Email wars, meeting stand-offs, delays caused by confusing directions… Miscommunication can significantly lower your company's productivity and morale. But many people have difficulty organizing and explaining their ideas. They're smart, skilled, and often sincere, but their poor communication skills make them ineffective managers. Here are some tips for effective … [Read more...] about How to avoid office miscommunication
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How to Prepare for an Important Business Presentation
Whether you're a corporate executive or an entrepreneur, a lot of your success depends on your presentation skills. You will be giving reports, presenting concepts, or even just explaining your ideas at the next brainstorming session. Presentation skills is not a mysterious skill that some 'charismatic' people are born with. There are only two secrets to successful … [Read more...] about How to Prepare for an Important Business Presentation
7 Tips for Organized, Effective Meeting Notes
The only thing worse than a long, boring meeting is a long, boring meeting that yields no results. After all those presentations, debates, and brainstorming on action plans, weeks pass…and nobody does what they promised to do. The problem? 1) People often leave meetings with no clue about what's expected of them. Or, 2) they get sucked into the rest of their duties and … [Read more...] about 7 Tips for Organized, Effective Meeting Notes
7 Secrets to Effective Powerpoint Presentations
Sales reports, client pitches, year-end reviews—all these entail making a presentation. No wonder most companies require their managers to know how to use Microsoft Powerpoint. And luckily, the program is very easy to master. Within a day, you'll be able to figure out how to format a slide (and even add a few screen graphics, too). But while most people know how to use … [Read more...] about 7 Secrets to Effective Powerpoint Presentations
7 Secrets to Effective Meetings
How many meetings have you had this week? How much time did these consume? And more importantly, how much did the meeting actually accomplish? Chances are, most of those 'brainstorming sessions' and 'weekly reports' did nothing more than feed endless debates and pass information you already knew (or didn't need). The problem? Most meetings have the wrong agenda, the wrong … [Read more...] about 7 Secrets to Effective Meetings