time and will need many contacts as you build trust.

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