By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th June 2018 A manager’s responsibilities involve balancing the individual, the team and the task A manager’s responsibilities cover so much more than just getting the job done! For scientists, information professionals and others who are new to management, this can be one of the most daunting aspects of making that transition. …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 3rd June 2018 I’ve written a few blogs on the characteristics of high performance teams and how to evaluate them and summarised them in this one on my RiverRhee website (http://riverrhee.com/blog/temperature-checks-or-diagnostics-high-performance-teams). Daniel Goleman et al’s “Teamwork: a primer”, number 11, in his “Building blocks of emotional intelligence” series, provides some additional helpful …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th May 2018 My Knowledge Management colleague from my days with NetIKX , Stephen Dale, recently alerted us to John and Joann Girard and Co’s new book “Knowledge Management Matters – words of wisdom from leading practitioners.” The editors very generously offer the book as a free pdf, although one look at …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th April 2018 I’ve just been reading booklet number 10: Conflict Management, in the “Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman et al. The authors have some powerful insights on the benefits of conflict and how to address or facilitate it constructively, both as an individual participant, and as a team …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 22nd March 2018 The 9th ‘building block’ or ‘primer’, in Daniel Goleman et al’s series for Emotional Intelligence is all about the coach and mentor role of leaders. The style of these primers is very discursive, with chapters from several experts in the field. I mapped out the key points that emerged …
By Elisabeth Goodman, 9th March 2018 My colleague, Liz Mercer, and I recently bought the whole set of Daniel Goleman et al’s twelve”Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence” between us. The 70+ page booklet on “Influence” caught my attention as we have a course on Effective Influencing and Communication Skills with RiverRhee. We also have a section …
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By Elisabeth Goodman, 27th February 2018 What’s special about facilitation? Does the prospect of working with a room full of total strangers (or colleagues even) fill you with excitement? Do you get a glow of pleasure when you see people literally lighting up with a break-through in their thinking? It was one such moment in …
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Guest blog by Alison Proffitt – 30th January 2018 Editor’s comment: Many of the Biotech and Life Sciences organisations we work with are growing in size and investing a large amount of time and resource in their recruitment process, yet there is often a feeling that they are not doing it as effectively as they …
Tips for hiring the best people in rapidly growing Biotech and Life Science companies Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 23rd January, 2018 I would not endorse eating this frog, but it’s a powerful metaphor adopted by Brian Tracy in “Eat that Frog!” for tackling the most difficult and least attractive tasks first, and for just getting on with it. The “21 great ways to stop procrastinating and get more done in …
The frog, the ninja and you – time and productivity Read More »
By Elisabeth Goodman, 8th January 2018 What is your company’s approach to training? Monika Hamori is a professor of human resources management at the IE Business School, IE University in Madrid. She has conducted a research study of more than 28,000 learners in 127 countries, supplemented by the use of surveys and interviews. Her findings, …
