Today you will seldom find home-based entrepreneurs struggling on their own to meet deadlines. Help, whether in the form of people or equipment, makes life easier. Many people contract or employ others to help them on a part-time, full-time or as-needed basis. Another way is to invest in a personal computer or word-processor, photocopier, or fax machine. ..more
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Effective Business Conference, Plan the Context
Posted by: arlene on Sunday, 9th Nov, 2008
The purpose of planning the context, is to create a setting for effective communication.
Location
A private place that is free from interruptions should be selected. Importantly, phone calls and people walking in should be prevented. Even music should be eliminated. Moving objects or people are visual distractions. The meeting should occur in a private room that other people will not inadvertently enter. A place where neither person feels on home turf, or a site preferred by your Other is best. ..more
Talk it Out, Business Relationship Reach out continued
Posted by: arlene on Sunday, 2nd Nov, 2008
Do Not Score Points
Conciliatory gestures always place the person offering them in a vulnerable position. His Other is presented with an opportunity to take advantage of the open, non- defensive comment to ’score a point’.
When the Other offers a conciliatory gesture, you should not yield to the temptation to score. Do not take advantage of your Other’s vulnerability, even if he takes advantage of yours. Rejecting the Other’s efforts to conciliate is a common retaliatory tactic used during ordinary arguments. But doing so damages trust and widens the gap to be bridged. The Dialogue is not an ordinary argument. For many people, scoring points may be an old bad habit; try not to do it. ..more
Business Relationship Conflict, What it can do, what it can’t part 2
Posted by: arlene on Wednesday, 15th Oct, 2008
Reality-Testing
Unless perceptions are tested against objective reality (what the Other really means), inaccuracies can grow. Talking together tests the accuracy of our perceptions against the replies of our partner. Effective day-to-day management of interpersonal differences requires conversation.
When interdependency is high and time for communication is limited, the burden on both persons’ abilities to efficiently check out perceptions is heavy. Being busy people, time is seldom so abundant that the burden of reality-testing does not occasionally exceed our abilities to communicate, to hear and understand the Other. ..more
Team Collaboration Networks and bar charts
Posted by: arlene on Friday, 26th Sep, 2008
The plan that you use must be:
- clear and specific in its content
- easily understood by all who use or see it
- capable of accepting changes at both a detailed and broad level, and
- capable of being used to monitor what’s actually happening.
The simplest forms of the project plan that will do this for you are:
The Gantt chart, and The Critical Path network. ..more
