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- How Different Roles Influence Your Personality - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Barbara StennesYou play myriad roles in your relationships with others. Professionally, you may simultaneously be one person’s manager, someone else’s employee, and a third person’s mentor. In your personal life, you may find yourself juggling different roles as a parent, son or daughter, husband or wife, ...
Views: 1269 - The Six Rules Of Effective Communication - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Barbara StennesEffective communication is vital if you wish people to understand your viewpoint. It becomes even more crucial in professional settings, as fierce competition means that customers must be convinced that your products are superior to your rival's. Unless you effectively communicate the features ...
Views: 1777 - The Typical Behavioral Styles That Define An Individual - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Barbara StennesDifferent people will react to a given situation in different ways, and your reaction determines your behavioral style. These styles depend largely on how people approach a problem. Similarly, the way you interact with people and influence them is also significant. Other important factors ...
Views: 3686 - Decision Making - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Barbara StennesDecision making plays a significant role in an organization’s success. The ability to synthesize information and make decisions is arguably a good manager’s most important skill. Conversely, procrastination and indecisive management are hazardous for an organization. Why is it difficult to make ...
Views: 1215 - How To Manage Group Dynamics - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Barbara StennesManagers have long viewed meetings as a necessary evil. This attitude is understandable but unfortunate, as a good meeting should be an active forum in which colleagues exchange ideas, solve problems, and make decisions. The fact that so many people abhor meetings is testament to managers’ ...
Views: 1510 - Importance Of Effective Communication - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from Barbara StennesNo matter how brilliant and invaluable your idea, it is worthless unless you can share it with others. For this reason, effective communication is crucial at every level of an organization. However, the ability to communicate effectively does not come easily to many people, and it is a skill ...
Views: 3612 - How To Teamwork Your Way To The Top - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from Barbara StennesYou need to put a Herculean individual effort to get the same result that a well-knit team could easily achieve. The key to building a successful team is to instill in all the team members a sense of shared responsibility. In addition to sharing the responsibility, a wise team leader will also ...
Views: 1221 - Advantages And Disadvantages Of Web-based Learning - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from Barbara StennesAdvances in communication technology since the mid-1990s have made e-learning (sometimes known as “virtual learning” or “distance education”) a feasible educational option. The idea is that a teacher can reach students in remote locations, which enables students to learn subjects to which they ...
Views: 7686 - How To Manage Cross-Functional Teams - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from Barbara StennesTeamwork is necessary for a business or organization to function. In recent years, however, “teams” and “teamwork” have been so overused that they have become yet another (almost) meaningless business buzzword. We now talk about cross-functional teams, multinational teams, hot teams, distributed ...
Views: 1689 - Are Personality Tests Effective? - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2008 from Barbara StennesIt is no secret that there is an incredible diversity of personalities and behaviors among human beings. In the past few years, researchers have discovered a similarly broad diversity of personalities among animal species, suggesting that personality has a genetic element. But how do we codify ...
Views: 1705 - The Six Rules of Effective Communication - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2007 from Barbara StennesEffective communication is vital if you wish people to understand your viewpoint. It becomes even more crucial in professional settings, as fierce competition means that customers must be convinced that your products are superior to your rival's. Unless you effectively communicate the features ...
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