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We can all learn a lot from how great managers handle criticism. Dealing with criticism at work is not easy and as you climb the ranks, you are guaranteed to get more criticism.  Take these 5 key actions to handle criticism at work. It is really easy to get defensive or dismiss criticism without thinking about what is behind the criticism. How you handle criticism at work in part will determine ho...

Building rapport with colleagues and connecting with work colleagues is so important in creating a great team to work in and for improving team performance.   I am sharing 5 ways to build rapport and connect with work colleagues. These are tried and tested approaches that all absolutely work. Building rapport is a critical step in building trust and stronger positive relationships, which in turn c...

Managing upwards well is so important. Having a good relationship with your boss improves your happiness at work, your engagement, increases what you learn and speeds up your career progress. Who doesn’t want all these outcomes?  Learn 6 critical tips for managing upwards brilliantly during your one-on-one meetings with your manager. Your one-on-one meetings with your boss are your most important...

Instilling team direction and consistently keeping team members pointed in the same direction is a lot harder than most managers anticipate.   Learn 6 actions for successfully instilling team direction, and thus making reaching team goals a lot easier.  Consistently communicating team direction is needed with the pressures and demands placed on everyone. It is so easy to be distracted and to forge...

An employee who can’t take criticism or who won’t accept feedback can be very difficult to manage. Learn 7 Steps to make your job a lot easier and managing them more effective. When you have to manage an employee who can’t take criticism it is tempting to not give them any feedback or take the very safe option of providing positive or bland feedback. This route doesn’t help anyone, especially you...

What is a team ownership mindset and more importantly how do I go about increasing ownership within a team? 9 Characteristics, 9 Benefits and 10 proven ways to create team ownership mindsets. ---  10 Factors In Creating Team Accountability can be found here: https://enhance.training/10-factors-in-creating-team-accountability-tm0154/ ---  Getting team members to take ownership is a really important...

Being able to handle difficult experience and challenges at work (and in life) is a very important ability to succeed, to become good at any skill or job.   Learn 7 reasons to build emotional resilience at work plus 7 critical ways to build emotional resilience. Building resilience, in my view, is incredibly useful in life and definitely useful at work. Managers need emotional resilience to do the...

There are many signs of a bad employee – learn 12 of them. 4 warning signs of a problem employee give you a much better chance of catching problems early and avoiding difficult and time consuming actions later on. A stitch in time saves nine really does apply. One of the key warning signs of poor employees is a lack of openness. Problem employees nearly always try to hide the problems they are cre...

Networking skills for managers become increasingly important as we climb the ranks. I share 4 keys ways to improve your networking both internally within your company and externally. There are a lot of elements that go into networking skills for professionals and I am covering the 4 key ones that are at the core of being successful at professional networking for managers. Don’t start networking ju...

Making mistakes at work is something everyone does. To reduce the mistakes you make and to increase the speed of your learning, we are going through 6 practical ways for how to handle making mistakes at work.  “Should I admit to my mistakes at work?” is a question many ask themselves. Rather than avoiding admitting mistakes at work, take immediate responsibility for mistakes that you have made. Ta...

Creating a great professional brand at work gives you many advantages in a very competitive workplace. Consciously building your personal branding at work gives you more progress and more control over your reputation.   I share 6 factors Create a Great Professional Brand at Work The first step in actively creating a good professional brand is to define your brand. When you are clear about the bran...

Actively market your worth to management and you will get ahead quicker than those that don’t market their worth.  I am sharing 5 reasons to market your worth to management allowing you to get a lot further ahead quicker  Initially, I found the need to advertise your worth at work more than a little daunting. It didn’t take long before I become comfortable after a little practice.  There are so ma...

Every manager hates having bad staff members in their team. I am sharing 5 actions for bad staff members at work to build trust, not fear.   Maintaining team trust is super important to keep team motivation and performance high. Taking any action with problem employees is difficult enough. Even worse is the action you take is going to impact your teams trust, motivation, and performance – hopefull...

How managers build trust in teams matters. Being able to build trust quickly is more than a skill. Building trust starts with your approach to the team, what you believe in and how you display this to your team as much as what you do and say.  I am taking you through 5 key principles for how managers build trust in teams. How to build trust in teams starts with what you think and what you believe....

How to gain respect from your team is on the mind of every manager taking on a new team. I share 10 practical tried and tested approaches making gaining respect from your team a lot easier. I am sure you want to be respected by your team. I certainly did. I learnt early in my management career that team respect managers that help them. Help them a lot and they respect you a lot.  When thinking abo...

Persuading others at work to help you, to provide you information, to join a meeting is probably an everyday event for you.   I take you through 8 winning approaches for persuading others at work and include practical tips so you can implement each.  Nearly every job will involve using persuasion skills at work. Those that learn how to be more persuasive save a huge amount of their time each day a...

What should you do when you get treated unfairly at work? Explore 3 key options including “Is it worth fighting unfair treatment at work?” I also include 4 key tactics to improve your success in fighting unfair treatment at work from colleagues and unfair managers. There will be many occasions where you feel you are being treated unfairly at work. Most of the times these will be minor or un-intend...

Receiving negative feedback at work can be a devasting blow for some or an amazing opportunity for others.  I share 6 positive ways to manage negative feedback at work so you can transform all feedback into a valuable learning opportunity.  If you have worked hard, getting negative feedback from your manager or getting negative feedback from a colleague can be a painful blow. It hurts.  Don’t assu...

Create a team vision that your team understands and relates to, that explains the purpose of their work and how it creates value for the company, and you give them direction and context – both very motivational.  You will learn 7 ways to create a team vision - linking company strategy to your team. --- Leadership coaching – to increase your impact, your confidence and your team’s results Bespoke,...

Practice diplomacy at work and you will go further in your career, be liked and appreciated by more people, build better relationships and be seen as more professional.  I share 7 Actions to improve diplomacy in the workplace and avoid offending colleagues plus three compelling benefits of being diplomatic at work. --- Gain Career Changing Management Expertise Access over 200 articles, podcasts an...

Working out how to motivate your best employees can be quite intimidating and challenging as a manager. The top 5% deliver 400% more than the average employee. Motivating your top performers matters! You will learn 5 factors that motivate all team members plus 8 ways to motivate your best employees. --- Leadership coaching – to increase your impact, your confidence and your team’s results Bespoke,...

Saying No at work is massively important for the quality of your work, for your ability to properly support your team and the wider business and for your health and happiness at work.  I share 8 key benefits – what saying no at work give you and how to say no at work without annoying or upsetting the person asking for your time and help. --- Gain Career Changing Management Expertise Access over 20...

4 ways to leverage time as a manager gives you more control, more mental space, more influence in your business and a path to achieving more – personally and for your team.  Most time management tips are about prioritising or delegating – use these approaches to truly get more done in the time you and your team have. --- Gain Career Changing Management Expertise Access over 200 articles, podcasts...

The mindset of the best managers is the starting point in how they create success, in how they motivate their team, in how they gain such admiration and respect for what they do and what they deliver.  I take you through 6 principles that guide the behaviours and actions of all great managers. --- Gain Career Changing Management Expertise Access over 200 articles, podcasts and videos dedicated to...

Sharing 7 steps to improve your decision making to give you more time and space to focus on the decisions that really matter. It is so easy to get over-loaded with all the decisions we need to make each day.  Improve your decision making skills so you reduce time spent on decisions with little impact and focus on making decisions that matter. --- Leadership coaching – to increase your impact, your...