“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
― Nelson Mandela
![Image source: South Africa The Good News / www.sagoodnews.co.za [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ANelson_Mandela-2008_(edit).jpg)
Image source: South Africa The Good News / www.sagoodnews.co.za [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Author: admin (Page 64 of 82)
The theme of Diplocalendar 2013 was inspired by Mark Twain’s quotation that: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them”.
Diplomats, like many other professionals, must read, understand, synthesise and make sense of newspapers, magazines, emails, official reports and so many other things related to their daily work. But there is so much else to read both for pleasure and to deepen our knowledge.
One of the selected book suggested that supports professional development and is relevant to management in diplomacy is the classic C. Northcote Parkinson‘s Parkinson’s Law
Jason Fried explains what we all experience in the office
Working in the office? Not anymore, not like before.
Having a bad day? Do you need a bit of encouragement to move through it? One of the best things you can do is writing some simple sentences down and keep them in mind!
Here it is a quote by Lifehack that could inspire you:
If you want to read 12 more quotations, take a look at http://bit.ly/16RsZK4
Image source: Lifehack
English is the most widely-spoken language in the world and is currently an official language in 88 sovereign states and territories; it therefore follows that it has many different versions and standards.
However, over the years, the European institutions have developed a vocabulary that differs from that of any recognised form of English. The problem with these words is that when people use them with the wrong meaning or in the wrong context, they are usually unaware that they are doing so.
Consult the list drawn by the Court of Auditors which aims at giving some guidelines for a proper use of English.
Image Source – Wikimedia commons
_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg){kind=link}
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.
Woodrow Wilson
As quoted in The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917–1923 (1946) by Josephus Daniels, p. 624.
Image source: Flickr by purplemattfish
The manual Excel 2010 Advanced, downloadable for free at Bookboon.com, concerns the spreadsheet software in the new Microsoft 2010 Office Suite. Excel allows you to store, manipulate and analyze data in organized workbooks for home and business tasks.
Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals.
Communication is the real work of leadership
It is a hard work communicating efficiently and even more when the goal one is trying to achieve is to look and be a leader.
Here are the 10 tips that Forbes has decided to share with us in order to become great (communication) leaders:
- Speak not with a forked tongue;
- Get personal;
- Get specific;
- Focus on the leave-behinds not the take-aways;
- Have an open mind;
- Shut-up and listen;
- Replace ego with empathy;
- Read between the lines;
- When you speak, know what you’re talking about;
- Speak to groups as individuals;
*Bonus: Be prepared to change the message if needed!
Read more on: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/04/04/10-communication-secrets-of-great-leaders/
Imagine source: http://yoacblog.com/?p=1504
Diplomats, like many other professionals, must read, understand, synthesise and make sense of newspapers, magazines, emails, official reports and so many other things related to their daily work. But there is so much else to read both for pleasure and to deepen our knowledge.
The selected book suggested for the month of September that supports professional development and is relevant to management in diplomacy is the classic J. Lynne and A. Jay‘s Yes Minister related to the famous BBC sitcom series
The theme of Diplocalendar 2013 was inspired by Mark Twain’s quotation that: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them”.
“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”
Image source: http://bit.ly/SuungS
Recent Comments