Self Improvement

Self-management Techniques

Managing self is most important aspect for achieving success. Use below techniques to manage your reactions.

Positive self-talk

Positive self-talk is useful for counteracting internal triggers, such as a tendency to dwell on negative thoughts. You can use gentle, kind words to reassure yourself, and to counteract negative thought patterns such as these:

Two Rules for Using Exclamation Points

Exclamations are used to indicate great excitement or emphasis. In business writing, exclamation points should be used sparingly and only to add urgency, surprise, or disbelief to a statement. Business writers are expected to convey feeling or emphasis primarily through strong words and clear structures, not through punctuation. If you use exclamation points too often, the reader may become immune to their effect or may consider you unprofessional.

How interviewers decide the candidate

Behavioral interviewing is the most powerful and accurate way to get from point A: recruiting, to point B: hiring the best candidate. Behavioral-based hiring hinges on the premise that a person's past job performance is the most telling indicator of his performance in the future. This approach to interviewing is quickly becoming standard procedure in both small and large companies across the globe.

Improving your Creativity and Innovation at Work

In business, creativity and innovation are often used interchangeably. They mean different things. Creativity is the ability to develop something original, new, and unique. It relates specifically to the act of being creative—seeing new things in old objects and ideas. Innovation, or using objects and ideas in new ways, is often the result of creativity. In other words, when you implement creative ideas, the result is innovation.

How to measure your Creative and Innovative Skills

 

 

You may not believe that you are especially creative, but you probably possess various skills and attributes that will help in creative projects. If you are going to enhance your creative performance and potential, you need to know what skills you already have, and what areas you need to build on.

How to Improve your negotiating skills

Negotiation skills are among the most important for any leader. I called on some prominent senior executives in the region (and my former executive MBA students from the Robert H. Smith School of Business) to get their take on what's needed for successful negotiations. They all agreed a collaborative (win-win) style rather than a hardball (win-lose) style is critical, whether you are negotiating with staff, superiors, customers or other constituents.

10 key steps to building the dream Team you though impossible

 Using team-building activities to create successful teams has many benefits to both team members and their organizations. Being part of a team can empower individuals because of added knowledge – through learning from each other – and increased motivation and job satisfaction. And successful teams contribute to the organization by providing a higher quality of work and increased flexibility, since such teams have multitasking members.

Leadership Determines the Team's Performance

One of the main roles of a manager is to provide guidance and clear, decisive leadership to a team.Effective or ineffective leadership doesn't just impact the leader's reputation; it can also have a profound effect on a team's success. Effective leaders tend to be confident, enthusiastic communicators who can inspire and empower their teams.