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How To Get Management Instructions Right Every Time Managers give out Instructions: it is part of the job and gets things moving in the right direction. Well, that’s what we hope for! The problem is that there are many occasions where what we think we say is not what others hear and the results that …
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It’s All About Influence! Getting on and developing your experience hangs on how you influence those around you: the more influence you have the greater exposure Brand You will receive. There are two critical questions to ask yourself when reflecting upon your individual Influence pattern: Am I leading and making my influence felt beyond my …
5 Critical Success Principles For Any Business The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with is many complex and challenging issues and as we face the development of a New Normal, businesses are faced with having to reassess where they are, what their purpose actually is and how they go about satisfying customers, old and new. In …
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Five Things That Make A Business Successful Businesses come and go but those that thrive and have a solid base from which to trade from have all mastered the following Success Factors: Customer satisfaction: making sure that everything that the business does is totally focused on what their customer wants. Any other activity is irrelevant, …
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How Do I Know When I Have Got Delegation Right? Managers just have to delegate some of their tasks, otherwise things do just not get done! The trick is knowing when and what you can effectively delegate. You will know when your delegation strategy is working when: You have time to think about forward planning …
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What Qualities Should A Positive Leader Possess? Leadership is all about being a positive role model and inspiring those around you to develop their skills and to help grow the business or service. Much has been written about the skills and traits needed for success in the Leadership role and here are some essentials that …
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Three Management Principles For Overcoming Covid-19 Covid-19 has created many challenges for Leaders and Managers and has caused many businesses across all sectors to really question how to chart a path through the crisis. Having a real commitment to the following is a sure-fire way of maintaining and growing your organisation: Delivering Excellence: now, more …
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What Are The Top Five Management Challenges Right Now? The management landscape is continually shifting and developing from the impact of seismic changes in the business environment, no more so than now with the huge instability and uncertainty driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, geo-political dynamics and ever-demanding customers. This creates huge challenges for managers and …
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How To Motivate Staff Who Have Escaped Redundancy Redundancies and reorganisations are the stuff of nightmares, not only for those unfortunate enough to lose their jobs, but traumatic also for those who are left behind to carry on with the organisation’s business. Naturally the focus falls onto departing staff and the anguish that this creates, …
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How Can I Be More Resilient? Management is always a challenge – if the job were simple and straightforward, everyone would be doing it! Challenges come along, pressure builds, too much to do in too little time, the list goes on! What makes a good manager or leader is down to many different factors but …
