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How to select the right person

How to select the right person for the job

May 15, 2013 1 Comment

Have you ever recruited someone who looked good at interview only to find out when they started that they “Were not up to it” or, “They just didn’t seem to fit in”. Most of us have made these mistakes (if you haven’t, then you are probably new to management). Why is it so difficult to select the right person?  Find out how to select the right person …

Team engagement

The secret to team engagement

May 14, 2013 No Comments

Does “team engagement” mean asking your team to sign a formal document, or have them all stand and sing the company song?

Hardly (although I have heard of organisations doing just that).  What “team engagement” does mean is getting your team members on board by being attuned to their values and motives and aligning these with your team direction.  How do you do this?

Influencing-people

Who do you need to influence the most?

May 5, 2013 No Comments

Do you need to have:

  • Your manager give you more credit for the work that you do?
  • Your partner acknowledge that your ideas are really worth listening to?
  • Your children accept more responsibility?
  • Your friends take you seriously when you really mean it?
  • Your customers buy more from you?
  • Your suppliers meet your quality standards?
  • Your team become more energetic?

Four simple skills; when and how to apply them …

Snubbed

You’ve just been snubbed . . . What now?

April 16, 2013 No Comments

We all have those moments or occasions when we feel “down”.  How do we get out of these troughs and get back on track again?  Here’s some quick advice on how to work in the three key areas – mind, body and emotion.