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Tips Description
Assertiveness Assertiveness involves communicating your views confidently and positively. Here are 10 tips to help you develop your assertiveness.
Being Focused Chris Carling, a communication expert, mediator and International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach, has kindly provided 10 Tips to Getting Focused. With more and more distractions and interruptions in our busy lives a key skill is the ability to remain focused.
Being Influential Stephanie Philp, author of A Useful Guide to Being Influential, has kindly provided 10 Tips to Being Influential. Strengthen your influence factor by using these tips to have more leverage with your colleagues, boss, children, friends or anyone else.
Change If you intend to change something there are 5 questions you must ask yourself. Download and print out the worksheet and then answer the 5 questions if you want your change to stick.
Communication #1 Are you a good communicator? Check you are not making any of these 20 “fatal” assumptions!
Communication #2 Resistance to Change? You think people are agreeing with you? Beware when you hear these phrases!
CV Writing Do you have a powerful CV? Check yours against these 20 tips.
Delegating Do you find you are just doing TOO MUCH? Are you working late and never getting on top of your “To Do” List? How good are you at sharing this load? How about learning how to delegate better?
Email Some tips to help you use email effectively.
Feedback – asking for feedback The first of 3 short articles on feedback written by Ian Clarke. Some thoughts on asking for feedback from the people you manage.
Feedback – giving feedback The second of 3 short articles on feedback written by Ian Clarke. Some thoughts on giving feedback. How should you give feedback?
Feedback – giving feedback A mind map created by Ian Clarke of things to think about when you intend to give feedback.
Feedback – receiving feedback The third of 3 short articles on feedback written by Ian Clarke. Some thoughts on receiving feedback. Gives you access the Signs of Defensiveness questionnaire.
First Impressions 20 tips on how to make a good first impression in four different situations.
Interviews Some tips to help you do well at interview.
Meetings Some tips to help you manage meetings effectively.
Motivation Some tips to help you be an effective motivator.
Negotiation Some tips to help you negotiate effectively.
Networking Some tips to help you network successfully.
Noticing Language If you want to be influential you need to develop trust. To develop trust you need to develop rapport. To develop rapport you need to listen to the language people are using. Stephanie Philp shows us the three types of language we need to listen out for.
Overcoming Anxiety Chris Carling, author of A Useful Guide to Overcoming Anxiety, has kindly provided these 10 invaluable tips for regaining your calm when worry and anxiety rise to uncomfortable levels.
Reducing Bureaucracy A simple process to help you get rid of unnecessary bureaucracy.
Self Management 10 tips to help you look at the way you manage yourself.
Self Marketing A few thoughts on developing your career within your own Company.
Time Management 1 Some tips on how to manage your time provided by Euphrosene Labon.
Time Management 2 Some more tips on how to manage your time provided by Bryan Edwards, the author of A Useful Guide to Time Management
Work Life Balance 1 Some challenging thoughts on Work Life Balance provided by Stephanie Philp, the author of A Useful Guide to Being Influential and A Useful Guide to NLP for Personal Development.