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Keep your name off the layoff list

Keep your name off the layoff list

Published by fjadick on October 8, 2019 | Leave a response

A very important meeting is held, and you’re not invited. At this meeting, a senior leader announces that since targets were not reached, 50 managers will be laid off, and the purpose of this meeting is to create a list identifying exactly who those people will be. The key question for you is, “How do you keep your name off… Read more →

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Creating the profile of the best employee

Creating the profile of the best employee

Published by fjadick on September 30, 2019 | Leave a response

What should you be looking for when hiring new employees? Many employers are still using profiles they developed years or even decades ago. While there are some credentials that are still important for certain positions, most important in all employees are their learning practices, relationship skills, ability to identify and seize opportunities where they can add value, and their readiness… Read more →

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How do you unleash creativity and innovation in your organisation?

How do you unleash creativity and innovation in your organisation?

Published by fjadick on September 17, 2019 | Leave a response

Creativity and innovation are fueled by the intelligence of people who have the freedom and right to express their ideas. No centrally conceived design can produce both the freedom needed to empower individual intelligence and the rapidly changing network of interconnections needed to bring free thinkers together in coordinated action with an intense focus. How can we nurture the creativity… Read more →

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged creativity, innovation, leadership, management, motivation, productivity, team building
Customer service 101

Customer service 101

Published by fjadick on August 26, 2019 | Leave a response

Great customer service doesn’t have to be complicated. There are four fundamental concepts that can improve the productivity and effectiveness of your customer service efforts: common sense, flexibility, problem-solving and recovery. Customer service isn’t just the name of a department in a company. It’s a simple philosophy that should be practiced by everyone within an organization, regardless of their position… Read more →

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Using positive communication to show that you care

Using positive communication to show that you care

Published by fjadick on August 12, 2019 | Leave a response

Every human contact is an opportunity to give the gift of positive feelings through the words you say. People can’t read your mind, but what you say can show that you care. Positive communication costs you nothing but a little effort, and the rewards are greater than the effort required. This could be as simple as a smile or calling… Read more →

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You can't recycle wasted time

You can’t recycle wasted time

Published by fjadick on July 23, 2019 | Leave a response

Organising and managing your time enables you to work smarter rather than harder. Take responsibility for the way you use your time. When you can get the best value from each minute you can make time serve you, rather than you serving time. The most successful planners spend some quiet time at the end of each day planning for the… Read more →

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Team communication: ground rules

Team communication: ground rules

Published by fjadick on July 9, 2019 | 2 Responses

Some ground rules for more effective team communication: Explore every person’s ideas fully and politely. Discipline yourself to listen and understand others’ ideas. Don’t argue or debate but explore and support. Demonstrate your openness and trust in others. Be an active contributor and consolidator of ideas. Focus on the team objectives and finding a solution. Be a purposeful, total system-oriented… Read more →

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The key to superior performance

The key to superior performance

Published by fjadick on June 17, 2019 | Leave a response

As a consultant, I hear many complaints from employees about their co-workers. But a lack of teamwork is the most common complaint. For many reasons, some people just don’t work well as part of the team. They might be too territorially focused, they might feel threatened, or they might be more comfortable working independently. But for many people, they just… Read more →

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WHO recommends that burnout be classified as a disease

WHO recommends that burnout be classified as a disease

Published by fjadick on June 3, 2019 | Leave a response

Health experts have recommended that burnout be classified as a medical condition. Experts have long-debated on how to define burnout, and if it should be considered a disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) is bringing more attention to the problem of work-related stress, by updating its definition of burnout in the new version of its handbook of diseases, the International… Read more →

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Quote on what leadership is about

Quote on what leadership is about

Published by fjadick on May 20, 2019 | Leave a response

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