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Liz Bywater, PhD - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Liz Bywater, PhD, is the founder and president of Bywater Consulting Group, an organizational consulting firm based in Yardley, PA. As a consultant and coach to senior executives, managers, and business owners, she helps her clients achieve dramatic improvements in individual, team and organizational performance.
Dr. Bywater consults, writes, and speaks on a variety of work-related topics, including outstanding leadership, workplace conflict resolution, effective goal-setting, mentoring for success, and more. An internationally recognized expert in ... [More]
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- Stress Management For Optimum Performance
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Stress is a very real part of life. It impacts our personal and professional effectiveness and must be addressed accordingly. Here's how.
- Employee Burnout - How to Spot it and Stop it in Its Tracks
[Business:Management] Employee burnout is serious business. Burned out employees are less productive, less collaborative, less creative, less motivated and less likely to stick around. It's important to spot burnout before it's severe - and then take measures to stop it in its tracks. Here are some tips for recognizing and addressing the problem.
- The Path to Success
[Self-Improvement:Success] There is no single path to success. To achieve success, reflect upon your accomplishments and achievements - but don't make the mistake of trying to follow directly in the footsteps of others. Instead, build upon your own strengths, talents, and inclinations.
- The Ritz-Carlton and the Customer Experience
[Business:Customer-Service] Providing a consistently superior customer experience is essential to running a successful business. This article highlights the role of customer service in creating loyal customers who will refer you to others.
- How to Improve Your Business Relationships - Top Five Tips
[Business:Workplace-Communication] It's no cliche to say that business is all about relationships. It's a fact. Successful business is built on strong connections between individuals, teams and organizations. Here are five tips for developing and maintaining truly value-added business relationships.
- The Problem with New Year's Resolutions (and How to Solve It)
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Despite the best of intentions, our resolutions almost always fail - often in record-breaking time. But why? We are so motivated. We want to change. Really, we do.
- A Practical Guide to Resolving Workplace Conflict
[Business:Workplace-Communication] When it comes to conflict, it's pretty easy to take a bad situation and make it even worse. We say the wrong thing, in the wrong way, at the wrong time. With a little thought and planning, though, you can effectively work out problems with coworkers, clients, family, and friends. The next time you're engaged in a quarrel or dispute, try the following two-step approach.
- Ten Common Conflict Resolution Mistakes - And How to Avoid Them
[Business:Workplace-Communication] One of the most common and frustrating impediments to worker productivity is conflict between employees. In any organization, unresolved conflict can strain relationships, create tension and negativity, fuel office gossip, and dampen morale. In attempting to resolve disputes and disagreements, people often make mistakes . Here are ten of the most common mistakes - along with some practical strategies for getting it right.
- To Achieve Success, Focus on the Future
[Self-Improvement:Success] To move forward in life and business, you've got to focus on the future. Sure, it's compelling to stay mired in the past. But success means moving ahead with your life. Here's how.
- Give it to Me Straight - Using Objective Feedback to Improve Performance
[Self-Improvement:Success] Objective feedback is an essential component in the pursuit of optimal performance. How can we possibly maximize our impact, hone our communication skills, increase our levels of influence without a clear and honest picture of how we appear to others? To get the input you need for peak performance, try the following strategies:
- Change Is Good - Advice For Continual Performance Improvement
[Business:Change-Management] Change is an essential element of individual and organizational growth. Change initiatives can, in fact, be extremely energizing and motivating - both to your business and to you personally. What sort of change have you embraced lately?
- Work-Life Balance - Tips for Staying Focused and Productive
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Balancing the many and often conflicting demands of work and home life is a common and major stressor among today's workers. When life is imbalanced, relationships suffer, work performance deteriorates, and parenting skills go down the tubes. What can be done to protect ourselves from burnout in the midst of what sometimes feels like life run amok? The following tried-and-true techniques can help.
- Reward Your Employees for Outstanding Performance: Top Five Ways To Reinforce Excellent Work
[Business:Management] Great leaders know that to get the most from their people, they’ve got to recognize their accomplishments in ways that have an impact, that serve to reinforce hard work and encourage continued creativity and innovation. Here are a few highly effective ways to reward employee excellence.
- The Art of Leadership - Talking the Walk
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] Superb communication is the cornerstone of great leadership. Whether you are a corporate executive, a team leader, or a front line manager, whether a teacher, a community leader, or a parent, you can get superior results by effectively honing your communication skills.
- Leadership and Vision - What's Your Cathedral?
[Business] Leadership without vision isn't true leadership at all. It is management. While management is both valuable and necessary, it is simply not the stuff that takes people and organizations to new heights of achievement.
- The Art of Leadership: Part One
[Business] How do we begin to understand the art of leadership and its indisputable importance in today’s world? We read, hear, and talk about leadership all the time. The context varies but the importance of strong leadership does not.
- Strategies for Implementation-How to Follow Through on Your New Year's Resolutions
[Business] For most of us, the start of a new year is a time of reflection. A review of the year gone by and an opportunity to set goals for the year ahead. Intentions are good and motivation is high. The challenge lies in the predictable loss of steam that ensues as we move past the holiday season and back into our workaday lives. Here are some strategies to assist you in seeing those New Year's goals and resolutions come to life.
- How to Choose a Coach
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Now more than ever, savvy business owners, managers, and senior executives are discovering the benefits of working with a coach. Whether top performers looking to accelerate their progress, entrepreneurs navigating the rugged terrain of self-employment, or new managers learning the interpersonal complexities of their work, smart business people are reaching the same conclusion. Mentoring fuels success.
- Workplace Communication 201: It’s What You Say AND How You Say It
[Business:Workplace-Communication] Effective communication in the workplace requires thought, planning, and a good dose of people savvy. Whether you're delivering dicey performance evaluation, addressing a peer, or asking the boss for a much-deserved promotion, you can improve your odds of being heard. Here are some helpful strategies and techniques...
- Succession Planning: Improving the Odds of Success
[Business:Strategic-Planning] Succession planning is a vital business activity, a key element of ensuring organizational continuity and growth. In brief, it entails lining up the right people to take over important roles as they open up. Lack of a solid plan can place strain on the organization and its employees. Here's what can be done to increase the odds of success.
- Keeping Valued Employees: Why Terminate When You Can Turnaround
[Business:Management] What can be done with the underperforming but valued employee? Termination is often considered but may not be the best answer. Given the right tools and motivation, these folks can get back on track - a desirable outcome for the employee and the organization.
- So You Want to Be Your Own Boss? (Or: the Rewards and Challenges of Self-Employment)
[Business] Being your own boss lets you call the shots. It can be personally and financially rewarding. But self-employment also poses challenges. Here's how to maximize your chances of success.
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