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“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon
him, and to let him know you trust him.”
-Booker T. Washington
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Look Up to Those Beneath You
by Dr. Denis Waitley
The most successful business leaders today are like great coaches who manage by
inspiration, instead of intimidation. The command and control, management style
is obsolete. In this fast forward global marketplace, there is no such
distinction as superior and subordinate. The key to getting and staying on top
is to provide a resilient, positive working environment. This requires that you
"check your ego at the door" and that you seek alliances with others who may
have different talents or strengths than you do. This is what synergy is all
about.
David Ogilvy, founder of giant advertising agency, Ogilvy and Mather, used to
give each new manager a Russian doll, which contained five progressively smaller
dolls inside. A message inside the smallest one read: "If each of us hires
people we consider smaller than ourselves, we shall become a company of dwarves.
But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we will become a
company of giants."
To become a giant in the eyes of others, and to succeed in the 21st century,
look up to those beneath you! Consider these action ideas as you lead your team:
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As you anticipate the new year, some of you will be seeking changes in your
health, life-style, and careers.
You probably know by now that most New Year's resolutions fail. The main reasons
they fail are that goals are unrealistically large and that resolvers have no
clear plan to reach their goals.
If you want to improve your conversation skills (and thus your relationships),
you can do so with a much greater chance of success by following a few simple
procedures. Choose small goals, then take small steps to reach them. Making
changes in this way helps you to avoid the kick-back effect you'd encounter if
you try to make massive changes in a short time. Your current habits have long
been anchored in place and resist change.
Three
Small Conversation Goals That Have Big Effects:
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As a professional copywriter, not only do I do a lot of writing but I
also look at a lot of writing. One of the things I've noticed that sets
the good/great writers from the so so is rhythm.
What I mean by rhythm is how the writing sounds. The rhythm of the words
and sentences. It's a subtle aspect of writing, one not normally talked
about, but that doesn't lessen its importance.
Unfortunately, rhythm is also tough to teach (which is probably why it
isn't talked about very much). It's something felt deep inside, like it
is with music. It isn't as straight forward as pointing out a grammar
error. What makes it tougher is that everyone has their own style and
own unique rhythm. However, these three tips should get you started
thinking about your own writing rhythm and how to improve it.
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We desperately need our listening skills - or we stand to waste time,
misunderstand directions at work and at home, and sabotage our social lives.
Make effective listening a habit.
Start with these nine tips.
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Keeping
Criticism Helpful
By Fred Smith
Keep criticism positive. Recently, I tried to analyse the reasons I
criticize. Three of them were negative and one was positive.
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Wikis,
Weblogs and RSS: What Does the New Internet Mean for Business?
The Internet may be entering a
new phase that will decentralize control inside companies, enable employees to
collaborate more easily, and drive efficiency. But corporations that want to use
the web strategically to build corporate value will not just need to make
radical cultural changes, they may also need to master a new vocabulary with
terms such as Wikis (software that allows anyone to update and edit web pages
instantly and democratically); Weblogs (online journals more commonly known as
blogs); and RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, which distribute content from
the Internet.
Arcane as these terms may sound
to anyone but the initiated, the technology behind them is hardly fancy. Wikis,
blogs and RSS feeds are relatively simple tools that will have a huge impact on
the way people -- and companies -- communicate and do business. So how is the
Internet changing? How can companies seek to understand the technological
effects of these changes? And what cultural adaptations should companies make to
capture value from these new tools?
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"You can tell a man is clever by his answers. You can tell a man is
wise by his questions." -- Naguib Mahfouz (1911- ) Egyptian novelist, Nobel
Prize Laureate
Consider
this:
Solutions
to tough challenges start with powerful questions. Powerful questions have the
ability to shake people out of stale ways of thinking and critically reflect on
faulty assumptions. Wise leaders know this. And as a result, they don't give
people answers. Rather, they challenge them to reflect on evocative questions so
that they can find the best answers on their own.
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TIPS
FOR MASTERING E-MAIL OVERLOAD
by Stever Robbins
Being at or near the top of your organization,
everyone wants a piece of you. So they send you e-mail. It makes you feel
important. Don't you love it? Really? Then, please take some of mine! Over 100 real
e-mails come in each day. At three minutes apiece, it will take five hours just
to read and respond. Let's not even think about the messages that take six
minutes of work to deal with.
Shudder. I'm buried in e-mail and chances
are, you're not far behind. For whatever reason, everyone feels compelled to
keep you "in the loop."
Fortunately, being buried alive under electronic
missives forced me to develop coping strategies. Let me share some of the
nonobvious ones with you. Together, maybe we can start a revolution.
Read
Stever’s Tips
Effective Listening: Listen Up:
Remove the Barriers; Hear the Words...
The
second in a four-part series on effective listening.
By Kellie
Fowler
In the last
issue of the Mind Tools newsletter, we discussed something that some might
believe to be obvious: That listening well is one of life's great challenges.
We saw how
important it is possess and project a true desire to hear the messages that
other people are sending us, to listen carefully, and to take the time to
clearly reiterate the message before walking away. And we saw the importance of
active listening, rather than the combative or passive approaches to listening
which lie behind much failed communication.
Sure, this
may sound like hard work, but remember that listening, really listening with our
whole being, is a skill and one of the most important compliments we can give
another human being.
To do this,
you should know that there are different levels of communication. Now, you
should also know that the different types of interaction or the levels of
communication might also contribute to the level of difficulty or
misunderstanding, or impede the true hearing of any message.
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Effective
Listening: Listen, Learn, Achieve!
The third in a four-part series on effective listening.
By Kellie Fowler
In the last issue of the
Mind Tools newsletter, we learned that the different types or levels of
communication include: 1) Facts; 2) Thoughts and Beliefs; and 3)
Feelings and Emotions. And we looked at how to best respond to each. The
common denominator here is to stop talking and to really pay attention
to the speaker and the message he or she is delivering.
Now, we look at more
listening tools, including ones we believe will make a very strong
impact on your overall success as you work to become a better listener.
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