Wisdom and Wit
Hints and tips to engage your team, increase productivity and work smarter – plus the occasional laugh
Personality Profiling – Your Number One Management Tool
Oct 9, 2020
What if your team came with a manual that took the “AHHHHH” out of people management? One that stopped you from saying the wrong thing? Stopped that sick feeling when it’s time for performance management? A manual that meant you held the secret to attracting the right candidates for your next vacant position. The good news is: there is such a formula. It’s called personality profiling and it’s been tried and tested for over 4,000 years.
8 Writing Secrets From A Pro That Will Increase Engagement
Aug 10, 2020
If you work in a cross-cultural environment, your communication has to be right. Otherwise, you’re wasting staff and client’s time and promoting disengagement. Here’s 8 top tips from guest blogger and international writer, Jodie Lea Martire. Learn from a pro and get your very next email snapping your readers’ attention.
Afraid Of Saying The Wrong Thing To A Staff Member Battling Mental Health?
Jul 27, 2020
Most managers don’t know how to support a staff member suffering mental health issues. Here’s some basic compassionate ideas for dealing with it proactively.
How To Boost Productivity In One Easy Step – Right Now!
Jul 13, 2020
When Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he enforced a rule that teams had to be small. “If it can’t be fed with two large pizzas, the team is too big.” Harvard psychologists agree – “Big teams usually wind up just wasting everybody’s time.” In the aftermath of the pandemic,…
Blog Articles:
- Change management that wins friends (9)
- Communication (3)
- Difficult conversations, including with your boss (15)
- Emotional Intelligence and Personal Development (16)
- Engaging staff (2)
- Influence and Authority (4)
- Must Haves for New Managers (4)
- People Management (6)
- Performance management that actually works (5)
- Personal Development (4)
- Personality Profiling (1)
- Strategic planning and innovation (13)
- Stress and how not to (4)
- Team work (7)
- Tips and Tools (5)
- Understanding people and how it can be your greatest success (3)
- Work-Life Balance (4)
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