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Management Success – Using The 3 Rs Of Management Management is all about having a personal style that gets you results – the most important factor in your career is how you interact and conduct yourself with those around you. This can be achieved by following the 3 Rs as below: Respectful – management is …
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How To Be More Effective In the push to be constantly improving and refining the work that you are doing and to help you achieve your targets and objectives look carefully at the points below and ask yourself the following questions, systematically and with real honesty! Challenge assumptions Think Big Thing Small Set up new …
How Self-Aware Am I? There are many different ways in which you evaluate yourself – you might even know people who are (apparently) unaware of how they come across to others! Having a good understanding about you as an individual is a key factor in success in all aspects of life, be that work, family …
How To Be A Brilliant Manager Managers are called upon to accomplish a range of tasks and duties which require a strong determination to get the job done correctly. Inevitably there will be an overlap between skills and roles because your competence drives performance in the different roles you will be required to deliver. There …
How To Survive The First 100 Days In a New Job Make sure that the Induction you receive is as full as possible. Ask lots of questions. Get to know the Team. Identify what it will take for you to be a success and how your team will contribute to this if you are a …
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Managerial Resolutions For 2017 Looking back on 2016, as we all do this time of year, we would all recognise that some things went well and some, frankly, did not. That said a little ongoing self-assessment as you progress through 2017 will give additional and valuable perspectives on how your tasks and responsibilities are developing. …
Five Top Tips To Succeed As A Manager In the competitive management arena success depends on making your position clear and your style visible BUT the following Five Top Tips will assist you in becoming the manager you should be. Build productive working relationships: these develop over time with the key skill being in you …
How To Be More Assertive Without Overdoing It ‘There is a clear and dramatic distinction between assertiveness and aggression. In good management this is not about having your own way at all costs: Assertiveness is about asking for what you want, and having the ability to listen, discuss and negotiate to the point where you …
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Do your homework: minimise the risk of being hit hard by anticipating the sorts of questions and issues that you will be faced with. Get your thoughts together and use time wisely: being given a tricky question is best dealt with by asking for the question to be repeated. Never make a statement or raise …
Consider the following key questions and be honest with yourself in answering them. Unless you are supremely lucky to have a committed and enthusiastic Mentor working with you make sure that you ask yourself them on a regular basis and chart your progress accordingly! Remember – there are no right or wrong answers, only answers …
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