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Effective Communication Skills

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Effective Communication Skills Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. If you want to improve your listening skills, you need to get control over the following bad habits: Interrupting the speaker. Thanks for visiting!

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Public Speaking Skills

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Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Public Speaking Skills Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on August 6, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Don’t allow these people to control the pace of your speech.You also need to practice skills for handling interruptions. Thanks for visiting!

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Monday Motivation Quotes – July 5

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Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.&# —Benjamin Franklin “Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. .&# —Mary Tyler Moore “Dost thou love life?

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3 C's To Help Simplify Instructions

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For example: Your manager wants to improve employee technical skills; mentions the benefits of having a needs analysis to plan the training ; and asks you to look into self-study manuals, seminars, teleconferencing and cheaper training options. Number each step. Instructions don’t always come in the right sequence.

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How to Build Self Esteem

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Under the strengths’ heading, list: Mental strengths Physical strengths Interpersonal Skills Character traits Categories of knowledge Learned skills Now, under each of the successes’ find three of each type of strength that you used or developed in achieving each success.

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The R's Of Employee Motivation

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From corporate cubicles to the factory floor, the collective skills and efforts of people keep your operation going. For individual rewards, how about gift certificates for DVD rentals, music CD purchases, theme park tickets or “Dinner for 2″ at a local eatery?

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Creativity Techniques

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Creativity is a skill that needs to be cultivated in order to be useful. Image by Ian McKenzie via Flickr 4 Ways to Spark Your Creativity There are lots of people who think creativity is some sort of mysterious talent tied to genetic disposition. As a result, they’re unwilling to try anything they see as creative.