Articles written by Amy Smith
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Communities of Practice
Communities of practice can not only acclimate staff into new roles in an organization, but also help retain and share crucial knowledge.
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Continuous Process Improvement
With time, support and a refocus of traditional ways of sharing ideas, managers can create a culture in their work area that values improving processes for efficiency.
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Power of Body Language
Body language includes stance, gestures and facial expressions. All of these make a huge impact on your audience-even before you say a word.
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Delivering a Speech
The point of speechmaking is to convey a message to an audience. The most powerful message will have no impact without an effective delivery.
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Preparing for a Presentation
One of the best ways to ease public speaking jitters is to ensure you have prepared the right speech for the right event.
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Employee Discipline Meetings
You've documented the problems, you've coached, and you've perhaps even had scheduled development meetings. But, what happens if the poor performance continues?
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Employee Performance Improvement
You've given a written reprimand and an improvement plan has been signed by both you and the employee. Now, you sit back and wait for improvement, right?
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Office Politics
Lies. Sabotage. Deceit. Manipulation. Backstabbing. Sound like a bad soap opera? Chances are it's a workplace. Yours.
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Develop Your Employees
Feel once a year is adequate for performance discussions? More frequent employee performance conversations help develop strong employees on an ongoing basis.
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Employee Performance Conversations
When tough performance conversations are handled with planning and care, they can become positive interactions that promote employee development.
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Easter Candy: Handmade Chocolate
Creating hand-dipped chocolates couldn't be easier with these recipes for mint balls and bourbon balls. Learn what to buy and how to prepare chocolate for dipping.
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From Employee to Manager
Three key moves help new managers make the transition from employee to managing staff. Investing in relationships with employees and other managers are key to success.
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Organizational Change
Organizational change doesn't occur over night. Creating a strategic plan for implementing change is key to successful long-term change efforts.
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