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I'm used to helping managers deliver tough messages. "Your performance is not up to par." "We received a customer complaint about your work." "You were late...

While I'd be the first person to espouse the virtues of active listening and have done so in many settings, sometimes you just need to get away! In most workplace situations, it is expected that you...

PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF AssessONE© THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UAE NATIONAL THE AssessONE© PLAN The following proposal outlines the AssessONE© Plan...

Most people associate leadership with position titles, materialism, the number of subordinates and territories one controls, and someone who fits the elderly-grey hair-pot belly with...

The subject of this article is about how you as an individual can hone in on your creative potential and my goal is to help you realize that it is the key to your success personally and...

Are you on the job hunt this recession? Fear not. Here is some inspiration for you to help you go get your dream role. Whether you have a stable career right now or not, think back to the time...

Jane leads a team of professionals who routinely deliver high quality, innovative products. The environment is fast-paced and creative. When Tom joined the organization, his teammates immediately...

On a recent cross-country flight I was seated in front of a gentleman who was highly intelligent, skillfully articulate, and utterly clueless. How did I know all this about the man who sat behind me?...

In today’s world, one of the major challenges for a HR person is to keep the employees charged, motivated and going. It is a well known fact that a motivated employee is more productive and...

Powerful and purposeful questions are an integral part of engaging employees in conversations about issues you can't solve on your own. You can't do it all yourself. As a manager, the input of your...

According to The Gallup Organization there are 22 million disengaged employees that cost the American economy up to $350 billion per year in lost productivity, including absence, illness, and other...

(AFP) Published: Monday, October 05, 2009 Information technology will be an employment machine, generating 5.8 million new jobs in the coming four years, according to International Data Corporation...

There is a natural tendency to avoid asking questions when you are uncertain as to what the answers will be. As a result, managers often avoid asking questions. Instead, they just tell the employees...

Recently, E-Tips has been focusing on the power of questions to build relationships and to engage employees in performance conversations. This month we offer a very subtle but powerful trick for...

The effect of recession is getting very tougher and tougher on the organizations day by day. There is lot of uncertainty in business that comes in with recession. Of course, the Business Heads...

Last month we began a series of tips designed to build your skills in asking powerful questions. You've heard me say time and time again, "questions are the key to a meaningful performance...

If you've been reading e-tips for awhile, you know that powerful questions lead to more meaningful performance conversations. You can't do all the talking and expect an employee to really buy in to...

Countless books advise how to build your personal brand. Michael Jackson was so unique that he cannot realistically serve as anyone's role model in that effort. Yet Jackson was unquestionably a brand...

The transport system in UAE is quite good to go around the emirates. The job-searching period makes you familiar with the city. Public transport system is well developed and connected with all the...

Do you ever ask these questions before? I forwarded my resume to 100s of job openings in UAE but ‘No Calls’? I have relevant experience and skills but my resumes are rejected. If your...

Review the below questions and work out on this. You will find some strategies and guidelines to answer the questions. 1. Tell me about yourself: It is a common question asked by many...

Prepare and study a day before the interview. Work out on few questions that would be possible to ask by the employer. Visualize and feel the emotion of being offered the job and see yourself as a...

We are facing workplace challenges many of us have never faced before. If your organization is facing layoffs, reorganizations, or other upheavals, you are probably spending your days looking at...

1. Resume. Start searching job with a professionally build resume, your first impression makes lot of difference. An impressive resume works than a lousy resume. Keep some time to build a resume that...

Searching job in UAE is becoming tough after the recession than in the earlier days. Let me give some tips at the recession-hit time to find a job in UAE. Dubai is probably one of the attractive...

Part of a manager's job is to give feedback to employees to help them meet and exceed expectations for performance. It should be easy, right? Just share your perspectives with the employee and they...

Last month we offered five tips for building managerial confidence. These tips included: 1. If not you, then who? 2. Build mastery. 3. Model successful people. 4. Practice visualization....

A primary goal of our new Painless Performance Conversations workshop is to build confidence in leaders so that they can successfully conduct the tough, yet important, conversations with employees....

I've heard from quite a few people lately who have lost their jobs, taken pay cuts, or are otherwise in a tough situation. They are struggling, not just financially, but emotionally. For many people,...

As a manager you've probably faced some tough employee situations. Many of those "tough" situations often involve an employee not doing what you expect them to do or not delivering on what...

It's almost a waste of ink to say these are uncertain times. We hear it everyday. No matter what business you are in, you've probably experienced ups and downs lately and your employees are probably...