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Bob’s Blog: How to reach agreement when there appears to be no common ground
When two (or more) people become quite passionate and confrontational about opposing ideas, they can be difficult to handle, particularly if it’s your role to try to get them to reach agreement. Bob Selden relates a difficult situation he had and what he learned from it.
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How does Paper Money jeopardise our economy, and ultimately our existence?
Most people have a sense that all is not OK at the moment and they are resistant to taking action to address their concerns because …
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Bob’s Blog: How Can You Improve Workplace Productivity?
How productive is your organisation? A useful way to explore how workplace productivity can be improved in an organisation is to ask managers to examine four primary areas.
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How to select the right person for the job
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 …
The secret to team engagement
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?
Who do you need to influence the most?
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?
You’ve just been snubbed . . . What now?
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.
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