Get your brain in motion
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
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Author: Umberto Boeri
In an increasingly competitive global environment, doing more with less has become a mantra in many organizations. However, this expression evokes skepticism since it often implies that the management is raising the bar on goals and expectations while spending less money.
For valuable and motivated employees this could be frustrating. Managers should focus on those who want to give their best, but cannot because of organizational barriers. They should shift the focus from what employees have to do in order to do more with less to how leaders need to respond.
There are at least four ways to increase productivity even with resource constraints:
1. Specify “must-win” battles
2. Avoid the trap of routines
3. Design and treat training as a process, not an event
4. Provide “freedom to act”
Read more on the Business Week’s article By Mark Royal and Tom Agnew
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The Diplocalendar 2014 realised by S. Baldi and E. Gelbstein is dedicated to “Cybersecurity: Guidelines for diplomats” and is based on the assumption that “Cyberspace is inherently insecure“.
For the month of March the attention is drawn on “Phishing”
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The set of images used in the Diplocalendar 2014 can also be consulted on Slideshare.
Persuading is a key communication skill that helps you to achieve influence with others. The ability to persuade can be developed and improved in order to become a better negotiator.
The article is meant to help you find the best negotiation approach to use on the base of your level of intuition and your influencing capabilities. The psychologist Kenneth Berrien elaborated the so called Persuasion Tolls Model.
In his studies of applied psychology in the 1940s, Berrien linked negotiation and persuasion style to emotional intelligence (EI).
According to the model, four negotiation approaches exist:
– emotion
– logic
– bargaining
– compromise.
Find out what your Right Negotiation Style is: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCS_80.htm
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An effective team is much more than a group of people who are put together to accomplish a goal. Here a list of the purpose and benefits of working with other people to achieve agreed goals and objectives:
Team Building is a process that requires due attention and care. So care needs to be taken to go through all the development stages so that troubles and setbacks are avoided.
Vision The teams need to spend some time exploring and understanding what the purpose and vision of the team is. They then need to set goals and objectives so that it helps the team stay focused on their objectives and to be on track.
Managing Conflict Conflict can be an inevitable consequence of working with other people. Opinions, values, styles, and a lot of other issues lead to disagreements within the team. But all disagreements need to be considered carefully and given thought, which will help the team run effectively.
Roles and Structure Each member of the team work differently, think differently and this difference when put together in the team maximises team performance. Also it has to be made sure that the right people are employed in the right role.
Team and Member Development No matter what role a person plays in a team, or what tasks he or she has been assigned to, there is almost always room for personal improvement. When the individuals on a team are functioning at high capacity, the team itself flourishes.
Understanding and Cooperation When we consider a successful team, all the members of team work in the same direction towards the same goal and work for the same purpose.
When priorities and goals differ or diverge from what is required of, unnecessary stress and tensions appear within the team.
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The Diplocalendar 2014 realised by S. Baldi and E. Gelbstein is dedicated to “Cybersecurity: Guidelines for diplomats” and is based on the assumption that “Cyberspace is inherently insecure“.
For the month of March the attention is drawn on “Antivirus”
Image: Diplofoundation
The set of images used in the Diplocalendar 2014 can also be consulted on Slideshare.
Never heard of it? You’ll love it.
As pointed out by Atrixware in its site, the fatal flaw of many E-Learning PowerPoints is found not with the audience, but with the presentation itself. They are boring! And boredom is NOT an effective teaching technique!
Instead of looking at what makes PowerPoint bad, it is good to consider can be done to make it good.
1. Gain Attention
2. Inform Learner of Objective
3. Stimulate Recall of Prior Knowledge
4. Present the Material
5. Provide Guidance for Learning
6. Elicit Performance
7. Provide Feedback
8. Assess Performance
9. Enhance Retention and Transfer
Read more: 9 Handy Tips for Effective E-Learning Slideshows
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