Monthly Archives: February 2014

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Conflict Resolution and The Everything DiSC Workplace® Profile

Conflict ResolutionToday’s Workplace

The perfect workplace is one where no conflict exists.  However, this is impossible to achieve.  Within a workplace, we have to deal with various people and people have moods, interests and personalities and it is simply not realistic to believe that this will never cause conflict.

This is why it is so important for managers to understand the basics of conflict resolution.  They have to be ready to manage workplace relationships in such a way that conflict does not get out of hand.  But how is this done?  Let’s first take a look at why conflict exists in the workplace.

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The DiSC® Profile and Other Recruiting Tips

Improve Hiring Processes with The DiSC ProfileHiring the Right Person – Why It’s Important

It is incredibly important to hire the right people for the right job.  It doesn’t matter whether this is done through an external job advertisement or through internal promotion.

You have to have a really good people strategy in place, which includes a recruitment, selection and retention program.  Doing that properly is all about making sure that you understand the finer points of recruitment, hiring and promotion processes.

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Interpersonal Communication and How The DiSC® Profile Helps

Interpersonal CommunicationThe Importance of Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal communication is hugely important in terms of being able to be effective in the work place, and in personal life as well.  It is the process that describes how people are able to convey important messages, including feelings and information.  They do this both verbally and non-verbally.  This type of communication is done face to face, which means it looks not just at what is being said through language, but also at how things are being said.  This includes such things as facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and gestures.

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The Link Between Employee Retention And Job Satisfaction

Job SatisfactionInvesting In Job Satisfaction To Increase Employee Retention

One of the main issues that businesses all over the world face is staff retention.  Every employee is an investment and the hope is that the investment is one in the future of the company, rather than an investment in another company.  Businesses have various tools in place to make sure their investment is safeguarded, with some charging employees for their training if they leave within a certain period of completion.

However, these types of measures don’t seem to have a tremendous effect.  If anything, it makes the employee feel as if there is an expectancy that they would leave and aren’t committed to the organization in the first place.  According to experts, a far more pressing issue is to make sure each individual member of the staff has high levels of job satisfaction.

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Lessons From Effective Business Leaders

SuccessLearn From Successful People

You can benefit from the knowledge and experience of the top business leaders no matter the size of your own business or the fact you are only in the idea phase of a future business.  There are a number of lessons you can learn from self-made millionaires, CEOs of huge organizations and others who have made their mark in the business world.

This article will examine some of the traits of successful business people and their unique business approaches to success.

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