Get your brain in motion
Microsoft Word is one of the most famous and used wordprocessors.
The manuals Word 2010 Introduction, Advanced part 1, Advanced part 2 free downloadable at Bookboon.com, are divided into sections and they will help you to know more about this application and to use it better.
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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.
The selected book suggested for the month of April that supports professional development and is relevant to management in diplomacy is John Medina’s Brain Rules
You might be around people who could be ideal for your life, or who know someone who could be important.
This book, Networking, free downloadable at Bookboon.com, is filled with good advice and tools that will rapidly give you a professional networking mind.
Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals.
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.
The selected book suggested for the month of March that supports professional development and is relevant to management in diplomacy is Edward De Bono’s Thinking Course
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tion and Istituto Diplomatico of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have published Twitter for Diplomats by Andreas Sandre (@andreas212nyc).
It is the first publication in a series designed to analyse how social media diplomacy helps create – and maintain – a true conversation between policymakers and citizens, between diplomats and foreign public.
The book is not a technical manual, or a list of what to do and not to do. It is rather a collection of information, anecdotes, and experiences. It recounts episodes involving foreign ministers and ambassadors, as well as their ways of interacting with the tool and exploring its great potential. It wants to inspire ambassadors and diplomats to open and nurture their Twitter accounts – and to inspire all of us to use Twitter to better listen and open our minds.
‘Social media exposes foreign policymakers to global audiences while at the same time allowing governments to reach them instantly,’ explains Italy’s Foreign Minister, GiulioTerzi (@GiulioTerzi) in his preface to the book. ‘Twitter has two big positive effects on foreign policy: it fosters a beneficial exchange of ideas between policymakers and civil society and enhances diplomats’ ability to gather information and to anticipate, analyze, manage, and react to events.’
Twitter for diplomats is a practical and engaging guide for making the work of diplomats more effective and impactful. You can consult the online version from Diplo’s publication site or you can download it here. Read Andreas Sandre’s post about the publication. For information about the printed version please write to diplobooks@diplomacy.edu.
To motivate yourself and others is a crucial skill to get results.
The ebook ‘How to improve motivation’, downloadable for free at Bookboon.com, describes the steps that you can take to fight low morale and increase motivation at work.
Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals
J. Adair , a British academic who is a leadership theorist, describes a team as “a group in which individuals share a common aim and in which the jobs and skills of each member fit in with those of the others”.
So, how do you build a high performance team?
‘Teambuilding’ written by Eric Garner, downloadable for free at Bookboon.com, provides some advices to transform a group of people into a winning team.
Acknowledging , appreciating, accepting , are the 3 A’s features of great teams and stand in contrast to the 3 C’s of poor teams : Criticising, Complaining, Condemning.
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Who Moved My Cheese? is the best-selling business book of all time.
It reveals profound truths about change that give people and organizations a quick and easy way to succeed in changing times.
Here there are some quotes you can find in this book:
“The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese”.
“See what you’re doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better”.
” The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists”
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Spencer Johnson, the first Medical Director of Communications for Medtronic, is one of the world’s most influential thinkers.
His eleven international bestselling books include Who Moved My Cheese?® An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change, and The One Minute Manager®, co-authored with Ken Blanchard, the world’s most popular management method for more than two decades.
How many times have you found yourself in a difficult conversation with your superior, with a colleague of yours or more simply with your spouse and friends? Learning how to turn a difficult conversation into a constructive one is key to improving the relationship with your counterpart as well as to achieving the goals and interests underpinning that relationship. This is especially important for diplomats who are confronted on a daily basis with tough negotiations. Here are some tips taken from the book “Difficult Conversations” written by Stone, Patton and Heen.
Their analysis is based on the assumption that each difficult conversation is really three conversations:
1) the “What Happened?” Conversation: most difficult conversations involve disagreement about what has happened or what should happen: instead of persuading your counterpart that you are right, explore each other’s stories since likely there are important things that each of you doesn’t know;
2) the Feelings Conversation: every difficult conversation also asks and answers questions about feelings: instead of avoiding to talk about feelings, address and acknowledge them before problem-solving;
3) the Identity Conversation: every difficult conversation threatens the identity of the parties: instead of protecting your all-or-nothing self-image (e.g.: I’m competent or incompetent, good or bad, lovable or unlovable), understand the identity issues on the line for both of you and build a more complex self-image.
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Leaders’ personal attitudes and actions influence people around them. They need to be credible with their direct reports. Why should anyone follow an instruction that the instructor is not following himself?
Peter Thatcher’s ‘Leading by example’ , you can download for free at Bookboon.com, provides some suggestions about how to be a good leader behaving with integrity and respect.
Bookboon provides a collection of valuable free ebooks for professionals.
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