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- How to Successfully Manage a Difficult or "Bully" Boss
In the last article I wrote, entitled "How to Successfully Manage your Boss", I gave four simple rules to help you build a good relationship with someone who could prove to be critical to both your job satisfaction, and your career prospects.
Date of Article: 09Dec2008
Category: Business - General
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- How to Successfully Manage your Boss (And increase your chances of promotion)
Two critical skills which the highest performing managers have in spades are the ability to influence and persuade. The most obvious targets for your powers of persuasion are your team, and sometimes your peers in different departments;
Date of Article: 22Nov2008
Category: Business - General
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- Why Many Appraisals Don't Do What They Were Designed To Do
'Tis the season for annual reviews! As end of year looms ever closer, and planning how to ensure hitting targets becomes a top priority, most managers and staff are being asked to also find the time to complete individual performance appraisals.
Date of Article: 27Oct2008
Category: Business - General
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- Why Managers with Great "Soft-Skills" are essential in "Hard Times"
We are in a "credit crunch". Times are hard. It isn't the first time; and it won't be the last. People tighten their belts and do their best to weather the storm, and businesses focus an even more critical eye on their spending.
Date of Article: 04Oct2008
Category: Business - General
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- The 3 Secrets to Motivating your Team
Shona Garner reveals 3 simple, but vital actions you need to take if you're to improve the teamwork and motivation of your employees.
Date of Article: 06Sep2008
Category: Business - General
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- Why the World's Highest Performing Managers Talk Less and Listen More.
Shona Garner explains why, before you get on your soap box in your next meeting, or your next conversation with an employee, you should take some tips from the world's most successful managers, and you'll not only get better performance from your team, you'll make your own life easier in the process!
Date of Article: 05Sep2008
Category: Business - General
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- Are We Undervaluing Management Skills?
There is much emphasis these days on leadership skills. Almost every organisation talks of the need to develop these; and almost every manager or aspiring manager is encouraged to develop them. But in the race to invest often huge sums of money and time into leadership development programmes, have we forgotten
Date of Article: 14Aug2008
Category: Business - General
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- Four Secrets to Pain-Free Performance Reviews
Most of us, managers and staff alike, appreciate the value of monitoring peformance and encouraging development. However, sometimes, the whole appraisal process can become just another hoop to jump through, with laborious form filling, and a sense of "fait accompli" to the whole procedure.
Date of Article: 26Jul2008
Category: Business - General
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- Managing Under Performance of Bad Attitude: How To Avoid The First Five Traps Managers Can Fall Into
Shona Garner reveals the reasons why the first action you should take when you are facing an underperformance issue is to examine your own approach to performance management. Learn the 5 mistakes every manager should avoid if they want to turn round a disengaged individual or team.
Date of Article: 25Jul2008
Category: Business - General
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