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Power Listening | Friesen Group
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By Friesen Group on April 4, 2014. Listening is a vital business skill. Listening can be the deciding factor between a cohesive or fractured team, profit or loss, or long or short job tenure. Bernard Ferrari’s book,. Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All. Offers an overview of this powerful skill. Listens only to confirm his beliefs, never doubts, can be intimidating or squelch others’ ideas. Assumes nothing others say is valid, can be contemptuous. Act in good faith, with ho...
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Idea for reflection – 39 | Friesen Group
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Idea for reflection 39. By Friesen Group on March 16, 2014. You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are. Anna Quindalen, from. A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Idea for reflection 38. Tags: Idea for reflection. From: Idea for reflection. Larr; driving with the brakes on. The art of procrastination. Idea for reflection 40 Friesen Group. Your comment Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).
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Just tell me what to do! | Friesen Group
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Just tell me what to do! By Friesen Group on October 15, 2009. 8220;I’m committed to this organization, but I don’t understand what they want anymore. I wish they would just tell me what to do! The manager overhearing this conversation on the other side of a cubicle shrugs with frustration and thinks, “I’ve told them. They just don’t get it! What is the mystery that underlies this exchange? Here are some of the unwritten attributes that define the self-employed at work phenomenon:. 8211; identify problem...
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the art of procrastination | Friesen Group
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The art of procrastination. By Friesen Group on March 17, 2014. It’s been sitting on the corner of your desk for the past two weeks. It’s a decision waiting to be made, a project waiting to be started, a feedback session waiting to be scheduled. You stare at it. Then leave for another meeting. On the other hand, active procrastination the art of delay is an important skill. Procrastinating well is putting off shoveling the driveway or cleaning your file drawer by doing something that is more valuable...
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multitasking or multiswitching? | Friesen Group
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By Friesen Group on May 5, 2014. 8221; I want to shout every time I read that multitasking is a myth. I can write a blog post, answer email, keep an eye on my incoming text messages, and have a mid-morning snack. Our brains are amazing organs. Every time I automatically make a switch, my brain has to seek a stored memory and reaction, then re-route seeing, hearing, thinking, muscle action, and coordinate a response. How did I learn this lesson? I looked up many times, but I made it. 20 minutes? Kathleen,...
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driving with the brakes on | Friesen Group
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Driving with the brakes on. By Friesen Group on February 20, 2014. I pulled out into traffic, accelerated, and then – instinctively braked the car. The brake lights on the vehicle ahead had me reacting before my brain had fully processed the situation. Scanning the road and beyond, I realized there was no reason to be braking. And, in fact, the vehicle was traveling at normal highway speeds. They were, unaccountably, driving with their foot on the brakes. If I said, The building is on fire! Change would ...
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Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! | Friesen Group
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By Friesen Group on May 21, 2014. Could I give you some feedback? Just reading these words brings a rush of adrenaline. Thumbs up. Thumbs down. We are continually assessed, evaluated, rated, offered feedback. It began at home: do this, don’t do that, No! Why is receiving feedback hard? How can we use challenging and even crazy-making feedback to gain insight and succeed? Our first reaction after hearing feedback is to identify why it is wrong. And there is likely something wrong about all feedback: l...
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Leaders for Leeds » Worth a Read
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As a Leader in Leeds you probably come across a lot of interesting stuff every day. Here’s a place where you can share ‘what’s on your radar’ – the things you’ve seen, heard and read that others might find interesting too. It could be a blog, article, presentation or reports. Just send us. The direct link to the content as it appears online and signpost people there. WORK, CARE, WELFARE AND WOMENI. A are Connect Policy Brief. A Day at the Park. New network says everyone in Leeds can be a leader. Things w...
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