Archive for the 'Leadership' Category

How to Think More Clearly

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The art of clear thinking is a learnable technique that will help you to sharpen your mind and allow you to cut through rhetoric and evaluate the reasoning (if any) behind the words.
To initiate this process, I want to show you six common fallacies, which blur accurate analysis of ideas.
Learn them and apply them every […]

Project Management Training: Warning Signs That You Need One

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

When projects do not make it to deadlines, there are many things going on behind the scenes. As an accidental manager, you are tasked to keep the boat on an even keel with few resources and people. Project management training can help you man the ship effectively and take on more projects.
When Do You Need […]

The X,Y and Boom of Teamwork

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

I don’t want to be taken in by the latest fad in leadership development, but neither do I want to be behind the times when it comes to leadership thinking. Can you give me the inside track on where the experts are at with the research and what’s important for me to consider when it […]

The Inside Track: Not Just a Fad

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

I don’t want to be taken in by the latest fad in leadership development, but neither do I want to be behind the times when it comes to leadership thinking. Can you give me the inside track on where the experts are at with the research and what’s important for me to consider when it […]

The 6 Common Characteristics Of Leadership

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

All leader managers share six common characteristics:
1. Purpose
2. Communication
3. Plan Ahead
4. Conflict
5. Inspire Self towards the positive
6. Inspire Others towards the positive
These six can be summarised as;
“Be clear, treat people and problems according to the laws of reason and then, within reason, maintain a positive mental attitude.
Clarity is the most important characteristic of the leader […]

Awards For Training Excellence in the Work Place

Friday, October 17th, 2008

The Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) is a not-for-profit membership association dedicated to the profession of training, workplace learning and human resources development. The CSTD offers awards to honor Canadian-developed stand-alone learning products and programs once a year. These types of training products must have learning objectives, instructional material, and methods to evaluate […]

Public Speaking - Let’s Get Physical

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Passion
Although developing proper eye-contact technique and learning how and when to pause are absolutely essential to acquiring “The Skills” - you’re not finished yet. The last element involves adding the emotional to the mechanical. What we’re referring to here is the element that works to lock in your audience once you’ve successfully engaged them with […]

Public Speaking - Lock, Talk & Pause

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The process that sets you on your way to speaking like the best speakers in the world, speakers who possess The Skills, goes like this: You find a target in your audience and you lock eyeballs. You deliver a complete thought to that one person, and then you do the hardest part, you pause. You […]

Public Speaking – Owning “The Skills” Part II

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

In order to present at the top, in order to acquire The Skills, you must remember three rules that govern everything you do whilst presenting. They’re really quite simple, but sometimes it’s easy to forget the simple things, and these rules must remain in the forefront of your consciousness at all times.
Rule Number 1 states: […]

Public Speaking – Owning “The Skills”

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

People who get paid well to speak all share one of two traits: either they’re famous, or they own “The Skills”. To be able to move people who don’t know you as a celebrity of some sort, you must know how to keep your audience focused on you and your message, and how to keep […]