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- 2008-04-24 09:28:07 - Virtual visitation
- When a couple divorce, their parents, family and friends are affected, their work place relations may bear the brunt and almost all who know them feel estranged, sad or just uncomfortable. But the greatest effect is possibly on the children that a divorcing couple may have. Without being one of the partners to a contract they never made or broke, the children become the victims of it.
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- 2008-04-02 01:09:36 - Never make this online mistake
- Never Make This Online MistakeBy Vivian Johnson
You have to really be careful what you say and do online. Once you send that email, you can't take it back! It will stay around and haunt you forever!
Never make this online mistake; sending an email that could ruin you if it landed in the wrong hands.
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- 2008-03-11 01:07:35 - How to talk sports with your boyfriend
- So, you?re wondering how you can impress your new boyfriend. You know that he REALLY loves basketball, one team in particular. You want to show him that you?d like to share some of his interests, but how to go about it?
I?ve actually been in this situation, and went to the one guy I knew who would be able to give me good, reliable information. I called my dad. Yep, my dad is also a big ...
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- 2008-03-03 14:15:59 - How to shock your ex
- How To Shock Your EXBy Nicole Gayle
There's nothing sweeter than earning a certain level of success then having your EX hear how well you are doing. Especially if you were the one who was dumped. It just rocks!
When you were together, family and friends knew you as a couple. Whatever you achieved together, yo...
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- 2007-12-24 09:26:23 - Relationship help - the reality of an unfaithful partner
- Starting sometime in the nineteen fifties, television sitcoms started milking what has now become a pretty standard plot. It is the one where one spouse thinks the other is out fooling around but in the end it turns out to be nothing more than a series of misunderstandings. "You saw me with that woman because she is a mink coat wholesaler." Eventually all is forgiven. The jealous spouse apologizes...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Whats the secret ingredient that turns groups into teams?
- What's the Secret Ingredient That Turns Groups into Teams? Working together building and maintaining long-term team relationships is the key behavior and skill of the most effective people in any organization.Mutual Trust is the secret ingredient that turns groups into teams. It leads to cooperation, productivity, faster problem solving, loyalty and high morale.Some of the key elemen...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Effective team building for stronger teams
- TEAM LEADERS WORKSHOPAlice asked Cheshire cat "which road should I take?" (Cheshire cat) "Where do you want to go?" (Alice) "I don't know" (Cheshire cat) well it doesn't matter which road you take.How do you tell a good leader? "By how many people will follow them into battle"What is Coaching?A discussion process between members o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Constructive group dynamics: how to go from the s.n.i.p.p.y. syndrome to a c.l.e.a.r. v.i.e.w.
- If asked to look at your work calendar for the week, the odds are pretty good that you have a few if not several meetings already scheduled. Now, if asked how you feel about attending some of those meetings, the odds are even better that you may either roll your eyes, groan or mutter something under your breath. Sound familiar so far? Okay, that was the easy part.Coming from a background of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How does personal development help in business?
- Teams run most businesses and teams work best if each member is aligned with the whole group and works in a happy friendly way. Team building has been very popular over the last ten years or so, but wouldn't it be so much easier if we naturally lived a life in synchrony with your teammates and your customers.Businesses in the past has employed people for the purpose of fulfilling a role and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Listening between the lines
- Have you seen the tee-shirt with the slogan, "Talk to the hand 'cos the face ain't listening?" Do you feel it's like this sometimes when you are trying to get through to people? But just how good a listener are you? Do you actually "listen between the lines?"So often we hear about a problem, and immediately jump in. We want a quick fix. However, we are inside our own hea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Virtual team work
- At a time when many companies are scaling down their marketing budgets, big design firms are finding it harder to win new clients and projects. Things maybe tough for the larger design firms, but the situation could be ideal for freelancers and other smaller boutique operations that can operate virtually.One obvious advantage that full-service design companies have over independent freelanc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Leading the witness: how asking questions as a trainer can limit learning and reduce trust
- "Asking questions can be a means of establishing authority, fulfilling leadership functions, and ensuring effective learning. In fact, asking questions is probably the most subtle power you have for controlling people. The person who asks questions always controls the conversation... if we could discipline our minds to ask questions instead, we could lead any conversation to wherever we wanted it ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why people dont listen... and some fun things you can do about it
- It's frustrating when your co-workers, audience members, teenager or even your dog (!) won't listen. While you can't control how they receive what you say, you can control how you send it. Here are a few tips on why people don't listen and what you can do to change it.1. Short Attention SpansWhen asked to guess the average adult attention span, most people say around thirty mi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You, your team, and your coach
- The grand purpose of coaching is to help your managers, the people they manage, and your organization make the transition from where you are to where you want to be.Some points are so obvious it seems silly to even mention them but experience suggests that, just as common sense is not really so common, we can be blindly oblivious of what seems obvious.1. You can not influence the dir...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trust: a critical factor to your teams success
- True or false? Teams that practice good teamwork contribute to an organization's success.Not only "true" but blatantly true.The fact may be plain and simple, but creating a successful team, leading a successful team, or participating on a successful team is not so plain and simple. The sticky word is "successful." Creating a team is easy. Sitting in the leader's c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You are excused from training
- Trainers, please picture this... You are presenting in a new location to a new group. You are prepared for a one day workshop. Your materials are ready and you are "on". Things seem to be going well. You are building a nice rapport with the class and the pace of the training is right on schedule. About two hours into your day one participant starts to demonstrate disruptive behavior. Thi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wiifm - making the whats in it for me? question work for you
- In the constantly changing world of Call Centers, asking agents to adapt to ever increasing demands, responsibilities and performance can be a challenge to even the most involved of managers. Being able to create buy in is always challenging, but if you can answer the WIIFM question you will be ahead of the game.While some people may think that the WIIFM question is selfish and self serving...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What do trainers do when they are not training?
- In the new corporate environments where everyone wears more than one hat, trainers are often responsible for a myriad of duties beyond just facilitating new training classes. Their job is often that of Maintenance, IT Guru, Subject Matter Expert, Coach, Instructional designer, and Copy Clerk. There is an incredible amount of work that has to happen for a training event to occur. Let's look a littl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hand out warm glows
- Do you remember how you felt after your last interaction with another person either on the phone or face to face? That person - it could have been a customer, a colleague, a salesperson, a friend or even a member of your family. Did they make you feel good, uplifted and more positive, did they leave you feeling neutral or did they make you feel down and more negative.Unfortunately, most of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marche, or how teams work.
- On the trail in Northern Canada "Marche" was the word that translated as "Mush" and was used to drive the dog teams that once were the only source of power in the frozen North.What was not translated was the original meaning of the word "Marche" which was the French imperative, "Walk".Not run, not hurry up or go faster, just walk.There are in fact...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dealing with people that drive you crazy!
- We all know someone who just drives us batty. Perhaps the person is too noisy, too borish, or too flashy. Perhaps the person is too gossipy, critical, or lazy. There are hundreds of reasons why we may not relate well to a person.In my case, the person was both loud and talkative. He thought he was funny; I thought he was insensitive. So I decided to just ignore him... pretend he didn't exis...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Solitude vs teamwork!
- Irrespective of any given situation, "Team Work Works!" It is not that students are incapable of studying in solitude, it is just that when they study in collaboration the synergy drives the students, one step further. During the learning period people tend to be skeptical and filled with fraught of underachieving, so they stick with the habit of solitary learning. They often underestimate the pow...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why is teamwork training important?
- "When teamwork kicks in, nobody can beat you." Don Shula, Head Coach, Miami Dolphins Only NFL team to attain a perfect 17-0 seasonWhether it's two people, a department, or an organization, teams are the means by which great things get done. Unfortunately, not all work groups exhibit teamwork. So, how can our groups develop that sense of community and cohesiveness,...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Go on, be a tiger
- From the moment he putted with Bob Hope on the Mike Douglas Show at age two, Tiger Woods appeared destined for fame. After an unprecedented junior and amateur career, his entry into the professional ranks in 1996 received tremendous publicity ? and one of the largest sponsorship contracts in history. At age 28, having claimed 40 PGA Tour titles and with eight majors in his trophy case including th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dealing with difficult people: ten ways to improve your communications success
- Have you noticed that some people seem to stop listening even before you start talking? Do you avoid approaching some people unless you absolutely have too? Improve your chance for conversational success by considering the following ten factors before starting your next conversation.1. Consider the setting. Where will the conversation take place? Is it public or private? Are there ot...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Building successful work relationships--playing in the same sandbox
- Remember playing in your childhood sandbox? If you enjoyed being outside for most of the day, you could play in the sandbox for hours on end-shaping and pouring the sand or mixing it with a little water to form a castle or hill. Children enjoy playing with sand or dirt and learn at an early age how to make the most of this play time activity.Playing in a sandbox usually starts out as a soli...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Workplace fitness: tongue-in-cheek
- According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English, to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek is to speak insincerely or ironically. This phrase dates back to 1748 when it was cool to show disdain or disrespect for someone by putting your tongue inside your cheek to make it stick out.While we rarely use this gesture to signal contempt today, we exercise tongue-in-cheek with our words. Ou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discovering the truth on mlm
- Truth on mlmDid you know that the truth on mlm can set you free? Well, it definately can and here's why. Basic processes need to take place no matter how many different articles, books and websites are devoted to the subject on network marketing.Here's the truth on mlm.You need to recruit and train new distributors into your business. The more of that you do the more su...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Always in motion is the future
- It's the summer of 1973, and a young film director goes searching for a studio to distribute his new screenplay. Many say no, until one finally agrees to take a chance on him. Twentieth Century Fox has such little faith anyone will actually pay to see the movie that it agrees to give him - in exchange for the usual directing fee - 40% of the box office, plus sequel, publishing and merchandising ri...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Team development and learning
- A tight knit team is a group of competent individuals who care deeply about each other and are fiercely committed to their mission. The members are highly motivated to combing their energy and expertise to achieve a common objective. From our observation and studies on team development, we have found three primary conditions that have to be met in order to attain higher levels of team performance ...