There are THOUSANDS of books out there on selling and customer service skills, use them as a part of your coaching or training initiatives for access to great and inexpensive information. Have your team read 1 book a week, and require them to apply one new thing they learned from the book everyday. This one new thing could be a specific skill or technique, or even just a new attitude or way of..
A specific method to coaching employees with bad attitudes
Why we should kill the typical employee performance review
Years ago I was walking through a client site, it was strangely quiet and all the manager's office doors were shut. I asked a manager, “What’s going on around here, why is everyone so quiet today?” He responded by explaining that all the managers were busy doing their yearly reviews of their staff, and that they were due to HR by the end of the day. While this may be a typical scenario, it left..
Invest Everyday in Employee's Happiness and Effort to Improve Will Increase
I was just asked a question by a client in regard to starting their coaching program. I asked what she meant and she said I would have no idea because there are so many things my teams need to improve. It was at that moment I realized most people think coaching is about "only" improving things when in reality the way to truly motivate and develop areas of needed improvement is to leverage what..
Why your employees are lacking commitment
A recent research study shows that 1 in 4 employees have a strong sense of how their job contributes to their company's goals. With that said, 75% of your employees could be working under the impression that their job doesn't matter. That's 75% of your people who don't take an active and proactive role in what they do because they don't believe it affects the bottom line.EVERY position affects..
Why we must focus coaching programs on Generation X
Using criticism as an effective learning strategy
Dealing with criticism is rarely easy or pleasant. Some people are good at giving criticism, while others can be quite abrasive; some offer it in order to make you better (like your coach or manager), others to put you down. With this in mind it’s important to accept criticism, matter how it comes, gracefully in order for you to use it as an effective learning strategy.
Listening to your employees for increased morale and productivity
A recent survey done by Right Management, looking into employee suggestions in the workplace, shows 57% of employees regularly make suggestions for improvements at their job.
Effective workplace communication skills
According to the experts the top 5 major forms of communications are:(1) Face-to-face(2) Telephone(3) Texting(4) E-mail(5) Social mediaThe most EFFECTIVE forms of communication are face-to-face and telephone. Keep this in mind when you need to speak to fellow employees especially when confronting someone. Bringing up an important issue may be more comfortable to do through email or text, but it..
Working Weekends? Are you spending your time wisely?
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