Motivating People – Connect Changed Behaviors To Cooperation From Others -
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Barbara Brown, PhD
One way to motivate someone to change his or her behavior is to explain how doing so will lead to greater cooperation from others. Think about it, people work with people. This means that at some point, everyone has to depend on someone else to...
Motivating People – Connect Your Wants To Employee Tasks -
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Barbara Brown, PhD
One way to motivate people at work is to explain how doing what you want will help people achieve something they want regarding work assignments. Do this by considering that everyone has challenges and desires around getting work done. People look for ways to save...
Disagreements – 3 Ways to Say No and Show Consideration -
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Barbara Brown, PhD
Sometimes you need to say "no" to a request or idea. Of course, ideally you want to do it in a way that does not alienate the other person. That is especially the case if you need the person's cooperation. So what do you say? ...
How to Criticize Bosses, Colleagues, and Subordinates -
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Barbara Brown, PhD
Regardless of your position, there will be times when you want to ask someone to change how they act or behave. While many factors might affect what you say and how you say it, one factor is the position of the other person. In other...
Effective Managers Possess Planning And Organizing Skills -
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Barbara Brown, PhD
How can you distinguish between the good, better, and best managers? One way is to examine how effective other managers (or you) are at Planning and Organizing. Here are six skills you can use to make that determination: 1. Formulating Short-Term Plans: This involves identifying strategies...
Giving Positive Feedback – 7 Ways to Make It Meaningful -
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Barbara Brown, PhD
As a manager, you know that positive feedback is supposed to be specific rather than general. But it is also important to make sure positive feedback is meaningful. What’s the difference? Specific feedback involves a two-step process. Step 1, you tell employees what they did. ...
