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Coaching Questions ALL Managers Should Use With Their Team

One of the most important, yet often-overlooked skill a manager needs to have is the ability to coach their team members. Yes, you need to make sure the project on your to-do list gets done with the help of your employees, but you also need...

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3 Phrases To Use When Delegating Work Your Colleague Will Hate

Delegating is no easy job. Many employees falsely believe that managers have it easy as they get to decide what work to pawn off on others. (more…)

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3 Ways You Can Improve Communication With Other Departments

Although all of the employees of a company are considered a team, it’s not uncommon for cross department conflicts and barriers to prevent effective communication. In fact, two thirds of all staff members think that communication across departments is poor, according to a survey. (more…)

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3 Ways To Prepare For A Mediation Session With Your Team

A conflict at work is inevitable at one time or another. Whether it is between yourself and another employee or between other colleagues, different attitudes and opinions mean that a disagreement is bound to come up. (more…)

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3 Tips On Monitoring Work You’ve Delegated (Without Micromanaging!)

All managers have found themselves in a situation where they had assigned work to their team only to get it turned in late or not at all, or receive something completely different than what was needed. You don’t want to micromanage your team and look...

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Why Should You Use Open Book Management?

Modern leaders know that in order to get their employees to be loyal to their companies and work at their most productive levels, they need to engage with them. Engagement has been shown to be one of the most vital strategies a manager can achieve...

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10 Ways To Break The Ice Before A Training Session

Running a training session? Maybe you want an energiser to get them going and ready for your training. (more…)

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3 Quick Tips On How Entrepreneurs Create A Great Business Pitch

A startup owner needs the funds to get the business of the ground, grow it and market it to prospective clients. Few entrepreneurs have the capital required to grow a startup, and they need investors to finance their endeavours. (more…)

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Things You SHOULDN’T Do When Team Building

T – Together E – Everyone A – Achieves M – More No one can doubt the importance of a good team, not in sports, not in marriage and certainly not in the office. (more…)

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3 Quick Tips On A Smooth Employee Transition Process

There are many reasons why you may need to transition a new employee into your team. You may have let go of a staff member, they may have given notice, or you can have promoted an employee to a senior position, and need to fill...

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3 Quick Tips On Ensuring Your Team Understands The Task In Hand

How many times have you had an employee miss an important due date because they claimed they didn’t hear you announce the correct one? Or, how often do your staff members claim they can’t recall you ever mentioning a new project? (more…)

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3 Communication Skills ALL Managers Need

Whether you have just been promoted to a managerial role, or you are simply looking to improve your leadership skills, most sources will tell you the most important skill all managers need is good communication. It’s easy enough to say that leaders must be able...

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