The last 6 months have seen me fully ensconced in a change management project – working with a team to transition work and jobs to an overseas location. A big project with big people and change implications (not the least of which is lost jobs).
Here’s what I’ve found to be critical to maintaining morale and gaining [...]

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You’ve all heard the legend. You know – those studies that suggest that women out talk men by almost 3 words to 1. Well it looks like these differences may be a myth. Someone actually decided to test it by using Electronically Activated Recorders (EARs….) that track conversations.
396 people had their conversations recorded for up [...]

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EQ that is…
Just a quick update on new statistics from my friends at TalentSmart, who do great things with EQ assessment and research.
There are 4 Emotional intelligence skill sets:

Self Awareness
Self Management
Social Awareness and
Relationship Management

A worldwide study of 500,000 people did reveal significant differences between the sexes:
It turns out that men and women have equal abilities [...]

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Today I attended a breakfast where Peter Thompson shared some of his extensive knowledge around how Persuasion skills contribute to the successful (or otherwise) process of change in organisations. Peter’s list of credentials is long:

presenter of ABC TV’s “Talking Heads.
presented ABC Radio National’s Breakfast and AM for 14 years
a Fellow of the Australian and New [...]

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The world is full of people who need to talk to each other to get things done. It’s a shame that the most common way we think toi go about this is through meetings.
Meetings are usually a less productive way of spending time. Often, people aren’t prepared, or believe they can just turn up and [...]

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