| The Importance of Team Building Exercises for Small Business by John Mce |
| Team building exercises have long been established as an essential part of team development among large organisations however for small businesses who often overlook these for financial reasons may in fact get the most benefit. |
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| Leadership Skills: How to Be a Successful Communicator by Jacqueline Moore |
| How you pass on information can significantly affect what happens next. If you want people to act on your information, you need to make sure they understand it. And that's not as simple as it sounds. |
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| Two Essential Leadership Strategies for Changing Company Culture by Jacqueline Moore |
| We can learn some interesting lessons about how to change corporate culture from what the big banks are doing in response to the global credit cruch and financial scandals |
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| All Opentaps Open Source Erp by Patricia Stevens |
| What is the difference between ERP and PO decisions and which one is preferable? |
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| Seven Tips for Becoming a Better Leader by Steven Sonsino |
| You won't become a better leaders simply by reading about it: you need to practise what you learn. |
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| Public Speaking - Let's Get Physical by J. Douglas Jefferys |
Passion
Although developing proper eye-contact technique and learning how and when to pause are absolutely essential to acquiring "The Skills" - you're not finished yet The last element involves adding the emotional to the mechanical |
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| Public Speaking - Lock, Talk & Pause by J. Douglas Jefferys |
| The process that sets you on your way to speaking like the best speakers in the world, speakers who possess The Skills, goes like this: You find a target in your audience and you lock eyeballs You deliver a complete thought to that one person, and then you do the hardest part, you pause |
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| Public Speaking – Owning “The Skills” Part II by J. Douglas Jefferys |
| In order to present at the top, in order to acquire The Skills, you must remember three rules that govern everything you do whilst presenting They're really quite simple, but sometimes it’s easy to forget the simple things, and these rules must remain in the forefront of your consciousness at all times |
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| Public Speaking – Owning “The Skills” by J. Douglas Jefferys |
| People who get paid well to speak all share one of two traits: either they're famous, or they own "The Skills" To be able to move people who don't know you as a celebrity of some sort, you must know how to keep your audience focused on you and your message, and how to keep them on the same page, on the same wavelength, every step of the way |
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| Public Speaking - Masters of the Pause Part II by J. Douglas Jefferys |
An Inconvenient Speaker
We have made the claim many times that Bill Clinton is the Master of the Pause In fact, we have said that it is exactly this mastery that causes more people in polls to name the former president as the greatest living public speaker hands down |
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| Public Speaking - Learning to Say, "I Don't Care!" by J. Douglas Jefferys |
| Early in the movie, The Fugitive, Officer Gerard catches up with Dr Kimball near the outlet of a high dam |
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| Public Speaking - One Person, One Thought, One Pause by J. Douglas Jefferys |
Perhaps the most difficult thing for speaker to learn is knowing when and where to stop speaking
When you pause, you establish the pace from the beginning of your talk |
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| Presentation Skills - Three Points and Your Out! by J. Douglas Jefferys |
Organizing Your Presentation
Before organizing your presentation keep reminding yourself that Less is More Also consider that most presentations have far too many concepts, and the concepts far too many details |
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| Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part IV by J. Douglas Jefferys |
| In Part III we discussed the four different types of evidence you can use: Personal, Statistics, Example, and Analogy Each has its good points, and the type of evidence you choose will depend on both your topic and your audience |
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| Compensate to Motivate Your Sales Team by Lee Salz |
| Channeling the energy of a sales team can be challenging. How you compensate them determines where they invest their time and the results you get. |
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| Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part III by J. Douglas Jefferys |
| In Part III we discussed the importance of making sure that you tell your audience what your solution or recommendation is immediately after announcing the problem or opportunity at hand Audiences absolutely need to know where you’re going from the beginning in order to put into proper perspective the evidence you unfold |
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| Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part II by J. Douglas Jefferys |
Opening with a “Bang”
You’ve got at most 30 seconds to give your audience a compelling reason to sit up and listen to what you’ve got to say, or you’ve lost them to their Blackberries or Suduko Now that they’re listening, you’ve got to structure what you’re going to say in a way that makes for the easiest possible path for them to follow |
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| Presentation Skills - Organization is Key Part I by J. Douglas Jefferys |
| We begin with Part I of a 4-part series on organizing the sequence of your presentation so that your information creates maximum impact on the audience Getting off the right start is absolutely critical |
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| The Number One Failing of Really Useless Leaders by Steven Sonsino |
| Leaders shouldn't hope to get better by looking at inspirational leaders such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa. We can learn far more from assessing the damage done by bad leaders. |
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| Two Serious Failings of Really Useless Leaders by Steven Sonsino |
| Poor business leaders fail to recognize the importance of emotion and explanation in the workplace |
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| Leadership... It's Not Just For Managers by Lee Salz |
| People are often told to "be a leader," but what does that mean? How do people know how to act as a leader when no one defines it for them? There is a simple mantra that defines leadership. |
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| Are You the Worst Leader in the World? by Steven Sonsino |
| The biggest single hurdle preventing employees from increasing their performance is their bosses. |
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| Three Steps to Unleashing Your Team's Potential by Steven Sonsino |
| Most people could perform at a much higher level than they do if their boss created a suitable environment for them to flourish in. In many instances, it's the boss who is holding the team back by trying to control it too closely. |
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| The Ultimate Leadership Strategy by Steven Sonsino |
| Most executives know they should put poeple first. So why don't they? |
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| How to Learn from Your Leadership Mistakes by Steven Sonsino |
| Success can stop you learning, but mistakes can kickstart change. |
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