By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Without any ability to measure business goals, they become meaningless. You can set goals until the cows come home, but you can’t accomplish them. Using benchmarks and milestones can be of great help when measuring goals. If you can find a benchmark on a particular goal or set of tasks, this can be used as […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Perhaps you’ve never thought of becoming a project manager. But guess what? If you are proficient with setting and achieving goals, you have a basis for a new career. After all, when you manage a project, you’ll need to create a list of tasks and put deadlines around them. That is similar to what you […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Businesses fail because they run out of cash. This is like saying people die because their hearts stop. Both are certainly true statements but what are the underlying reasons for failure and death? When you can figure those out, you may be able to extend the life of both. One of the biggest reasons for […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Many business owners are under the false assumption that goals have to be a formal document, several hundred pages long. There are businesses who have been successful with goals written on a single page. While not every business will have the luxury of keeping their goals to one page, the consensus is to keep your […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Learning and Teaching Good Written Communication As with most things in life, good writing takes practice. The good news is that the more you do it, the more you will improve your skills. Good written communication is essential for leadership and getting results. Following instructions and giving clear instructions can make all the difference between […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
EFFECTIVE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION In the last section, we discussed how important face-to-face and phone call conversations are as a means of communicating ideas. When it comes to formal business arrangements, however, there is no substitute for the written word. All of your written communications need to be clear, concise and grammatically correct in order to […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Effective Communication over the Phone Conversations on the phone can be a fast way of getting things done, but they can also leave room for confusion if you’re not clear about what you want to discuss at the start, and what the outcomes are of that phone conversation. It is great to chat, but sometimes […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Public Speaking In the course of meetings, presentations, conferences and so on, you will have to speak in public to audiences both large and small. Studies have shown that public speaking is the number one fear that most people have, while death is only number three. As someone once joked, this means most people would […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
EFFECTIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION Verbal communication is often taken for granted because we can all speak, even if we are not good writers. However, effective verbal communication does not come naturally to everyone. Fortunately, it is a skill that can be learned with a bit of time and effort. The Importance of Verbal Communication Spoken words […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Following Up Whenever something important is being conveyed, follow-up can make all the difference between success and failure. Using the lay-off example above, for those staff who remain after the cuts, holding another meeting to talk about the next steps will be important. Meetings will also need to be held in order to make sure […]
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