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How To Flourish As A Human Being We all want to be satisfied and happy with our family, personal and work lives, yet finding this, and then developing and flourishing as an individual in all three arenas, is not that easy. The way forward with this conundrum is to focus on the following three areas: …
What Should Be In Your PERSONAL Mission Statement All organisations need a Mission Statement -it is an essential guide to activity and purpose. Just like any organisation you need to have a Mission Statement for yourself, so that you know where you are going and how you intend to get there. The best way to …
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How To Get Promoted - 5 Key Success Factors To be successful in your workplace, and to really develop your career, you have to focus upon 5 critical areas and to put all of your effort into them in equal measure. These are as follows: Having a growth mindset: this means being solution focused, open …
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Setting And Attaining Your Personal Managerial Goals This is all about setting down your managerial philosophy: it defines the type of manager that you want to be, what you want to accomplish and what principles of values drive you in your career. A key learning point here is built around reflecting upon setbacks and failure. …
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How To Write A Personal Development Plan (PDP) It is very hard to map out where you want to be in terms of a whole range of issues (career, personal and social life) without some guiding process or document that helps you get to where you need to be. Only the very fortunate manage to …
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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 Can I Achieve My Goals? We all have goals, dreams, ambitions and the desire to succeed; what separates out those people who achieve from those who do not boils down to asking yourself some hard questions and focusing in onto key areas of you and your personality. The following pointers will accurately help you …
How To Manage Uncertainty The pace of change is relentless and managers need to be able to deal with the unexpected and unwelcome parts of the job that create uncertain working conditions and pressures that make achieving goals and targets that much harder. Change is also not easy to deal with and this brings with …
Is That Goal Realistic Or Unrealistic? Not all the goals we set ourselves can ever be realised. Sadly I will never be a Formula One World Champion and while it is always good to have a dream the truth is that dreams are OK but realistic goals and targets stretch you further and develop you …
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