Easter Sunday 2015

Daily Review: Important Ways to communicate

5 Phrases that turn a boss into a jerk:

1.    Hold that thought

2.    That’s above my pay grade

3.    Because I pay your salary

4.    I need that yesterday

5.    I don’t believe in giving employees a perfect score

                 How to shine at a meeting: 4 tips

1.    Don’t state the obvious

2.    Take notes while other5s are speaking

3.    Speak deliberately

4.    Focus your point

                 Draw a blank during a speech? Recover:

1.    Repeat your last sentence

2.    Ask the audience for help

3.    Stop talking altogether

4.    Don’t apologize or make excuses

                

                 Great subject lines to grab readers:

1.    “How to”

2.    Question

3.    Order

4.    Anecdote

5.    Tease

6.    Breaking news

7.    Straightforward

                 Be a smooth operator on the phone:

1.    Check first

2.    Block distractions

3.    Add energy

4.    Invite comments

5.    Smile

                 Craft a great Linkedin message

1.    Get clear before you compose

2.    Be as specific as possible in the subject line

3.    Make an introduction

4.    Cut to the chase

Reprimanding: Do it right

1.    Don’t smile

2.    Don’t “pile” on

3.    Be specific

4.    Put the reprimand in perspective

                 Tips to spice up your writing:

1.    Search and destroy

2.    Go noun hunting

3.    Wipe out “to be”

4.    Stay active

                 Manage remote workers: 5 tips

1.    Spend some time together

2.    Be patient

3.    Create a virtual watercooler

4.    Recognize work well done

5.    Use communication to build trust

                 11 great interview questions:

                 Initiative

                 Decision-making

                 Communication

                 Humility      

Integrity

                 Leadership

                 Persuasiveness

                 Planning

                 Sales                      

                 Supervision

                 Technical skills

                 From a stinging email, enlightenment:

                   Being a leader you can capitalize on social networking by having the willingness to seek out a staffers.

                  Employee lying? Here are the signs:

1.    His upper body freezes

2.    He does not use contractions

3.    He’ll use inappropriate detail

4.    He can’t tell the story backward

3 public speaking myths busted:

Memorize everything

Don’t greet your audience

Admit you are nervous

Gain the edge in negotiations:

Emphasize the relationship

Emphasize mutual interests

Don’t offer employees that unsavory feedback “sandwich”

Words of the day

Paucity = scarcity; insufficiency

Ebberman: one who fishes under bridges