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People Management: Hear the Music To Support Your Team

Darren A. Smith

March 11, 2021

How to Support Your Team Managing people is hard. They are all different, with different motivations, different wants, and different…

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SBI Model (Situation-Behaviour-Impact™) for Feedback

Darren A. Smith

March 3, 2021

Learn About the Situation, Behaviour and Impact Model and How to Use it Effectively What is the SBI model? Developed…

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Management Training Courses – Your Top Questions Answered

Darren A. Smith

March 3, 2021

Management Training Courses As management trainers, we are often asked what is the best course to improve people management skills.…

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How to Significantly Reduce Emails in Your Business

Darren A. Smith

March 2, 2021

Learn How You Can Reduce Emails. We Discuss Findings From the Harvard Business Review The Harvard Business Review reported about…

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Understand the Meaning Behind Your Questions

Darren A. Smith

March 2, 2021

Do You Know the Meaning That Lies Behind the Different Types of Questions? This post is about understanding the hidden…

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Which 11 Actions Help You to Show Leadership at Work?

Amanda Dudley

February 25, 2021

How Do I Show Leadership at Work? Showing leadership at work sets you apart from the rest of your colleagues.…

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5 Ways Cross-Cultural Differences Can Affect Your Outsourcing

Alexey Kutsenko

February 23, 2021

Learn How to Overcome Cross-Cultural Differences Outsourcing is the choice of those seeking expertise while trying to cut costs. In…

7 Sticky Skills for Small Changes & Big Results: Etihad Webinar

Darren A. Smith

February 22, 2021

Thank you for attending the Etihad Airways webinar. I Shared 7 Sticky Skills Behaviours that you can use straight away.…

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3 Essential Business Formulas for Trust, Change & the 80:20

Darren A. Smith

February 22, 2021

Discover 3 Formulas That Will Become Essential to Your Business My learnings from 12 years in the very structured corporate…

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7 Insights That Will Improve Your Time Management

Darren A. Smith

February 12, 2021

How Do I Improve My Time Management? In this article, you will gain seven insights that will help to improve…

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The Supermarket Wine Category is the Hardest Category to Shop

Darren A. Smith

February 9, 2021

Do You Suffer From Indecision in the Wine Aisle? I would describe my understanding of wine as ‘Johnny Average’. I…

Q&A With Groceries Code Adjudicator Mark White

Darren A. Smith

February 5, 2021

The New Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) Mark White Answers Our Questions Mark White officially took over the role of Groceries…

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