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7 Ways to Get the Most from Team Offsite Meetings

You know the drill. You take the team on an away day to hash things out and smash through the stuff you can’t achieve while in the office. A lot of words are said. Not a lot is done.

Here’s how to avoid wasting everyone’s time. An offsite is a smart way to see beyond the day-to-day tasks, unchain your team from their desks and open up their creativity. Such unrestrained creativity can be fun. But ultimately, unproductive. So how do you avoid the pitfalls of an offsite meeting while harnessing their awesomeness?

Personal DevelopmentJames McGrath | MYOBDecember 2, 2018James McGrath, LeadershipComment

How to Tackle your Priorities

Setting priorities is a decision-making process in which you rank in order of importance the tasks you or your staff members must do. By completing the tasks on your list in order, you will achieve your goals. It sounds easy—but it's not. In fact, priority setting and sticking to the agreement you make with yourself will be one of your major challenges as a manager. Here are ten important suggestions to help you draw up a priority list—and make it work.

Inherited debt? What if your parents die broke?

When you hear the word ‘inheritance’, what is your first thought? Is it positive or negative? Do you think about what you could receive from your parents, or what you might pass on to your children? Answers will vary, but generally the term ‘inheritance’ carries positive connotations.

Personal DevelopmentAngela Stafford | Wain & NaysmithSeptember 1, 2018Angela Stafford, Personal FinancesComment

Top 5 Feedback Failures and how to Fix them

For most people, giving negative feedback is the last thing they want to do – but if you do it badly it causes pain on both sides. The point of giving negative feedback is to create a change in behaviour to improve performance. If you fail to deliver the feedback effectively, you will fail to meet this objective. There are five common ways managers and supervisors fail at giving negative feedback.Know what they are and what to do to avoid them, and you can avoid the consequences of feedback failure.

Personal DevelopmentSusan Rochester | Balance at WorkMay 2, 2018Leadership, Susan RochesterComment

How to Set Goals that can be Acheived

Goal setting has been described as 'the inner technology of success' and is one of your organisation's most important activities. Unless taken seriously, this vital planning task will be a futile exercise, an activity that can produce several high-sounding intentions which, for various reasons, are soon forgotten. So, if you want challenging goals that are, importantly, achievable, then you should consider these basic principles…

Treat People how they would like to be Treated

If you manage people, don’t underestimate what an impact you have on their lives. People are working for you and giving you their time. Sure, you pay them for it, and yes, you are providing them with an opportunity, but they are providing you with their limited time and their potential – an unlimited opportunity for you.

How to Release the Leader Within You

There is nothing elusive about leadership. Although great leaders may be as rare as great runners, great painters, or great actors, everyone has leadership potential—just as everyone has some ability at running, painting, and acting.

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