Insights in the world of Training and Development

Assertive Skills

2008-07-28T09:50:00.000-07:00

How to be Assertive by Speaking Fluent Body LanguageYou've probably heard the expressions before... "Chin up, shoulders back," "Keep your distance," "Feet on the ground," "Pain in the neck." But have you ever wondered how they came about? It all has to do with body language. Simply put, body language is the unspoken communication we all use in every face-to-face encounter with other human beings.

Principles of Feedback

2008-07-24T08:08:00.000-07:00

How to Give Difficult Messages and Stay Liked and RespectedProviding advice to people is always tough, but if it’s done right, you not only get the message across, but you build a tighter and stronger relationship with the person. You may think that feedback is limited to people in positions of power such as managers and parents but everyone often needs to give those

Qualities of High Performing Teams

2008-07-23T08:20:00.000-07:00

There are basically five qualities of the most productive work teams that you need to foster throughout the stages of team development. The degree to which you accomplish this before you start working will determine your success as a team leader and the success of the team as a whole. The first quality is the existence of shared values. You can foster this quality by asking the question, "

Stages Of Team Development - The Role of a Leader

2008-07-23T07:47:00.000-07:00

Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.Of course, everyone you meet has different values,

Effective Public Speaking

2008-07-23T06:17:00.000-07:00

Begin with something to get the attention of the audienceThis might be a startling statement, statistic, or your own story. Listeners pay close attention when a person begins with, "Two weeks ago as I was driving to work a car pulled out in front of me..." You could begin with a current event: "You might have read in the paper this morning about the flood that..." A question is another way to

Motivation

2008-07-22T09:08:00.000-07:00

How to think like Champions “Losers say they might and winners say they will. It’s as simple as that. Of course, attitude has a lot to do with winning and life success”. Be Outcome OrientedNothing comes easy in life. If things were easy, then everyone’s life would be blissful. If we want the things that we want in life, then we have to know what we must give up in order to get it.

The Uncompassionate Leader

2008-07-22T07:57:00.000-07:00

The Uncompassionate LeaderAs a leader, its your job to delegate responsibility to your subordinates. In the military structure, a subordinate is trained to follow an order without question, or face some pretty stiff consequences. But in the civilian world, people may carry out an order, but do so in protest or with subtle subterfuge in retaliation for that order. Why is that? It’s because

As a Trainer you can learn how to Change Attitudes to Reach Effectiveness....

2008-07-21T06:35:00.001-07:00

Change Attitudes to Reach Effectiveness..The world is made up of two groups of people they say - those who think and those who do not think. All of us have the potential to think for sure.

The Training Of “The Will To Do”

2008-07-20T03:15:00.000-07:00

The “Will To Do” is the greatest power in the world that is concerned with human accomplishment and no one can in advance determine its limits.The things that we do now would have been a few ages ago impossibilities. Today the safe maxim is: "All things are possible."The Will To Do is a force that is strictly practical, yet it is difficult to explain just what it is. It can be compared to

Qualities of a True Leader

2008-07-20T02:44:00.000-07:00

“Leadership is the art of getting someone to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower The highly successful people in the world are naturally leaders in their respective fields. If you want to realize any level of success in your own life, then you need to make the commitment towards becoming a leader too. Focus on becoming great at what you love to do in life

An Overview On Training & Development

2008-03-31T04:50:00.000-07:00

Selection and TrainingIdeologies or beliefs about people can influence the emphasis placed on selection on one hand and training and development on the other.So, what beliefs about people are influential and how do they influence this emphasis?Training and DevelopmentTraining is the systematic process concerned with facilitating the acquisition of skills, knowledge and attitudes which result in: