Archive for December, 2010
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How to Implement a Performance Management System
Friday, December 24th, 2010
What is a Performance Management System?
A performance management system is a defined set of tools, processes and actions that enable you to maximize the performance of your employees.
Why should you have a Performance Management System?
As a CEO you want to get the best return on your investment and employees are probably the most expensive and [...] -
How to Build a Strong Company by Capitalizing on Your Core Competencies
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Is your company as good as it can get? Are you producing or delivering exceptional products or services? Are sales increasing? Are your employees highly skilled? Are you seeing an increase in loyal customers? Do you have a clear vision of your company’s future? Have you communicated that vision to your employees and do they [...]
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The principles of a coaching culture
Monday, December 20th, 2010
There are three principles underlying a coaching culture:
Responsibility
There may be twenty ways of achieving any goal; the most effective is usually the one that the person who has to accomplish it chooses. If people are allowed to create their own pathways in tune with their personal styles of learning and performance, they will [...] -
Establishing a Coaching Culture
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
The need for behavior-based coaching methodologies to establish a coaching culture in the workplace.
Fundamentally, a coaching culture is an organizational development model that provides the structure that defines how the organization’s members can best interact with their working environment and how the best results are obtained and measured. Organizational culture provides the stability and protocol for all interaction within the group. [...] -
How To Create A Coaching Culture
Monday, December 13th, 2010
One of my ongoing pieces of HR Consulting work at the moment is helping to create a coaching culture within an organisation.
Now what I am not saying is that the company wants to adopts a “brainwashing” mentality to embed the culture in all that they do and that this is the only management style they [...] -
How to Improve Your Memory
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Tips and Techniques for Memory Enhancement
If our brains were computers, we’d simply add a chip to upgrade our memory. However, the human brain is more complex than even the most advanced machine, so improving human memory requires slightly more effort.
Just like muscular strength, your ability to remember increases when you exercise your memory and nurture [...] -
How to Persuade People with Subconscious Techniques
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Persuasiveness is one of the most important skills anyone can learn because it is useful in countless situations. At work, at home, and in your social life, the ability to be persuasive and influence others can be instrumental for achieving goals and being happy.
1. Framing. “The glass is half empty.” That’s how a pessimist would [...] -
How to Dominate Your Niche Competitors
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Most competitor’s goals are the same: To outsell their rivals by winning over a large portion of the specific target market.
They will often do this by undercutting your prices and producing similar products/services to compete with your business. Learning how to manage the competition will help you to make more money from your businesses and [...]