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What Drives Us
? Lots of factors drive us to do things in life. Look at any executive or colleague in your business - or look at yourself - and ask why they might have chosen design, production, marketing, etc. On a day-to-day level, it can be difficult to understand why people sometimes respond the way that they do. As ever, by taking a think positive approach, we can find a tool to help with that job.
Whether looking at self-awareness or examining our interactions with others, a coach may use...
Image Management
The corporate environment tells us that performance is important. We have performance targets, performance reviews and performance-related pay. However, performance is not all there is, there are also unwritten rules in every organisation. Whether you like it or not, people judge you based on what they observe. It's human nature; we all do it, often without even realising it. In the workplace this means that judgements about you are based on all sorts of factors; not just your productivity....
Your Network
There may be times when you feel stuck. Sometimes you're missing a vital piece of the puzzle. Sometimes you're just having a bad day and need a little help. Well think positive; that's what your network is for.
So what is it? Put simply, your network is everyone you know: friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances, clients, neighbours, and so on. With some, the connection is strong and reinforced every day; with others, you may not have spoken for years but the connection (however tenuous)...
Dealing with Difficult Customers Clients
As we are all aware, our biggest difficulties and frustrations tend to come from people rather than things. Let's agree to view that as the inevitable flipside to all their good features. Now, while we are in this 'think positive' frame of mind, let's consider the customers or clients to whom you are trying to provide your products and services. Just as in conflict with anyone else, if you genuinely strive to understand their position and clearly explain your own then you will be on the right...
Personal Change Part One Audit your Life
Personal Change (Part One): Audit your Life It is in the moment of decision-making that your destiny is formed. - Tony Robbins That's quite a statement. There is no escaping that it is the decisions you make that shape your life.
Our personal development does not stop once we reach adulthood; it merely enters a new phase. The world changes around you and your position in the world changes as you proceed through life. The key is to bring a positive attitude to life and take control of the...
Working through Change
If you work within an organisation, you are subject to change. Of course, this is true just by being alive but the workplace is where change most often feels like something that is beyond our control. Whether it is the computer system, the entire staffing structure or even just the location of the water-cooler, the old clichι that change is constant has never felt more true.
So is it really beyond our control? Well, yes and no. We sometimes may not be involved in the strategic decisions that...
Personal Change Part Three What s holding you back
Personal Change (Part Three): What's holding you back? Having conducted a life audit to identify areas for change and set some goals so to give a clear destination for which to aim, it is now time to think (positively, of course!) about turning those goals into action. The harsh reality is that in any attempt to change and improve your life you will probably encounter some barriers. Perhaps we can take heart from this quote from the American moralist, Frank A. Clark:
If you can find a...
Project Management Basic Principles
Project management is a key business skill for today's executive. However, a whole industry has sprung up around it and although projects can be complicated, sometimes the jargon doesn't make it sound any simpler: GANTT charts, PERT, Critical Path Analysis, PRINCE2, it's easy to feel daunted. It can also sound too boring and technical for some sectors, such as fashion. But the Milano Fashion Institute's Masters Degree in Fashion Project Management is now in its second year. Yes, project...
Workplace Assertiveness
Business depends on good communication. In order to work together, Production must understand Design; Marketing must understand the customers; senior executives must understand everything. You would think that with this great need for understanding, people would place a premium on 'win-win' communication in which each party seeks to understand the position of the other. However, business also thrives on competition and in the workplace we often see the 'win-lose' principle of competition...
An Introduction to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator MBTI
An Introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) In the workplace environment, as managers and executives we often find that our best business tool is an understanding of people; how they operate, how they respond, what drives and influences them. However, the sheer unpredictability of individuals can lead to frustration when their motivations and preferences are in conflict with our own. Well, think positive because the theory behind the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) can help...
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