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4 Communication Styles and How to Work with Them. What’s Yours?
Being an effective communicator means being able to both actively listen and clearly express yourself to those around you. However, there is no one skill or technique that will make you a better communicator. Effective communication requires a diverse skillset that...
5 Ways to Nail Team Motivation as a Leader
As a modern-day manager in a pandemic in the year 2022, you need to be able to lead, engage, motivate and inspire your team. All in a day’s work. It is not easy. And often there are days you are the one that needs to be engaged and inspired to keep on keeping on. But...
6 Business Tips for EOFY
According to the old adage, time flies, and it really does when you run a business. June is a hectic time in business. End Of Financial Year (EOFY) is just around the corner. Here are 6 Business Tips for EOFY. These will help you successfully complete this year’s...
The 3 Key Benefits of In-Person Training
We have held a number of in-person training workshops recently, and it was quite refreshing from virtual setups! It is such an amazing experience to physically, and finally, meet some of the brilliant teams we have been working with remotely for so many months. And...
5 Tips on How to Ease the Return to Work
After the intense stresses, both physical and psychological, of suffering from a Covid infection and/or from Long Covid , it can be tough to get back to work. You may still be struggling with returning to Face to Face or Hybrid work environments. A word of...
7 Ways to Get Your Sales Team Back on Track
Is this the scenario with your Sales Team at the moment? They are struggling. They are in a slump. Deals are not being closed and KPIs are coming in way under target. Believe it or not, this is happening to many Sales Teams right now. But, it happens. It is all part...
5 Ways to Manage in a Changing Business Environment
If the last two years have taught us anything, it is that being prepared for change is crucial. Companies that can weather changes will always perform better. However, this requires being constantly on top of the transformations occurring in and around our industry....
7 Key Factors of Workplace Inclusion
Does Your Organisation Have a LURVCAT Diversity Protocol in Place? Diversity and inclusion are qualities and characteristics that distinguish us from one another. Throughout our life, our unique biological and genetic predispositions, experiences, and education alter...
$120 Tax Deduction for Every $100 Spent on Skills and Training
The release of the 2022 Federal Budget has come with some positive news for businesses around the nation. Significantly, it is a massive boost in Skills and Training for Australian businesses. And here is the positive news for your business: there is no limit on how...
4 Tips to Generate a Sales Ready Lead
What is all this buzz about a Sales Ready Lead? Working out what it is is crucial in managing your workload and staying productive. But how do you know which leads are in fact sales ready? A Sales Ready Lead can only come through collaboration between sales and...
4 Ways to Defend Price in a Negotiation
Many procurement teams that have reached out to us say they are having conflicting objectives at the moment. And not surprisingly, supply chain continuity is often the key issue. They say be it their Sales, BD or KAM teams – they are all reducing costs to the absolute...
Changes to COVID Restrictions | What You Need to Know
The NSW Government says it "is taking a staged and flexible approach to the easing of restrictions as the State continues to take a measured response to manage COVID-19". These changes to COVID Restrictions mean you need to get ready for hybrid workplace settings!...
Top 10 Customer Service Excellence Trends For 2022
Customer expectations and Customer Service trends continue to evolve. As such, Customer Service teams need to keep up with changes. And most importantly know how to adapt accordingly. If your company isn’t meeting your customers' expectations, you can guarantee that...
10 Brain Teasers to Sharpen Your Mind for 2022
Did you know doing brain teasers and logic problems can improve any short-term memory loss? Challenging your mind with brain teasers and other types of puzzles keeps the connections between your brain cells pulsing. Plus, learning how to solve brain teasers improves...
How to ADAPT to Change
For both individuals and businesses facing the uncertain situations we often find ourselves in, the ability to ADAPT to change is incredibly important. Charles Darwin once said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that...
Top 8 Tips for Sales Growth After Lockdown
To come out of lockdown safely and effectively over the coming months and increase your Sales Growth, your business needs a Strategic Plan. Businesses need to proactively split their budget and time across both attracting and keeping customers. Otherwise, any...
5 Ways to Increase Sales on Social Media
Over the past few years, social media has grown exponentially. Platforms that were once used to simply share photographs and keep in touch with contacts are now a major part of our daily lives, with the average adult spending nearly two and a half hours per day on...
6 Ways to Prepare Your Team to Return to Work and Why it is So Important
If the transition to WFH wasn’t challenging enough, the shift back to the office may prove even more difficult. Our brains will be looking for familiar routines to “return” to that simply won’t be there. And when that happens, our brains will have to expend extra...
This Is Why You Are Tired: MORAL FATIGUE and 5 Ways to Handle It
You might well feel the last thing we all need at the moment is more psychological jargon telling us how miserable we all are. We already know how we feel. We know we are suffering from burnout and stress. We know over and over again: we are in a pandemic. And, moral...
8 Fun Virtual Team Building Activities
Increased Employee Bonding in Lockdown Skyrockets Productivity Working from home has has raised some real-world complications with distributed work. That is, feeling that our work is 'invisible', having less access to our colleagues and managers, and limited...
Revealed | What Your Smile Says About You + Positive Communication
Your smile is a symbol that welcomes a new friend, makes people feel comfortable around you, and reflects your personality and feelings. It is your personal positive communication tool. Nothing is more attractive to others than your smile. But of course, nothing...
Top 5 Self Growth Books to Read in Lockdown
Professional + Personal Development Must Reads Many people are using the current lockdown situation to curl up on the sofa at home, or in gardens while it is sunny, and lose themselves in a good book. And many of us are choosing to immerse ourselves in feel-good, self...
What Your Coffee Says About You + the Importance of Knowing Your Customer
The curtain has closed on that dreary word - lockdown. We can now actually see in person our clients and customers! What feels like a long time between drinks, the time has come where we can once again share a coffee with a client and build that all-important rapport...
10 Questions to Save Your Business + the Importance of SWOT Analysis
As many of us try to keep ourselves afloat while working from home, some businesses are doing exceptionally well, while others are at the brink of extinction. The difference? Those that question their progress and assess their business holistically are the ones that...
9 Tips for Selling in a Mask: Service with a (Covered) Smile
Customer Service at the best of times is demanding. Add to that the tediousness of wearing a mask, and hectic just stepped up to an entire new level. Moreover, when it comes to Customer Service and talking through a mask, direct eye contact as well as listening to...
7 Dynamic Activities to do at Your Next Conference
Are you looking for ways to revamp your next conference or event? Seemingly, conference management is complex, with many intricacies to consider. But if you have engaging activities planned, it will be one less aspect to worry about, and a major one at that. There are...
6 Reasons Why a Company Conference is So Important
When was the last time you got your team together? Despite the many benefits of technology and new online tools that surface every year, there is no substitute for live, in-person business conferences. It’s true that business conferences can be pricey, but you stand...
Revealed: Body Language Tips Used By Winners
Savvy negotiators have learned how to read body language and to use the resulting insights to their advantage (we know because we train them how to do it). But many negotiators out there still miss valuable opportunities to read their counterparts’ nonverbal messages....
6 THINGS TO ASK FOR AT WORK + PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
In this day and age, unemployment is a frightening possibility. Because of the uncertainty we are all living in at the moment, some may find it awkward when it comes to making certain requests in the workplace. Of course, a four-hour harbourside lunch and a car are a...
5 Hidden Problems in Your Customer Service
The Importance of Customer Service Independent Reports Customer Service isn’t just about being polite to your customers. It is a vital element of business that, eventually, impacts your bottom line. Additionally, it affects how your company is viewed publicly. Indeed,...
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