Managing Change

As a manager or leader what simple step can you take to effectively manage change.

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Burnt Out? Stressed?

A college professor stood in front of his students picked up a glass of water and asked “Is this heavy?” No – seemed the obvious answer. Then he stretched out his arm, still holding the glass and said; “What if I hold it for an hour, or a day –

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Don’t do it

“Mighty stuff Martin. Can you give me a call on ***” Thus read a direct message I received on LinkedIn last week. From a 1st degree contact. It looked important, maybe even a bit urgent. I called as soon as I could. “Hello, is that Jim (not real name)?” I

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Manipulate or Influence

I have a session coming up shortly on Effective Influence so I’ve been doing some reading. I came across an article titled ‘Psychological tricks to manipulate people’. The title made me uncomfortable. Whether you are a high powered Negotiator, work in Sales, provide Customer Service or you simply need to

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Be on the look out …

“Make someone’s day” is a great recommendation. I read it in the book Fish written by Steven Lundin. He says it doesn’t have to be a life changing gesture. For some people at some times the phrase ‘How are you’ could change their life or make their day if used

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Have you tried to contact your own organisation?

I just wanted to reclaim points due on my Credit Card loyalty scheme. Simple? Yes, maybe. Easy? Not with ‘XYZ Bank – Reward Scheme’.   No obvious link on the XYZ Home Page to their Reward Scheme dept. Tried their Search function. Had a quick look at FAQs. Still no

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