Stop Worrying!
Whether the times are at their very worst or best, worrying about what might happen is one of the most destructive things that you can do. That’s because it’s a paralyzing emotion. It interferes with your ability to think and shuts off any ideas you might have about what action to take.
Read moreBe More Effective at Working from Home
This blog is to promote The Remote Work Survival Kit, a crowdsourced effort to help people and organisations with remote working at this time of acute need - the reasoning is that the better people are able to do this the more effective it will be and the better the outcome for society, with less risk of the rapid spread of disease which benefits everyone.
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How learning the art of persuasion can help you progress your career
: Persuasion has become an essential managerial tool because it impacts so many aspects of the workplace resulting in increased employee engagement, alignment and productivity. Persuasive skills are used to influence many different stakeholders, including co-workers; bosses; team members and even clients and suppliers.
Read moreWant to be an active listener? Six techniques to master
Have you ever had to tell the same person, the same exact thing, more than once? Annoying isn’t it? And a waste of everyone’s time. Effective communication is a two-sided coin, of which listening in one side.
Read moreThe four steps to mastering persuasion and command
To lead a team effectively, to manage a group of people, to fulfil our ambitions and build a business, and even to bring up a family well - all these things either happen or don't because of our ability to bring others with us, to cause them to buy into our ideas and journey with us on your preferred path.
Read moreDeath of a Partner and Business as Usual
Overcoming the difficulties of running a business during periods of personal difficulty is never an east thing, what happened to me has happened to many
Read moreSeven factors that affect your professional credibility
Establishing some credibility is important to business relationship building and is a critical first step in persuasion as without it the other person is unlikely to listen, pay attention and believe what we are saying.
Read moreWhy Can’t Success Be Easy?
Almost every Personal Development Guru says, “Follow your dreams!” And yet not everyone does it. There are a number of reasons to follow your dreams, to break the trend so let’s discuss them.
Read moreThe Nature of Persuasion Part Eight
For the past seven articles, we’ve been looking at the nature of persuasion. We’ve used the acronym PERSUADE as a model to help us understand each of the parts in this process. Now for the final letter E.
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