Personal Effectiveness
Executive Summary – How To Write One
When writing an executive summary (sometimes called a management summary) and the most common use of this is in a proposal – most people rely on common sense or intuition to “summarize” the proposal or report. Common sense is helpful however there is a science to writing an effective executive summary. You will know more about [...]
Communication Styles
Based on an extract from an MIT USA course on communications Research indicates that each of us has a default communications style from one of the following: -Analyst – data focus -Innovator – creative focus -Producer – results focus -Diplomat – people focus We may have some qualities from all four of the above but [...]
Do You Have Executive Balance?
It started with grey cells and IQ , then there was talk about EQ – the measure of emotional intelligence. Emotional balance does play a key role it seems in building relationships, managing conflict situations and maintaining composure in stressful situations. But is this enough and is it the whole story? Is there another way [...]
Lessons of Life
An extract from an article written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio . She said “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written”. Here are the selected ones worth remembering 1. Life isn’t fair, but [...]
The 5 Truths About Fear
You are going to present before a group of people you haven’t met before. As you face the seemingly intimidating audience, you start to feel tense. Some people seem to be looking quizzically at you, as if sizing you up. You don’t like this at all, and you start looking at the exit, wishing you [...]
The Third Door
This is one of those articles you simply have to read. Arthur Rosenfeld, a Tai Chi Master, provides an amazing insight on how sometime it might be better not to rely on our instinctive and primitive emotions. Based on his article in the Huffington Post Blog Just before Christmas of 2007, almost exactly a year [...]
Using A Boomerang In Your Next Presentation!
By Asad Zaidi Remember the last time the guy from the web development company came to do a presentation for you and showed you all those wonderful slides about: -Company profile -Products and services -Pricing packages -Reference customers -After-sales support and you had to suffer through his impassioned presentation wondering how many more Powerpoint slides [...]
