In today’s busy world, one of the best ways to get more time for those top-priority projects is by delegating some of the lower-priority work to someone else. (If you’re able to eliminate it, that’s even better.)
Use storytelling elements to make you more appealing, approachable, and accessible!
It takes very little to create common ground and we know that storytelling is one of the best ways to achieve that.
No one comes out of a presentation saying Wow that was a blinding PowerPoint!
The perceived wisdom is that the customer is always right.
Remember a time you made what we here at Impact Factory call an active choice?
Learn better project management communication skills and be really clear that people know what is expected!
Most people don’t listen in order to understand. They listen in order to reply!
Start by helping others to feel comfortable. Don’t try to sell anything. Smile a lot.
At the beginning people generally have a lot of enthusiasm. So how do you maintain that good feeling?
If you can distinguish between the two, you will have more say over the possible outcomes!
We’re just trying to muddle through and somehow manage to get things done without anyone getting killed.
Build relationships rather than just completing a series of tasks and your projects will go more smoothly and efficiently!
“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
Here are just a few of the things that will motivate your people and make a real difference to your organisation!
Time robbers are those people and situations that knock us off course and stop us from focusing on the stuff that is a priority.
You have the undivided attention of a number of people who have some reason to be interested in what you have to say!
People who are perpetually late create a lot of stress, both in themselves and the people around them!
Here are some tips to speed up your meetings and get to resolutions quicker!
Managing other people can be hugely rewarding; it can also be frustrating, frightening and even intimidating!
Made us both laugh. Of course I’ve talked before about going out to dinner with my husband and at the adjoining table was a family of five with mom and dad and three children of varying teen years. Every single one of them had a device and none of them were talking to each other.
Empathy Can Be Learned – Here are some excellent suggestions to develop a more empathetic approach to others!
People feel strongly about change – even if it’s wonderful, exciting, and beneficial, they just don’t like messing with the status quo!
That’s a question we get a lot on our courses. Some people seem really uncomfortable with the idea that to be good at influencing and negotiation it all has to be premeditated.
