by Dr Sharon | Feb 1, 2021 | Achieve Goals, Coaching, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Learning, Negotiation, Personal Development, Relationships (Self and Others)
Last week we started taking Key Steps to overcome micromanaging by recognising the problem and understanding it better. We identified the main reasons we can fall into the trap in the first place and we recognised the signs, triggers and negative impact of...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 26, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Relationships (Self and Others)
Care in silence According to Rothwell and Sredl (1992, p.391), there is an enormous difference between just hearing and active listening. We can “hear” simply on the basis of auditory stimuli. For example, we hear a train, even if we are not paying much...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 22, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Are your priorities up the creek? Making decisions on what projects to tackle, and when to tackle them, will always feature as a daily task for most of us. We all have a variety of jobs to perform with goals to achieve, and each job will have its own timescale and...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 22, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Negotiation, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Positive, Recognise, Involve, D = ? So far, we have taken Key Steps to motivate others by creating a positive environment, recognising their efforts (rewarding where necessary) and inspiring through involving them in setting goals. This week we are going take Key...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 22, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Negotiation, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Positive, Recognise, I = ? So far, we have used the first two letters of the word ‘PRIDE’ as a way to turn demotivation into motivation. How well were you able to create a positive work environment and then recognise and/or reward your team’s...
by Dr Sharon | Oct 22, 2016 | Achieve Goals, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics at Work, Leadership, Negotiation, Relationships (Self and Others), Stress Management, Time Management
Can you put the spring back into non-performer’s steps? Yes, you can! One of the biggest challenges we all face when putting an employee on performance management is preventing them from becoming demotivated. The idea behind performance management is to help...
