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1). The 7 Keys To Your Creative Genius Here are 7 ways you can instantly access your natural creativity and create anything you like. 1. Think Like A Child. As adults we tend to think in a conditioned way aimed at showing how clever we are. Yet, as children, we were simply spontaneous and far more creative in our thinking. To re-capture your childhood curiosity, allo... 2). The Pygmalion Effect A team does as well as you and the team think they can. This idea is known as �the self-fulfilling prophecy�. When you believe the team will perform well, in some strange, magical way they do. And similarly, when you believe they won�t perform well, they don�t. There is enough experimental data to suggest that the self-ful... 3). Bring Your Presentations To Life and Get A Standing Ovation Presentation techniques are the tools that help us to bring a page of written text to spoken life. They are the means by which we animate words, inject interest and build audience rapport. Learn the following 7 techniques and you�ll have your audience clinging to every word you say. 1. Speak To Their Ears. Remember that your aud... 4). Vision: How Leaders See The Invisible The one thing that distinguishes great leaders from also-rans is the power, depth, and breadth of their vision. Vision is a strange concept. It�s much more than just a goal or purpose. Goals simply state what we aim to achieve. Visions paint a fuller picture describing our most cherished dreams, hopes and possibilities. 5). Say No To Time Stealers If you find yourself going to work with the best intentions of making the most of every minute, but end up at the close of the day wondering where it all went, the chances are that you�ve been hijacked by the Time Stealers. Time Stealers are people who, without anything to do with their own time, steal yours from you as well. They fil... 6). 7 Blocks To Creative Thinking And How To Solve Them Each of us has the power to be creative. It's part of our natural make-up as human beings. The trouble is that, too often, we block our natural creativity and so make errors in thinking and give ourselves more problems than we should. Here are 7 ways to open up your natural creativity and keep the channels unblocked. 1. Don't Make A... 7). MTL 1daycourseplans: What The Internet Was Made For Have you ever wished you could have a huge supply of training course plans at your fingertips just waiting to be delivered? No research? No designing? No planning? Well, if so, MTL 1daycourseplans from ManageTrainLearn, is the product you�ve been waiting for. MTL 1daycourseplans comes from the Internet e-learning company ManageTrainLea... 8). Timeless Principles To Steer You Through Negotiations If you want a sure-fire way to succeed at negotiations � whether it�s with your partner over which TV programme to watch tonight, or with a business partner in some high-powered negotiations -- then learn these 7 principles of negotiations expressed through 7 timeless quotes: Principle 1: Negotiating is an essentially human way of inte... 9). The 7 Rules of Upward Communication Bit by bit, your workplace is changing. As the old industries disappear, and along with them, control styles of management, so new structures and new systems are taking their place. Where once the manager sat atop the pyramid, and issued commands to the team below, today there is every chance that it is the team that sits ... 10). The Seventh Abundance It�s tempting when you�re struggling with money issues to think that this really is a cruel unfriendly world. There you are, working your socks off, and it�s all money out, out, out, leaving you constantly on the bread line while others around you seem to have anything and everything they want. But just as the sun seems to move around ... 11). 100 Ways To Be A Better Time Manager Here are 100 ways to be a better time manager. Practise them all and you'll discover that you'll get more done, improve the quality of your time with others, and have a better balance between all the demands on your work and life. 1. Value your time. 2. Treat time as a resource to be managed. 3. Measure your time. 4. ... 12). Innovation: The Life Blood Of Your Business If you�re running or managing a business and want it to be around for a long time, you need to spend a good part of your time innovating. That�s because, in a fast-moving world, where people expect things to get better and better, and cheaper and cheaper, innovation is your route to getting ahead of your competition. Here are 7 ways t... 13). The ABC of Superlative Leadership If you want to make the move from managing to leading, from being a professional to being an inspirer, from being one of the team to being a leader of the team, you need to know the ABC of Superlative Leadership. A is for Appreciative Cultures, the end result of a leader�s work, when the culture he or she fosters becomes an appreciativ... 14). The Gratitude Attitude Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces in the Universe. It may not look as good as money, a big car, a palatial house, or the latest makeover � in fact, you can�t see it at all � but, as I�m going to show you, gratitude has more power to change your life than all these material things put together. The dictionary tells us that gr... 15). The Unbeatable Laws Of Customer Service If you want to be number one in customer service, you have to do a number of things that make you stand out from the crowd. Here are 7 ways that will put you on top. 1. Roll Out The Red Carpet For Everyone. If there�s one thing people hate about poor service, it�s getting treated differently from others. It makes them feel infer... 16). Do You Let Your Staff Daydream? How much time do you let your staff think? I mean �think� in all shapes and forms. Such as planning and reviewing, brainstorming and creativity, decision-taking and problem-solving, logical thinking and free-flow thinking. And, yes, daydreaming, too. Well, if it�s not up to a quarter of their time, then maybe they�re not d... 17). Training: Why It Has To Be At The Top Of Your People Agenda If you ever wonder why your organization should invest time and money in training, then these 7 reasons should convince you. 1. Integration. Integrating people into the organization was the original purpose of training. You trained employees so that they could continue the systems, purpose, and procedures of the organization. Ta... 18). Mission: How Leaders Create The Greatest Version Of What You Can Be A statement of mission is one of the most powerful things you can do, whether you are running a major corporation or a small team. It expresses the purpose for the organisation�s existence, its raison d�etre, and becomes the rallying point around which everyone can unite. Often managers create mission statements because they think the... 19). Create Anything You Want With These 7 Secrets To Goal-Setting Why is it that some people set goals and give up on them while others set goals and achieve them with amazing ease? The answer almost certainly lies in applying the following 7 secrets of goal-setting. 1. Start With Your Strengths. Although you can base your goals on anything you want, your chances of success are greater if, fir... 20). Penalty Shoot-Outs: How To Be Sure Of Scoring The cup final whistle blows. It�s one each. Extra time is played but nobody scores. The referee signals a penalty shoot-out. Now 5 men from each side have to step up and put the ball into the net just once. It�s something they can do in their sleep but at least one of them is going to miss. How is it possible that hugely talented and ... 21). Musketeer Management: All For One and One For All There�s nothing like being in a great team. It is one of life�s greatest highs and one of the real pleasures of going to work. Unfortunately, though, for many, it is a dream to be longed for rather than a daily reality. In teams that don�t click, the experience is frustrating, painful, and stressful. And for the organization that allows such teams ... 22). Don�t Pull Up The Seeds When You�ve Just Sown Them Why is it that 95% of people who set themselves goals fail to reach them? In one word: impatience. The most important and difficult stage of goal-building is the immediate stage after you set your goals. In the first stage, there�s a brief blip of euphoria. But this soon passes and then you hit the arid plateau of learning. It�s in thi... 23). Developmental Delegation: How To Kindle The Inner Spirit If you manage others, one of your most important roles will be to develop the resources that you have under you and that includes the people themselves. Here is a 6-step guide to how to develop people through delegation. 1. Kindle The Inner Spirit. The first step in developing others is the belief that everyone in the team is ca... 24). The Daily Grind: Take Out The Stress, Discover The Joy If you suffer stress from the tedium of boring, repetitive, and meaningless work, then it�s time you changed your attitude. Simply by seeing work as adventure, service, ritual, self-expression, and meaningful, you can transform the very nature of the daily grind. 1. Work as Adventure. Many people might laugh at you if you sugges... 25). The 7 Secrets Of Wow! Customer Service Your aim in giving your customers exceptional service is to make them say �Wow!� as soon as you disappear. You can do that if you make the following 7 tips part of your normal pattern of service. 1. Give Your Customers Plenty of Strokes. People love to be stroked. Just like domestic pets, we like it when we are fussed at, smiled... 26). Appraisals: Learn How To Love Them Appraisals have a pretty bad reputation in many organizations. Managers dread having to give them and employees hate having to take them. But by simply focusing on 7 high-value components of appraisals, you can turn them into one of the most important activities you perform� and start to love them. Here are those 7 features. 1. Re-s...