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7 Principles for Leaders in Managing Transitions

January 24th, 2011

A simple checklist that will be useful for any leaders or managers who are currently managing transitions or changes within their team or organisation.

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Top Tips for managing change and transition

January 21st, 2011

Here is a list of top tips to help you when managing change and transition either in your personal life or your professional life;

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Business Email Communication Tips

January 19th, 2011

As many of us use email on a very regular basis for our business I thought that it might be useful to provide some Business Email Communication tips to consider when writing them.

So….. here is a simple way to make sure that when you’re writing emails to anyone that it has the IMPACT that you want it to have;

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Performance Management – Managers need to be role models

September 16th, 2010

Performance Management - Managers need to be role models

I caught up with my friend the other day, the one who told me of the new team leader who had got off to a shaky start with her team (See my previous blogs post: A New Manager). Well, it transpires that this new team leader is also not that understanding when it comes to Performance Management either. It seems that she still has some way to go in her development as a manager!

 

 

“Be the change you want to see….”

 

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Challenging Negative Behaviour

July 13th, 2010

Challenging negative behaviour

It is always difficult to tackle negative behaviour in a positive way that corrects the issue without causing resentment and / or damage to the relationship.

The BIFF model is one of the simplest and most effective ways of guiding your approach to the situation that I have come across.

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Welcome to my blog

June 18th, 2010

Hi, I’m Martin Smith from Martin Smith Learning and Development Ltd (@trainlearnlead on Twitter) – Welcome to my blog.Welcome to my blog

Blogging is a new adventure for me so I’ll be learning as I go along which is good as that is one of my philosophies of life. I hope that you will come along and enjoy the journey with me, for however long you can stay. » Read more: Welcome to my blog