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How to Deal with Difficult Coworkers

Posted by sudhirmangla December 1, 2008

If holding your head and tearing your hair out were a rare option rather than the daily situation for you when thinking of dealing with your coworkers, wouldn’t you just love to know what to do Understand that problem exists There are many types of difficult coworkers. Whether it is cold-shoulder treatment you consistently get from a coworker or constant whining, gossiping, arrogance, rudeness, hostility, shirking of responsibility, bullying, misappropriation of credit and blame, or other aggressive... Read more »

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How to prepare for meetings

Posted by sudhirmangla November 8, 2008

If there is one activity that unites professionals from different occupations all over the world, it is meetings. Executives, managers, or software developers — they all spend a large part of their working hours closeted in conference rooms discussing issues, significant and insignificant. But the truth about meetings is they are largely a waste of time if not organized well or not planned in advance. Here are some tips to help you get the best out of these congregations. Time and venue The... Read more »

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How to fine tune future presentations.

Posted by sudhirmangla October 24, 2008

What makes complex sales difficult is that the decision-makers often don’t understand what they need and what the differences are between products. It sounds as though you can provide technical differences, but those are meaningless to someone trained in management. Try these tactics: Make sure the CEO gets involved In my experience, the MIS (Management Information System) departments have the discretion to use their budgets as they see fit. In a smaller company, a CEO might get... Read more »

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Key Tips for Motivating Staff

Posted by sudhirmangla October 20, 2008

Motivated employees, research shows, work harder, smarter and more productively; apply more of themselves to a particular job, persevere stronger through tough odds, exhibit more passion towards their job and are more adamant about meeting goals and pursuing targets. While some people are innately more passionate about their jobs and careers than others, organisational structures and management styles can play a key role in tuning the motivational barometer. The key question then is how to transform... Read more »

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Writing business letters

Posted by sudhirmangla September 5, 2008

Consider your Reader Who is the reader? In a business letter, it is usually employees, customers, suppliers or the public. When you are writing business letter, imagine that you are in the readers’ position. Are they happy, frustrated or merely inconvenienced? What essential information does that person need to know through this communication? What are their expectations when they open the letter? Have you addressed all of these issues? By doing this, you will show the reader that you can relate... Read more »

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HOW TO FORWARD E-MAIL APPROPRIATELY

Posted by sudhirmangla August 30, 2008

A friend who is a computer expert received the following directly from a system administrator for a corporate system. It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below, even if you’re sure you already follow proper procedures. Please share it with your email buddies! Do you really know how to forward e-mails? Most of us DO NOT know how. Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? Every time you... Read more »

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