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Getting the most out of online training

Thinking about online training for you or your team? Here are our top tips for getting the most out of online training.   If you or your employees are working from home, you might be thinking about taking part in online training to make the most of the quieter period. Online training is a great way to learn new skills, but it comes with its own challenges and issues. Studies show that the completion rates for online courses are around 10…

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How to Manage Your Inbox

Manage Your Inbox and Save Up to One Hour a Day If you’ve read my article, or watched the video, of how to clear your inbox in 30 minutes, you’ll remember that I promised to show you howto keep on top of your inbox in the future and stop it filling up again.    There are two key actions: Have a number of clear folders set up  Take action with each email immediately by following the ‘Touch it Once’ theory  …

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How to Handle a Know it All in The Training Room

  We’ve all been there: you’ve just got the training session started and someone wants to make a comment designed to make sure you know that they are extremely knowledgeable about the topic and that they will be sharing their knowledge as much as possible with everyone. That person can either be an asset or an annoyance for the rest of the session depending upon how you handle them. Here are some of my tips to stop you pulling your…

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How to Clear Your Inbox in Just 30 Minutes

    When I’m helping people with time management, email is one of the things people tell me is the biggest time stealer. The technique below is designed to be a ‘quick and dirty’ way to get your inbox clear and allow you to start managing your emails more effectively once it’s done. You need to set aside at least 30 minutes to carry out your inbox purge. Once you are ready to begin, open your inbox and follow the…

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10 Productivity Tips for Busy Offices

If you work in, or manage, a busy office chances are that not everyone is as productive as they could be all the time. Here are some ways to help your staff be more productive allowing you to move your business forward. 1. Quiet desk In a busy office, being interrupted is one the biggest causes of wasted time. Some studies show we lose up to three hours every day through non-relevant interruptions. One way to combat this is to…

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Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word…

Five Things You Should NOT Apologise for when Presenting Whether you’re an experienced speaker or presenting for the first time, it can be very easy to let the word ‘sorry’ slip out during your talk and at times this can detract from your message. Here are five things you should NOT apologise for: 1) Not being as good as the person speaking before. If the previous speaker was amazing, funny or wowed the audience it’s easy to be tempted to…

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The Five Biggest Follow-up Blunders in Business

I can almost guarantee that everyone reading this, including myself, has missed out on making money because of the lack of an effective follow-up at one time or another. Here are just five of the worst follow-up blunders you can make in business and a few tips on how to prevent them. 1) You completely forget all about the need to follow-up. It’s easy to do: you leave the event/meeting full of good intentions then stuff gets in the way…

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5 Things You Should Never Do When Networking

We’ve all made mistakes when we’ve been out networking. I’ve put together a list of just five things you should never do at a networking event. Are you guilty of any of them? I know I’ve sometimes done the first one when I didn’t have anyone to talk to, so I try to make a conscious effort to avoid it now. Spend too much time on your phone. It’s easy to either get distracted by emails or feel self-conscious that…

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New to Networking? Five Top Tips for Your First Meeting

Many people find their first networking meeting daunting as they don’t know what to expect or what is expected of them. Here are five tips to give you more confidence going out to your first event. Even if it’s not your first time networking, I hope you will still find some of these tips useful.                   1) Choose the type of meeting carefully. You might be more confident at a more social…

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Three Key Skills for Business Success

Three Key Skills for Business Success If you’re a solo business owner, or looking to start a business there are some key skills you can learn or develop that will stand you in good stead for business success. I want to take you through a couple of skills I think are particularly relevant.   One skill I learnt at school, and have probably used more than any other, is touch typing. It’s a massive timesaver as I can do in…

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