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Communicating as a Leader

Change Your Communication Technique

Ann Golden Egle asked: It’s May. Before you experience spring’s new burst of growing and before summer’s warmth massages your heart, it’s time to get your head back around the prospect of making the last seven months of this year more about effectiveness than ever before. How do you snap back into the productivity gear? […]

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Conflict Resolution

Make Your Relationships Stronger In The Midst Of Conflict

Gates Briand asked: The general conscience is not many people like conflict unfortunately; however, it is a part of life and relationships. It is inevitable. Conflict is proof that we are all unique individuals with distinctive values, opinions and perceptions. In the workplace as with all types of relationships, conflict can be either a positive […]

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Communicating as a Leader

Evaluating Leadership Qualities — 10 Things Effective Leaders Do to Motivate Employees

Barbara Brown, PhD asked: You have a manager who thinks she (or he) is a great leader. In fact this manager has been pressuring you for a higher performance rating in the area of “leadership qualities.” So far, you have resisted. This manager does a good job of coordinating, controlling, and directing assignments. But she […]

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Feedback and Rewards

Effective Teams

CME asked: Cultural boundaries today have been minimised to a great degree as we notice the different global faces around us in our work environment. Diversity is of great interest to organisations today and for many organisations today cultural diversity quotas are set to raise a company’s image and value. To many individuals cultural diversity […]

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Traits of a Leader

Build Your Self Esteem – A Starters Guide

Louis Bonaventura asked: Imagine yourself as a dart board. Everything and everyone else around you may become dart, at one point or another. These darts will destroy your self esteem and pull you down in ways you won’t even remember. Don’t let them destroy you, or get the best of you. So which darts should […]

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Conflict Resolution

Conflict Management Tips for Managers

Daryl Cowie asked: Everyone has conflicts with other people from time to time; at work, at home, with our friends. Any time we spend a lot of time with people, eventually we bash heads. With our good friends we work through it. With people we dislike, we often just walk away. But when the conflict […]

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Conflict Resolution

Mediation Prevents Budget Drains

Elizabeth A Moreno asked: n than not, a dispute can be traced back to some relatively minor misunderstandings, miscommunications, mistaken perceptions, and frustrated expectations that have nothing to do with legal concerns. Left unresolved, these seemingly ordinary events can escalate, positions can solidify and the problem will become a legal matter. How many mediations uncover […]