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Building Confidence

Ian Price asked: Of course everyone would like to be the best. They would like to hold the audience attention, look and feel confident, deliver an effective presentation and gain the applause and respect of the audience. We all strive for perfection! That is a goal that is theoretically within everyone’s reach, but is also […]

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Developing your Business: Creating your Core Team 1

Linda Pollitt asked: Although many small businesses begin with only one or two members of staff – the founders – most growing businesses quickly recognise the need to create a larger team. Not only can this spread the workload but a well-selected team can bring in more energy, creativity, drive and knowledge than the founder […]

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Motivating Sales Teams – Sound Science

Daiv Russell asked: Modern psychology attempts to explain human behavior and its underlying motivations. Understanding human behavior is critical in order to effectively control or influence human behavior in a desired manner. An advanced understanding of modern psychology can help individuals improve their personal lives, as well as advance their careers. Maslow was in innovator […]

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Raise Employee and Overall Company Performance

Stig Kristoffersen asked: More and more, small and mid-sized companies have discovered that strategic Human Resource (HR) is the key to ensuring that they reach their full potential in performance, productivity and profits. There are 4 proven ways you can tap into and manage the full potential of every employee. Keep employees’ daily efforts focused […]

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Develop the Discipline to Get Things Done – Step 3

JamesSkinner asked: In the previous steps, we have primarily concerned ourselves with that which we are attempting to discipline ourselves and our organizations to do. What do we need to do, when does it need to be done, and what are the guidelines for its actual execution that must be followed? From this step onward, […]

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Are You Serious About Growing And Retaining Your Direct Sales Team?

Jackie Prehn asked: As a direct sales leader, you look for every tip and technique to train, recognize, inform and motivate your team members. By far, the best tool to achieve these goals is through a monthly team newsletter. If you are consistently incorporating a team newsletter into your monthly team communication, then you are […]

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Strategize your Personal Development

Joseph Jagde asked: One of the questions can be, what can you do to get this ship to rise. Invariably, we might seem to be stuck at a level that is seemingly lower that we had hoped for in our aspirations. This could be symbolized as say having a job that plateaus at 20 dollars […]

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10 Ways To Stimulate Employee Motivation

Rosie Fletcher asked: Today’s fast-moving business environment demands that the effective manager be both a well-organized administrator and highly adept in understanding people’s basic needs and behaviour in the workplace. Gaining commitment, nurturing talent, and ensuring employee motivation and productivity require open communication and trust between managers and staff. 1. Understand their behaviour People at […]

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Build Bridges Not Walls – Employee Recognition

John Morris asked: Regular, one-on-one assessments with your staff provide an efficient two-way forum with which to set and review realistic achievement targets, provide feedback on performance, and listen to and consider any problems employees may have. For example, a sales executive may feel that he or she is under performing, when in fact sales […]

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The Basics of Wuff Treatment

Jerry Carpos asked: As anyone who has seen the popular BBC TV series “Dog Borstal” will know, getting your dog to listen to you is, well, all about communication. You may think you know how to get through to your mutt – but if he isn’t paying any attention, he could be trying to tell […]