Month: July 2018

Aligning expectations will help to reduce misunderstandings and conflict

By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th July 2018 If we don’t know what is expected of us, it can be hard to deliver it! No matter how informal the management practices may be in your organisation, there will come a point when someone will query what it is that you are there to do and whether you …

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Managing your productivity in a collaborative climate

By Elisabeth Goodman, 14th July 2018 Collaborative working is on the rise – at the cost of individual productivity Speaking from experience This will not be news to people who are continuously wrestling against the demands of their e-mails, meetings, phone calls and interruptions from colleagues. Matrix working, multi-tasking on projects and interacting with colleagues, …

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Some insights on emotional self-control

By Elisabeth Goodman, 1st July 2018 I’m picking my way, as the mood takes me, through Daniel Goleman et al’s twelve “Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence”.  My latest read is “2. Emotional Self-Control”. Each of these little booklets (or primers) has little nuggets of insights which I frequently find helpful for myself, as well as …

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