Communication
10 Quick Tips for Video Conversations
Video Conferencing and video conversations are gaining in popularity. They are a great way to improve communication, understand and a sense of team between two or more people. But are you being heard well and are people hearing you well? A few easy adjustments can help you sound professional and remove distractions for you and the people you are speaking with.
How To Host Your Perfect Meeting
I love when everyone walks out of meetings thinking, “Wow – that was productive. I wish every meeting could be like that.” To host your perfect meeting, start with a simple email that includes a few sentences that tell attendees ‘why’ they will want to go. Also share the goals, the projected outcomes and a short overview of how these outcomes will benefit them. The next steps are just as simple.
Effective Meeting Management: How to Run Effective Meetings
By wanting to help your team run effective meetings you’ll also be able to save time, save money, reduce waste, increase productivity… and improve your employees workplace satisfaction. Before learning more about training, I invite you to cut everyone who has hosted an insufferable meeting some slack. Why? Because no school I know of teaches an Effective Meeting Management 101 course.
10 Tips to Lead Your Team Through Change
Whether it is change for only one product line or change for the whole company, here are 10 of the many special places leaders need to pay attention to support change. One tip to start the discussion off is that communication will be your greatest ability.
An Introduction to Agile Project Management Methodology
Agile Project Management is a great solution for everyone involved to experience the benefits of the development investment in a short period of time. One core attributes shared in this introduction to Agile Project Management is the willingness of the project team to keep customers informed and to quickly adjust goals, tactics and resources mid-project in response to feedback customers provide.
How To Tell Clients You’re Raising Your Prices
It can be scary to tell clients you’re raising your prices. Every fear you can imagine flashes before your eyes — over and over. Are you going to lose your best clients? However you choose to do it, your best approach is to do it thoughtfully and to prepare. Here are 8 ways you can help you tell your clients you’re raising your rates.
3 Simple Ways You Can Make Your Email Writing Magnificent
I came up with the following 3 simple recommendations to make email writing magnificent.
Motivated Reasoning: Why We Believe What We Believe.
Motivated reasoning impacts what we believe and explains how our thoughts create our reality. This article explores some of the nuances of motivated reasoning including how and why it subconsciously impacts how we all behave and what you and I can do to help the people we work with be more open to change.
When In Conflict, Be A Good Listener: A Step-by-Step Approach
One of the most productive things you can do to be a good listener when in a conflict situation is to help the other person trust you are there to understand their thoughts, feelings and needs. Another thing a good listener does is stay away from judging anyone, laying blame or letting your triggers (strong emotions), get the best of you.
Why Listening Is Important… And How To Listen Well:
Listening is one of the greatest ways to build trust with the other person or people. If you listen to them they will be more likely to listen to you. Especially during difficult conversations, letting the other person feel that they have been heard and understand will go a long way to helping you resolve the situation in a respectful, thoughtful, collaborative way.
Email Etiquette Rules For Leaders And Their Team
These 8 email etiquette rules for leaders and their team will help you and your team save time, elevate your teams email communication and strengthen your professional reputation / brand.
10 Ways To Get Noticed At The Office In A Good Way
If you want to become a leader you have to take opportunities to lead and learn every chance you get. Part of this is getting noticed. How well you are doing with the following list of 10 ways to get noticed at the office?
How To Tell An Employee They Didn’t Get A Promotion
When the difficult conversation of telling an employee they didn’t get a promotion is handled well, a disappointment can become a chance for growth. Handling these conversations with empathy and respect will be your best chance of keeping a valued employee engaged.
Relearn How To Give Feedback And Praise
How leaders provide feedback and praise plays an important role in determining if a person and/or a team embrace a growth mindset or a fixed mindset and the honour they show in their work. Both Effort-based praise and Specific-based praise help create a more positive and productive workplace where employees are proud of their work.
Support Employee Engagement. It Doesn’t Make Cents… It Makes Dollars.
We know engaged employees are happier and enjoy their work. Engaged employees also have greater productivity, make fewer mistakes, have higher customer satisfaction rates and lower turnover. Good news is that 5 out of the top 7 leadership skills give us very practical solutions.
Having A Challenge With Employee Performance or Employee Behaviour?
Knowing how to recognize the challenge, evaluate the challenge and then manage the challenge will give every leader the confidence to deal with these situations. We do all of that and more within this post.