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I met an old colleague yesterday and she said she nearly didn’t recognize me, I looked so much calmer than I did when I was working for a multinational business. Wow pressure certainly affects people differently, so lets look at ways to minimize the negative impacts.
When you’re managing in the middle of a business, there’s constant pressure. When everything is a priority, how do you remain calm and complete all your tasks on time?… Read more
Working with people is the hardest part of any job, and effectively communicating with people certainly for me, the hardest part of this relationships. Any assistance in enhancing communication effectiveness is worthwhile, i hope.
As a certified DISC practitioner I believe this this tool is valuable to enable people to arrange their thinking and communication behaviour. But DISC could be initially difficult for people to understand.… Read more
I remember when I first came to Asia, how do I deal with a Boss from a culture different to mine. I struggled for a while until i first came into contact with DISC. I quickly saw it was a way to cut through my cultural bias and enable me to understand the behaviours of both my new colleagues and bosses.… Read more
While its something we should know, the sexiness of devising strategy sometimes overwhelms the daily grind of implementation. So its great to reinforce when ever possible, that when it comes to executing strategy, the old saying “the devil is in the details” holds true for many companies, according to Wharton emeritus management professor Lawrence G. Hrebiniak.
While executives may readily participate in the development of new strategies, execution tends to get ignored, because it is often viewed as a task for non-executives or not an exec level concern, he notes.… Read more