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Welcome to Monday Morning: Listening

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 31 May 2010 06:00:02 +0000

Listen! Or your tongue will make you deaf Cherokee saying Thought for the week Most of us view listening as a passive form of activity, a time when we can formulate our next question, prepare our next line of attack or even daydream. Listening is in fact a very active skill, involving focusing our attention and concentration [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: What Do You Want?

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 24 May 2010 06:00:35 +0000

The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have Nido Qubein Thought for the week This is a simple enough question ? or is it? Given the increase in consumer spending, we could think [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Pay-Play Balance

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:00:35 +0000

If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life Confucius Thought for the week Tradition has it that we get paid for work but not for play. The difference is that work is something we don't enjoy and is full of effort, and play is something that is effortless and fun. [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: The Childish Mind

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:00:52 +0000

Children share with geniuses an open, inquiring, uninhibited quality of mind Chauncey Guy Suits Thought for the week As we become older we gather knowledge, information, ideas and concepts. We take on beliefs and attitudes, most of the time unconsciously. Then most of us surround ourselves with co-workers and friends who share similar knowledge and mindsets. It [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Good Humour

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:00:19 +0000

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humour in anything – even poverty – you can survive it. Bill Cosby Thought for the week Good humour can be considered a tonic for mind and body and recent research has shown it to be an excellent antidote for anxiety and depression. Indeed, we [...]

Can you say no to something today to get what you want tomorrow?

Christina Griffiths — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:52:04 +0000

Take a look at this video showing these kids working really hard to resist eating a marshmallow. What would you do? Would you be more like the little boy who sniffs and takes bits out of the mashmallow and turns it upside down or the little the little girl who eats it before the researcher has [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Creativity

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:00:57 +0000

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play John Cleese Thought for the week The dictionary describes creativity as having the power to bring something into being. This sounds pretty amazing, and indeed it is. In our businesses and work places creativity can be used to originate new ideas, concepts, processes, structures, ways of [...]

Discounted software for charities and non-profits

Christina Griffiths — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:44:58 +0000

We have been working with a few charities in the Yorkshire area and I have to say I am shocked to find they don’t know about the discounts on offer when buying software and services! Have a look at this website: http://www.ctxchange.org/ Most registered charities and certain non-profit organisations qualify for heavily discounted software from quite a [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Have patience With Yourself

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:00:53 +0000

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew Francis de Sales Thought for the week As human beings we often forget that we are not perfect. Indeed, it is our imperfections that [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Solving Problems

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:00:38 +0000

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them Albert Einstein Thought for the week For the entrepreneur, solving problems is an everyday occurrence. If we were to look at these problems closely, however, we would probably notice that they were of different types. Some [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Timing

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:00:21 +0000

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time Saint Francis de Sales Thought for the week A sense of timing allows us to understand when to take action and when to back away. Judging when we need to intervene and when to leave well enough alone [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Enjoy Your Differences

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:00:07 +0000

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge Dale Carnegie Thought for the week Most of us find it very uncomfortable dealing with people who are different from ourselves. Quite often these differences bring difficult conversations and awkward meetings. However, they challenge us to see the world with new eyes, to accept that our view of [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Trust

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:00:17 +0000

All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust Bob Burg Thought for the week Are you the kind of person that others trust? Do you keep your word? Are you able to act in an appropriate way in most circumstances? Do you keep confidences? Are [...]

Steven Coveys’ Day Planner

Christina Griffiths — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:08 +0000

When we find ourselves busy but not acheiving our aims a day planner can help us to prioritise our tasks. Steven Covey’s day planner can help us to do this. Even if you only do it once, start by listing out your current tasks and you will see where you spend your time and what [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Selling

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:50 +0000

Everyone lives by selling something Robert Louis Stevenson Thought for the week If we think about it, we are all selling something. Teachers are selling us the idea that knowledge is useful. Mothers are selling the notion that getting to bed early is good for you. Employees are selling themselves at interviews and coaches are selling the [...]

Communicating problems virtually

Christina Griffiths — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:15:37 +0000

Wherever we have clients or prospects there are bound to be issues to resolve and problems to solve. Doing this often requires communication between one or more departments, both internal and external to our organisation. How we communicate an issue or a problem to another will determin the quality of the response we get back. [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Play

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:57 +0000

I never practice; I always play Wanda Landowsk (Harpsichord Master) Thought for the week 'Practice' does have a sense of work about it. It seems to give the idea that something is being held back for the 'real' performance. On the other hand when we think of the word 'Playing' most of us we have a sense [...]

Building Rapport quick reference

Christina Griffiths — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:23 +0000

Rapport is a skill that has become essential to the success of your business. The greater the level of rapport that exists between you and another the greater influence you have on each other. Rapport allows you to connect with others by making it easy for others to be with you. By building rapport you [...]

FAB – Features, Advantages & Benefits

Christina Griffiths — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:35:20 +0000

As sales people we can find ourselves becoming focused on the detail of what we do or what we offer our prospects or clients. However, when we are in the buying seat actually we start to think about what the product or service will do for us. These details are often connected to the function [...]

Welcome to Monday Morning: Chunking

Christina Griffiths — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:00:10 +0000

Question: How do you eat an elephant? Answer:One bite at a time Thought for the week This joke has been around for a while, but still paints a very eloquent picture of how overwhelming a task can feel if we tackle it all in one bite. Challenge for the week So this week, perhaps take time to notice the tasks [...]