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One Ingredient for Employee Engagement

20/12/2012 /

Randy Conley, Director of Client Services and Trust Practice Leader at The Ken Blanchard Companies, is deeply interested in making employees more engaged and interested in their work.

In his article The One Indispensable Ingredient for Employee Engagement published by http://switchandshift.com, Conley observes that there is an epidemic of workers who are uninterested and disengaged from the job they do.
There are many excellent strategies that deals with this challenge, but according to him only one strategy can be good: trust!

The TrustWorks! ABCD Model® provides that framework and illustrates the four elements of trust that leaders need to focus on building high-trust relationships:

  • Able – Demonstrate Competence
  • Believable – Act with integrity
  • Connected – Care about others
  • Dependable – Maintain Reliability

Read more on http://goo.gl/FKWlD

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Virtual learning

18/12/2012 /

Knowledge is power, but virtual learning is brilliant! Keep learning everyone.

This is the message that Janine N. Truitt, a human resources professional, conveys in her article “The Futurism of HR Technology: Virtual Learning” published on toolbox.com

Learning as we know it in HR (but not only) is rapidly changing.
Gone are the days of physically traveling to a venue to sit in a chair and hear a presentation.

Learning and training alike have gone virtual and there is no turning back.

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Negotiating skills

13/12/2012 /

What does it take to be a good negotiator? There are many skills involved in negotiations and they should all be considered by those involved in diplomatic negotiations.

In this illustration realized by Stefano Baldi on the basis of his experience in multilateral negotiations, it is possible to have an idea of the main skills that are required for a successful diplomatic negotiator.

Image source: Diplofoundation

Risk management

06/12/2012 /

The subject of the Diplocalendar 2012 for the month of December is Risk management.

If you don’t manage risk, risk will manage you and the odds are, that risk will win.

“Luck favours the prepared mind” (Louis Pasteur)

More inspiring subjects on Diplocalendar 2012 that explores in both a serious and lighthearted way, some elements of interpersonal relationships and management that can help in daily activities.

10 Leadership Practices to Stop Today

04/12/2012 /

If you want to be the best in your organization, you have to get rid of your outdated management style.

The old  command-and-control leadership is fading in favour of what might be better defined as trust-and-track method, where people are not just told what to do, but why they are doing it.

A culture of engagement leads to greater customer loyalty, and better financial success.

Paul Spiegelman, founder and CEO of BerylHealth, makes a list of  what is “in” and what is “out”

Here are some examples:

1. Out: Micro-management – In: Empowerment
2. Out: Management by walking around the office –  In: Leadership by watching and listening
3. Out: Pretending you know everything – In: Knowing your leadership team members and trusting them.

And many more…

Read this interesting out-in list at: http://bit.ly/RRGIWW

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Be all you can be!

29/11/2012 /

If you want to be successful in your life, your career and your business you should have a constant desire to learn and educate yourself. If you do this you will reach your goals and become a high achiever.

The book ‘ Maximising your potential’, downloadable for free at Bookboon.com, will guide you on your own self-development through life.  It will show you  how to become an effective person at work by learning how to discover and develop your own unique potential.

      Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals.

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