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- 7 Steps to Improve Your Virtual Leadership and Virtual Team Effectiveness - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2010 from Josephine RomanoWe are all used to working as a part of a team. Working toward a set of common goals that point to the company’s mission is a great achievement; and yet, the team is faced with more challenges each day. The need to be productive and effective has never been more important. But how can one ...
Views: 2315(3 votes) - Experience a Sense of Accomplishment While Enjoying Your Career - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2010 from Josephine RomanoHave you asked yourself why some businesspeople appear to attain their goal more progressively than others do? The road to success and accomplishments seem to come within their grasp so easily. While they are periodically bombarded with several problems and challenges, they never allow ...
Views: 870(1 vote) - Building and Organizing a Virtual Team – Strategies that Work - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Josephine RomanoIn order to survive in the increasing demands of the workloads that our management offers, we need to keep ourselves from worrying a lot and be more focused on what are the effective ways of building confidence in a team. Team building involves goal setting and a game plan. A virtual ...
Views: 1937(2 votes) - The Importance of Small Breakout Groups to Find Solutions and Create New Products and Services. - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Josephine RomanoWhen discussing problems that need to be worked out, you have to get each other’s ideas and opinions. This way, getting the solutions to the problem will be easier. But sometimes, heated discussions occur when everybody wants to say something and has something to offer. Instead of arriving at a ...
Views: 983 - Importance of Culture and Communication in Leadership - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Josephine RomanoCulture and communication underlies everything. Culture consists of the habits, rituals, traditions, beliefs and behaviors of each person in your organization. Communication is a process of interacting and dialoguing with two or more persons, groups and organizations. Cultural competency means ...
Views: 1257(1 vote) - Training Helps Boost Return of Investments - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Josephine RomanoIntensifying rivalry, increasing market demands, lack of training and skills of employees and fast development of technology pose challenges for every business. Training has always been an important part of boosting an organization's return on investment. It is one of the neglected areas in ...
Views: 940(1 vote) - The Time To Act is Now On Becoming a "Wanted and Great" Leader - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2009 from Josephine RomanoLeadership is one of the most salient ingredients of a community that is searching for improvement. Today, potential leaders are scattered everywhere and all that's left to do is to arouse their leadership vein and let it run into their blood and become the best of who they are in whatever ...
Views: 790(1 vote) - Tips for Leaders on Cross Cultural Communications - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2009 from Josephine RomanoLeaders and followers need to understand the nature of communication in developing a good cross communication strategy. When communicating with people abroad, you'll need to know both the strategy and structure in cultural and communication patterns. As we encounter the possibilities of wars, it ...
Views: 1720(2 votes) - It Takes Teamwork to Make a Company Dream Work - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2009 from Josephine RomanoThe empowerment of people in the team is very essential to team building. For many years, I've been researching successful team building strategies and I've discovered that the basic reason why so few people fail because they have never really bothered to take time to study how to become ...
Views: 1037(2 votes) - Four Ways to Increase Your Return of Investment - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2009 from Josephine RomanoAll business-minded individuals are interested in increasing their returns on their investment. The concept is easy. They want to reap the fruits of what they have sown and business-oriented people want to receive enormous revenues from their businesses. To increase your return on investment ...
Views: 1060(1 vote) - Are You in or Out for Change? Building Team Spirit In a Nutshell - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Josephine RomanoThe inception of a team is as indispensable as creating a work of art. It needs careful planning and a lot of preparation. Every team member will need to have the ability to flow with constant change in his or her work lifestyle. Every day is a great day and a new opportunity to inject vitality ...
Views: 1000 - 10 Secrets to Team Development - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Josephine RomanoSociety is spinning like a top and everyone on the team seems to run according to its pace. It's like we must do anything or at least look like we are doing something in the development of the team in order for us to look significant. It seems that if we are constantly doing something, we become ...
Views: 1015(3 votes) - 9 Proven Leadership Skills to Expand Your Business - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Josephine Romano1. Surround yourself with supportive and informed people. Fame, glory, prestige and money -- these are a few of the things that successful leaders gain from their winning experiences. They are consistently supported and encouraged by diverse consumers -- be them strangers, acquaintances, ...
Views: 1559(2 votes) - 7 Reliable Strategies to Lead and Build Your Team - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Josephine RomanoIt is already a given fact that amid hustles and bustles, stress at work can be irritating and consuming. As business-oriented people, we have managed to juggle schedules between family and business aside from equally important commitments in life. At the end of each day, we find ourselves ...
Views: 987(2 votes) - 7 Virtual Teams that Lead Your Company - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Josephine RomanoVirtual teams bring together people from different cultures, locations, organizations, communities and beliefs. Team members are brought together by a common goal and a governing set of rules. There are varieties of virtual teams, which are based on their specified tasks. These are the ...
Views: 1069 - Types of Difficult People and 3 Best Ways to Interact with Them at Work - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Josephine RomanoIn your workplace, you will meet some who are easy to work with and others who can really irritate you. These are called difficult people and they also come in various types. Types of difficult people include: First, there are the aggressive people. These are people who are violent when it ...
Views: 1532(3 votes) - The 5 Benefits of Virtual Coaching Engagements - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Josephine RomanoGuiding, instructing and training others for a certain cause or reason are needed in order to establish a strong virtual team. Coaching is regarded as one of the most effective ways in attaining or developing a certain goal or criteria. A lot of individuals and groups consider this method an ...
Views: 1047(1 vote) - 6 Qualities of a Great Leader in a Virtual Team - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Josephine RomanoOur world is nothing but an unending cycle of change. We are experiencing change in many aspects and one of those is how to manage employees. Many companies have changed in the way they manage their employees because unlike before, a lot of companies and organizations nowadays are becoming ...
Views: 875(6 votes) - 4 Helpful Guides in Leading a Virtual Working Environment - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Josephine RomanoManaging mobile or remote workers is considered one of the principal challenges among companies when establishing a virtual office. This is due to the fact that the nature of a virtual business is somewhat difficult to supervise because the operations and transactions are based entirely via ...
Views: 848(8 votes) - 4 Keys to Achieve Success With Your Virtual Teams - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Josephine RomanoWithout a doubt virtual teams generate a lot of income. Employing diverse talents from around the world, innovative ideas and tips are gathered to sustain the productivity of the company. Virtual teams are being used more and more to cut costs and boost results. Though virtual teams have the ...
Views: 955 - Workplace Bullying: 7 Ways to Ward Off the Bully - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Josephine RomanoThere are countless horror stories of a phenomenon called "workplace bullying." According to The Workplace Bullying Institute (www.bullyinginstitute.org) it’s defined as: repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or ...
Views: 997 - The 5-Step Strategic Cultural Framework For Organizational Proficiency - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Josephine RomanoThere are 5 Steps to creating a diverse and culturally competent organization. Step 1) Assessment and Cultural Competence: Do your client and stakeholder assessments include information about the major cultural groups in your community? Who's here and who is accessing our services and ...
Views: 871(2 votes) - Loyalty and Leadership - 8 Ways to Earn The Loyalty of Your Employees - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Josephine RomanoLoyalty is defined as commitment or allegiance to a person, a group, or a cause. Sounds clear enough but loyalty often gets skewed in the workplace. Here are some examples where loyalty is distorted: * A manager thinks an employee is being disloyal because he or she questioned what the ...
Views: 1488 - 8 Steps to Foster Employee Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Josephine RomanoThe most successful organizations are led by its leaders, but driven by its employees. Are you having a problem with high turnover? Are your top performers leaving in droves? Are there performance issues? The key to overcoming these challenges is employee happiness. You might think that ...
Views: 1397(1 vote) - Employee Retention: 7 Tactics to Retain Your Most Valuable Asset - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Josephine RomanoA survey developed by Robert Half International and independently conducted with 100 Canadian senior executives between September 15 and October 15, 2008 stated that 35% of the senior executives had employee retention as their greatest staffing concern. Max Messmer, chairman and CEO of ...
Views: 1527 - Why Companies Fail and 16 Leadership Tips to Preserve the Union! - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Josephine RomanoRecently I got into a discussion with employees of a firm I am working with and they identified what they do not appreciate in their leaders. So take heed, spoken from the mouths of babes. 1. They don't really listen. They are caught up in their own ego, judgments, and agendas. ...
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