Personality profiles, leadership training, team building
Do you have a colleague who is hard to work with, or even to be around? What’s going on? Is this person being mean to you, or just being true to his or her personal style? A style you definitely don’t like. How do you overcome this problem, so you can work together effectively? Continue reading “Can’t Stand My Colleague”
“High C” personality styles are often misunderstood … so this article is presented to help you to understand the C style better and hopefully clear up some common misconceptions you may have of this analytical personality style. Continue reading “Cautious C Styles”
“High S” personality styles are often misunderstood … so this article is presented to help you to understand the S style better and hopefully clear up some common misconceptions you may have of this warm and friendly personality style. Continue reading “Supportive S Styles”
“High I” personality styles are often misunderstood … so this article is presented to help you to understand the I style better and hopefully clear up some common misconceptions you may have of this dynamic personality style. Continue reading “Inspiring I styles make life exciting”
High “D” personality styles are often misunderstood … so this article is presented to help you to understand the D style better and hopefully clear up some common misconceptions you may have of this powerful personality style. Continue reading “Dominant – D Personality Styles are often misunderstood”
Give 2018 a Meaningful Intention and Increase Your Success!Last December, I was attending our annual CAPS Convention (my professional association: Canadian Association of professional Speakers). A few colleagues and I were having this “profound” discussion about the direction to take for our 2018 professional development and businesses growth. Continue reading “Give 2018 a Meaningful Intention”
Not everyone feels comfortable making toasts, and few know about the etiquette involved. But if you are toasting someone during this holiday season, or anytime, you do want to deliver your toast with polish and expertise. Continue reading “5 Tips to Make a Toast that has Punch during the Holiday Season”
4 Tips to Pave your Road to Agreement, Not Disagreement!By Francine Provost, EKIP Training and Consulting
Sonia was just getting ready to head home after a long and busy day when a colleague comes to her desk and says: “Your approach in this document is all wrong! Management will never read your report!” Feedback? It smells more like criticism to me.
Criticism is not only emotionally painful but it rarely accomplishes what we want, i.e. better results. Continue reading “4 Tips to Pave your Road to Agreement, Not Disagreement!”
I love my cell phone and my iPad; couldn’t live without them now! You? At the same time, I’m noticing that instead of adding to the numerous ways we can communicate, many times these great devices compete or even replace them. Continue reading “6 Tips of Quality Conversations”
A few weeks ago, as I was giving a Time Management class for the Canadian Management Centre. I had the chance to meet another nice group of managers from different organizations. All these leaders were very determined, Continue reading “Time management is self-management!”