Posts for June 20, 2012

June 20, 2012

The Benefits of Team Building and Offsite Meetings

Is your conference room the right place for team building?

It is human nature to have a positive correlation between an individual’s motivation and their productivity.   Taking it a step further, a group of motivated individuals can make a productive & creative team which can build better strategies, collaborate better for smoother implementations, develop more innovative products and services and participate in a better work life balance because the stress of everyone out for themselves diminishes.   So how do you motivate your team...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on June 20, 2012

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June 20, 2012

Four Steps to Influence Your Boss’s Decisions

What should you do if you boss is your biggest roadblock?

Do you work for someone that does not like change, they don’t want to improve things, or they prefer the status quo to avoid putting themselves at risk of making mistakes?  What if you have ideas to improve your business but you can’t get them past your boss?  What if your boss’s practices are preventing growth and inadvertently hurting the company…do you say something to them?  Do you go above them to be heard?  This is a common dilemma that many of us will...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Communication Skills on June 20, 2012

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