Tag: effectiveness

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How to Work with someone you Dislike

I’ve worked with quite a few people that i have disliked. I disliked them for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the relationship coped with working together. Sometimes not. Rather than just avoiding these people- my original strategy- there are times when you must work closely with people you struggle to like and so struggle to work with.

The concepts of behavioural preferences, as described through DISC, and of emotional intelligence can help you deal effectively with difficult people and situations.… Read more

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Two BIG benefits of enhancing Workplace eQ

Last week one of the people I work with, part time, resigned.

Its sad, she was a good team member a good worker, but the lack of good emotional skills in our workplace contributed to her resignation.

Looking back on my career, most of the great people that resigned from my teams did so because of a personal clash with co-workers or bosses.… Read more

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5 ideas to Excel at internal promotions

On Friday, I proposed a dozen tips for becoming a new middle manager in a new company, from my personal experience.

As a commentator has rightly suggested, many people are promoted within their own organisation to take up management role, and if so does my advice change. Is there anything you should do differently after an internal promotion. Yes, there are some differences with an internal promotion, you don’t start with a clean slate.… Read more

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10 starter tips for Managing from the Middle

At the end of the first day I became a “middle manager” i cried myself to sleep. The job certainly wasn’t what i had thought
it would be; i felt like a rather compressed sponge, absorbing pressure from above and demands from below. I had no idea what the
job of a manager was. I didn’t even know how to get things done, or even what things to do, first!… Read more

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5 Killer Questions for Non-Marketers to ask

In moving from commercially focused businesses into the wider world, the question i am asked most often is : how can i improve my branding and marketing. This a killer question. Without getting into an in-depth review of the questioners specific challenges, i go back to first principles and ask them to think about asking similar killer questions to ask their marketing teams.… Read more