1: have a follow up project which requires the participants to apply their learning in a work-related area
2: set up an action learning set where the participants agree to meet regularly to share how they are using the learning, and how to overcome any obstacles they have met
3: set up a wiki - a web [...]
This month’s list is our top 10 of ways we can behave that, although small, can make a big difference.
1: be level headed: keeping your head level (ie parallel to the floor) helps you look confident; if you tilt your head too far down or up, you look either submissive or coy (chin down), or [...]
This month’s top 10 features Arnie’s top 10 business books. Some old, some new, but all worth the read.
In no particular order:
1 Being Happy (Andrew Matthews). A top book with simple, but essential tips to achieving the title. Brilliantly written, and supported by excellent cartoons. Andrew started as [...]
1: Identity:
Strong teams have a clear identity, often signified in a number of ways. Most obviously a name, but also including budget, venue/meeting place, uniform, logo, colour scheme, language, rituals…
2: Shared values:
Team members share similar values, such as integrity, commitment to the common task, mutual support… These are not imposed, but genuinely shared. Ideally these [...]
We recently worked for a Midlands client who asked us to offer our top 10 suggestions for ‘how organisations do better’ - ie continuously improve and develop. This is our list:
1: Ability to learn: they have, and invest in, their ability to learn. For example, they might have an intranet site dedicated to sharing [...]
Scapegoating time…
Opportunity costs…
See interruptions as service enquiries…
Manage the splash…
Have an automatic bring forward file…
Challenge the T…
Urgent and important…
The 3 laws of urgency
No more urgent/asap…
Deadlines and durations
Scapegoating time…
Stop blaming time – as in “I’d like to do it, but I didn’t have the time”. What we really mean is: “it wasn’t enough of a priority [...]
Saturday, May 9, 2009
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