Leadership
How To Host Your Perfect Meeting
I love when everyone walks out of meetings thinking, âWow â that was productive. I wish every meeting could be like that.â To host your perfect meeting, start with a simple email that includes a few sentences that tell attendees âwhyâ 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 youâll 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.
4 Ways To Rediscover Your Passion
Nobody else has your unique combination of experiences, natural strengths, education, learned skills and creativity. Unfortunately routine has a way of derailing our bigger plans at work and at home. Here are 4 ways to rediscover your passion that iâve found has helped my clients... and of course... myself. Enjoy.
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.
Great Time Management Goes Further Than Stephen R. Coveyâs 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; It Includes Great Email Etiquette
As much as I am a fan of Stephen Coveyâs 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, they are only part of the answer when an individual or team tries to establish great time management habits. Great email etiquette also has impact on great time management for the writer and for everyone who receives the email.
How To Tell Clients Youâre Raising Your Prices
It can be scary to tell clients youâre 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 youâre raising your rates.
How Is Your Tribe Influencing Your Behaviour?
Empathy is a soft-skill we all have and is a healthy part of a healthy tribe. The beauty is empathy at work is a low-to-no cost motivator that improves productivity, creativity and team morale while also fuels collaboration and improves customer satisfaction. Whatâs not to love?
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.