Rolling On – A Handful of Tips 5 – Get Your Message Across: Most people are lazy readers and poor listeners. Today people haven’t time to read lengthy messages or to listen to long winded talks. Keep your messages simple and to the point. Be brief, but factual.  Use  simple words that can be…

Self-confidence can be practised, learned and mastered like any other skill. Never forget you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. But you need experiences to build and to gain confidence. Some people are self motivated by their environment, others are trained, such as in the armed forces,…

Rolling On – A Handful of Tips 3 – Reduce Your Stress Stress is usually caused by worry, due to work pressure, personality conflicts, or by worries such as money problems, or family problems. First you must recognise it exists before you can take steps to reduce it.   Moderation in all things is the…

Rolling On – A Handful of Tips 2 – Becoming Accountable It is essential to carry out continuing evaluation of your work performance and that of your staff. Without personal accountability policies, programmes will most likely fail. Accountable is being answerable to others for specific tasks. Accountability is the heart of delegation. It must be…

Rolling On:A Handful of Tips 1- Human Relations There is nothing like a smile and the use of a few simple words if you want a successful career. The ability to ask simple questions and to make the time to listen carefully can change your life. Here are some words that can make such a difference…

  The author has conducted workshops for over 2,300 managers in Asian and Pacific countries and has carried out tasks in 16 countries.  Participants in the workshops taught him much and many of their experiences were included in his books. He now  has time to share some of their comments and advice in these blogs. …

The Best Handful of Tips 100 – Back to Work: After a lengthy time out of the workforce you can return to work by following these handful of tips. You may have been raising a family, been made redundant, been a student studying full time or serving time for a misdemeanour. Confidence and self-esteem can…

The Best Handful of Tips 99 – Answering Questions: How often have you been to a meeting where the chairperson asks “Are there any questions?” There is often a deathly silence. There are ways to overcome this problem. Question time can be very important because it can help clarify points you raised during your presentation.…

The Best Handful of Tips 98 – Strategic Planning:  Minutes spent planning can save hours when it comes to getting things done. The planning process is logical because it reflects the successive steps and conditions required to reach objectives. Strategic planning is ‘what we will do’, the tactical planning is ‘how we will do it’.…

The Best Handful of Tips 97 – Effective Displays and Exhibits:  An effective display and an exhibit should arouse interest, stimulate thought and cause action. Most fail to do this. Too many displays are cluttered and contain conflicting messages. Displays and exhibits must get their messages across quickly. Displays should contain simple messages. The fewer…