8 Toxic People You Should Keep Away From Your Teams
If they set their mind to it, it only takes one person to spoil the work of a whole team. And your work too. The human factor is becoming more and more relevant within companies, and knowing how to recognize certain behaviors in time can save productivity, performance and resolution of your teams before it’s […]
A Billion Dollar Meeting
Today we are going to do a quick exercise. Open up your appointment book and start adding up all the meetings you have scheduled for today, for this week and for this month. They are a lot, right? Now you are wondering if all of them have a meaningful purpose and you will start thinking […]
The 7 Great Challenges for the Leaders of Tomorrow
The great challenges of tomorrow include acquiring and developing a certain range of skills and abilities. It is fairly obvious that we are living in a constantly changing world, increasingly dynamic and challenging. This complexity also affects the business environment, which never stops evolving. Organizations in the XXI century have a need of leaders capable […]
Work on your business leadership before getting dressed every day
Working on your business leadership before starting your day can help you improve your talent. Being a leader is a mental state. You can develop that personal skill way before getting dressed every day. Find out how: Set your “big goal” Find out what your main objective is, your big goal. Think big, to be a good […]
Effective Corporate Training: The Positive Effects of Video Games (Infographic)
As ASTD explains in Playing to Win: Gamification and Serious Games in Organizational Learning, 25% of organizations currently use gamification in learning, and 20% of them use serious games. This study looks at 551 business and learning professionals representing organizations of varying sizes and geographic locations. Training through video games can overcome some of the […]
Manage your Team Meeting like Steve Jobs Did
Managing your team meetings effectively is possible. During his years as head of the multinational Apple, Steve Jobs attended thousands of team meetings. The famous magnate got the vast majority of these meetings to be productive, unlike many other companies that end up losing millions of dollars a year because of “meeting-itis”. Learning to manage […]
Beat Post-Vacation Syndrome by Being Productive
Goodbye summer. September is back, and so is our work routine. Getting back to our frantic daily pace is not easy, but it is certainly not impossible either. Write these 9 steps down so you will be productive after vacation. You may be interested in: How to be productive while on vacation 1. Start one […]
Your Sales Team Needs a ‘Scorecard’ for Negotiations
Your sales team is crying out for a ‘scorecard’. Having control of every negotiation is crucial to get your sales teams to meet previously set goals. But… what is exactly this so-called ‘scorecard’? What is a ‘scorecard’? Jim Anderson perfectly explains it in The Accidental Negotiator and, as rudimentary as it may seem, it is […]
The Future of Serious Games Through the Lens of Mobile Devices
The training sector continues to experience a significant expansion, especially with regard to the serious games market. Mobile platforms substantially contribute to this growth and its adaptation to changing times. The booming market of serious games Virtual reality has been a part of our daily lives for quite some time now. Also, the serious games […]
A productivity tool for your business: self-management
Self-management is one of the best productivity tools your company can rely on. Knowing how to manage the workload and channel the possible stress generated among the staff, and eventually in the company, is the responsibility and obligation of the leaders of any organization. The higher a person is in the organization chart of a […]