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Time Management self help program Introduction Poor use of time creates problems not only for you, but also for those that you work with: under-performance, job dissatisfaction, work overload and stress. The key to improving time management skills is to accept that YOU are responsible for your own use of time. It is only then that you are in a position to make things better for yourself. There are many benefits to good time  more...

Magic Meetings self help program Introduction Most meetings occur too often, last too long and achieve too little! Managers can spend between 25% and 50% of their working week attending, or preparing for, meetings, with up to a third of that time wasted. Consider all this time in terms of cost to your company - participantsa salaries, time better spent achieving other goals, negative feelings and drop in morale. Meetings  more...

Assertiveness Influencing self help program Introduction Business situations occur almost every minute of the working day - conversations with a colleague, phone call from a customer, a supplier or Head Office, department meetings, doing a presentation or selling products - either face-to-face or over the phone. They are all situations in which there is an a outcomea - something gets done, either for you, for the other person(s), or  more...

Present It self help program Introduction Having to deliver a presentation has been rated as one of the things people dread the most in life. In a recent survey it was rated the number 1 fear - death came sixth on the list! It's one of those skills that we dona t seem to get enough opportunities to practice. Therefore it becomes a daunting prospect - an occasion in which sleep is lost, nails are bitten to the quick and  more...