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How to Manage Your Time Efficiently: Management Primer Managers have so much to do that you cannot afford to not manage your time efficiently and effectively. It’s the way to successful productivity. In this video, I’ll give you all the basics of how to do it easily and effectively. Do you want a concise, yet
Read MoreWhat is Mentoring? Why get a Mentor and Why be a Mentor? + Top Tips In this video, I want to answer the question, what is Mentoring? And also why get a mentor and why become a mentor? Watching this video is worth 4 Management Courses CPD Points. This video is part of course module
Read MoreWhat is PESTLE Analysis? In this video, I want to answer the question, what is PESTLE Analysis? Watching this video is worth 1 Management Courses CPD Point. This video is part of course module number 6.4.3 Program 6: Managing within an Organization Course 4: Strategy Section 3: Business Strategy LESSON NOTES ============ PESTLE Analysis is
Read MoreThe Miller Heiman Strategic Selling Methodology Robert Miller and Stephen Heimann were the founders of the hugely successful sales training business, Miller Heiman (no part of Korn Ferry). Their sales methodology focuses on Strategic Selling. The Book of the Course! Sales Skills: A Management Courses Introduction This book gives a broad introduction to the topic,
Read MoreWhat is NLP Modelling? And How do we to Do it? If you do something really well, and get excellent results, then perhaps I can get the same results if I do what you do. So, I might ask you questions and observe how you behave. If I can figure out your formula and apply
Read MoreNLP & Hypnosis: What is the Milton Model? The Milton Model is like an inverse of the Meta Model that we saw in an earlier video. Its purpose is to open up the mind to alternative possibilities. And main way it does this is by being artfully vague! Watching this video is worth 2 Management
Read MoreNLP Meta Model: Precision Questioning and Listening The NLP Meta Model starts with our ability recognize language patterns that people use, which give away the filters they are applying. Where these filters lead them to make an unhelpful interpretation of events , the second part of the Meta Model equips us to challenge those deletions,
Read MoreWhat is NLP? Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP is, frankly, problematic. Its popularity in management and business goes through phases and it has a lot of tools that are useful. So, what is NLP? Watching this video is worth 3 Management Courses CPD Points*. 🔎 See below for details NLP This video is part of course
Read MoreHoward Gardner: Emotional Intelligence in the Multiple Intelligences Model In 1983, Harvard psychologist, Howard Gardner, published the first edition of his book ‘Frames of Mind’. This introduced a wide audience to his model of ‘Multiple Intelligences’ Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. 🔎 See below for details Overview of Emotional Intelligence
Read MoreWhat is Remarketing? (or Retargeting) Have you ever been wandering about the internet and been surprised to find adverts for products you recently looked at? If you have, welcome to remarketing. Maybe you looked at an online product and then, later that day, saw a discount advert in your social media feed. Or you clicked
Read MoreWhat is Marketing Automation? And How to set it up. The explosion in online business and the effectiveness of Software as a Service have created a new boom: Marketing Automation. This allows marketers to address prospective customers almost personally. But to do so in a way that scales with your business. So, what is marketing
Read MoreWhat is Seth Godin’s Permission Marketing? And How to Build Your Campaign Permission Marketing has reached early adulthood. Born in 1999, it is a vibrantly fit and energetic part of the marketer’s toolset. We see it everyday, and think nothing of the revolutionary change it has created. Watching this video is worth 3 Management Courses
Read MoreWhat is Public Relations (PR)? How can your organization build the reputation it chooses? What it does and how the media represent it are important. So is advertising. But one way combines authenticity and control: good Public Relations, or PR. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. 🔎 See below for details
Read MoreMarketing Mix: Product – What is the Product Marketing? In our video on Marketing Mix, the first of the 4 Ps was Product. Product is the goods and services that you offer to your target customers. It needs to solve a problem, scratch an itch, or create desire in your customers. So, this element of
Read MoreWhat is the Marketing Mix – The 4Ps: Product, Price, Place, Promotion? The job of marketing is to make potential customers aware of your products or services. And the Marketing Mix is consists of the different strategies for doing this. Watching this video is worth 4 Management Courses CPD Points*. 🔎 See below for details
Read MoreWhat is Market Segmentation? Every buyer is unique. But, in most industries, it is impossible to target marketing at individuals. So, instead, we identify broad classes of buyers who share within the class a set of needs and buying preferences. Identifying those classes is market segmentation. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD
Read MoreWhat is a Marketing Strategy? A marketing strategy refers to a business’s overall plan for how to reach prospects and turn them into customers. A marketing strategy contains the company’s or brand’s value proposition, key messages, data on target customers, and other essential data. Watching this video is worth 3 Management Courses CPD Points*. 🔎
Read MoreWhat is Market Research? Market research is the process for understanding the customers’ responses to a new service or product, by working directly with potential customers. Market research allows a company to discover who its ideal customers are and get opinions and other feedback from them. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD
Read MoreEdgar Schein’s 3 Levels of Organizational Culture Edgar Schein, of the Sloan School of Management, was interested in understanding organizational culture. He analyzed organizations into three distinct levels of organizational culture: artifacts (the surface manifestations of culture), values, and assumptions. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more details)
Read MoreFrench and Raven: Social Power Bases in Organizations French and Raven described the sources of power that people have as ‘social power bases’. Watching this video is worth 3 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more details) The Nature of Organizations ======================= This video is part of course module number 6.1.3 Program 6: Managing
Read MoreOrganizational Power: What is Power? Ralph Waldo Emerson said that: ‘life is a search after power’. If that is true, what is it we are searching for? We need to start our exploration of power in organizations by understanding what is power? Watching this video is worth 1 Management Courses CPD Point*. (See below for
Read MoreStrategic Time Management: What and How ‘People are our most valuable asset’ they say. But, in truth, you can replace them. But you can’t replace time. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever. Strategic Time Management treats time as the strategic asset it really is. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points* See
Read MoreHow to Use the Kanban Method for Time Management Kanban started life as an inventory control system at Toyota in the 1950s. It was part of the Toyota Production System, developed by Taiichi Ohno to support ‘Just in Time’ manufacturing. Now, Kanban is a widely-used approach to plan and track activities. It is a useful
Read MoreHow Does the Chain Method of Time Management Work? The Chain Method was reportedly described by comedian Jerry Seinfeld to web developer and stand-up comedian, Brad Isaac. Seinfeld used the Chain Method to motivate himself to find time to write new material every day. Watching this video is worth 1 Management Courses CPD Point* (See
Read MoreHow Does the Autofocus Time Management Method Work? Mark Forster’s Autofocus Technique for personal time management is as little known as David Allen’s Getting Things Done is well-known. But if you are after a personal productivity system, check this out. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points* See below for more details
Read MoreMOSCOW Analysis – Negotiation Tools One of the most important parts of preparing for a negotiation is knowing what you want – and what you need. And the best tool for this is MOSCOW Analysis. Watching this video is worth 1 Management Courses CPD Point*. (See below for more details) This video is part of
Read MoreHow Does the Getting Things Done Time Management Method Work? Getting Things Done (GTD) is probably the most famous proprietory time management method. It was developed by David Allen. It’s simple to explain and complex to implement well. For some people, GTD works like a dream. Others find it to complicated. Watching this video is
Read MoreWhat is the Pomodoro Technique? Working in Sprints You have to love Francesco Cirillo’s Pomodoro Technique. It’s the boldness and simplicity of this great little time management tool! Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more details) This video is part of course module number 1.6.2 Program 1: Managing
Read MoreEating Frogs: A Solution to Procrastination Eating Frogs is a tried and trustworthy method to deal with chronic procrastination. If you are constantly putting off a job you really don’t fancy – but it needs to be done – eating frogs is the method for you. Watching this video is worth 1 Management Courses CPD
Read MoreHow to Handle Interruptions and Distractions You think you’re on schedule. And you would be… if it weren’t for interruptions and distractions Let’s look at how to handle being interrupted. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more details) This video is part of course module number 1.6.2 Program
Read MoreHow to Say NO: Noble Objection – the Ultimate in Time Management What do you do when all other time management methods fail you? You have too much to do. You need to say ‘no’. You need to make a Noble Objection. But it’s not so simple. So, I’ll show you how to say NO
Read MoreHow to Handle Overload: When Time Management is Not Enough What do you do when you objectively have too much to do in the time available? This is overload. We’ll look at the techniques to use when you are overloaded. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more details)
Read MoreHow to Clear a Backlog – The 4 Rs Method We all get behind from time to time. This creates a backlog of stuff you need to do. It may be a pile of papers you have to read, or bills to pay, or forms to fill. Perhaps it’s an email inbox full of unanswered
Read MorePrioritization with the Pareto Principle – the 80-20 Rule Deciding what is important can be bewildering when you have too much choice. You need to prioritize. And a simple tool is the 80-20 Rule – properly known as the Pareto Principle. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more
Read MorePrioritization: Understand Urgent and Important Some things are important. And there are things that are merely urgent. To properly prioritize your work and be fully productive, you need to be able to understand the distinction between urgent and important. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for details) This video
Read MoreTo Do List and 7 Other Time Management Lists You Should Use Instead To Do lists are a rubbish way of getting things done. But the idea of a well-formed list is a good one. So, I explain why To Do lists are toxic and recommend 7 other lists you should be using instead. Watching
Read MoreTime Management with The OATS Principle There is no single time management system that works for everyone. And some people find systems just don’t work for them at all. But apply this basic principle – the OATS Principle – and you will start to have control over how you use your time. Make the OATS
Read MoreGoal Setting: The Start of Your Time Management Goals answer the question: What do you want? and, if you don’t know the answer to that, how are you going to get it. So, goal setting is the vital first step to time management, personal productivity and, ultimately, success! Watching this video is worth 4 Management
Read MoreActivity Log: Logging Your Time and Activities Don’t know where your time goes? The first step is to keep an eye on it. And that means keeping an activity log – a record of how you use your time. What gets measured, gets managed! Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See
Read MoreEmail Wrangling: How to Manage Your Email for Greater Productivity Emails… They just keep on coming. And, as much as they can be a help, they can also be a blight on your productivity. So, you need to learn how to control them… to master the art of email wrangling. In this video, I’ll show
Read MoreThe Flow State… and How Flow Can Help You Work Effectively Have you ever had the experience of being so focused on what you are doing that time just flows past without you even noticing? That is a flow state. The psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, first described flow states, and they are a powerful tool for
Read MoreSpecial Time: and How to Use it to Work Effectively If you want to work effectively and be as productive as possible, you need to use the Special Time you have available to its fullest. So, in this video, let’s look at what Special Time is, and the five types of special time you can
Read MoreOvercome Overwhelm: Dealing with the Feeling of Being Overwhelmed When you feel overwhelmed by all the things you need to do, it can freeze you into not doing any of them. This will only make the situation worse. So, you need to seize control. And there’s the way. It’s my Overwhelm Routine. Watching this video
Read MoreConquer Procrastination: How to Avoid Putting Things Off Procrastination is putting off doing something for no good reason. It is a time waster and a blight on our personal productivity. If you want to work effectively, you will need to conquer procrastination. And in this video, you’ll get the 16 best methods to use –
Read MoreThree Types of Procrastination… and Why 2 are Good Everyone knows what procrastination is: It’s when we put off things that seem difficult or unpleasant. But there’s more to procrastination than that. And not all forms of procrastination are bad. Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*. (See below for more details)
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