The Best Handful of Tips 90 – Getting Your Message Across What is the best way to get your message across? There is no best way. It will depend on who you are targeting and where they get their information from. Try targeting your messages to specific groups of clients and potential clients. You…
The Best Handful of Tips 89 – Promoting Your Good Idea: Recommending a change is not easy. The idea must be worthwhile and have economic advantages. The timing of your promotion can be critical. The time must be right for making changes. Workers who are comfortable with their working conditions and who have done…
The Best Handful of Tips 88 – Encourage Creativity: Creativity requires the freedom to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Rules, red tape and legislation are the enemies of creativity. Creative people often see familiar things as old-fashioned and out-of-date and want to create something new and worth-while. The only thing constant these…
The Best Handful of Tips 87 – Collecting Debts: Collecting debts can be difficult and often messy. The collection process should go through distinct stages. Always put your requests in formal letters and keep copies. The first two letters you send should politely assume the customer has overlooked payment and will pay when reminded. The…
The Best Handful of Tips 86 – Training Internationally: The way you train in your country may not be the best way to run a training programme in another country so do your homework and make your training flexible and fun. Five of the best tips before you begin a training programme in a foreign…
The Best Handful of Tips 85 – Prepare Your Future: Now is the time for you to prepare your future. The best jobs and careers will go to those who are prepared. Over the next decade many new skills will be needed. Jobs will go to those who update their qualifications and…
The Best Handful of Tips 84 – Negotiate Successfully: If you are tolerant in one moment of anger, it will save you many days of regret so plan your negotiation strategy with care. The five best tips to reach an agreement between conflicting groups Plan your strategy Set down what you hope to achieve. Write…
The Best Handful of Tips 83 – Choosing a Career What interests you most? What are you good at? Let these be your main guidelines towards a successful and an enjoyable career. Think about what you want to do for a career and make plans to achieve your ambition. Take charge of your life…
The Best Handful of Tips 82 – Bonding with an Audience Bait your message to hook your audience right from your start. Select a topic of great interest to your audience. Focus on a simple, clear, interesting message. Tell them something new. The five best tips to establish a rapport with an audience when…
The Best Handful of Tips 81 – Coaching for Business Increased business profits are the rewards of sound coaching. The role of a coach should be to help people reach their full work potential, performance and growth. The aim should be to inspire action rather than fill with knowledge. Good questioning and listening…
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