All articles by Darren A Smith – Page 3
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Comment & OpinionWhy ‘soft skills’ are important and how to gain and share them
Humans cannot process data quicker than machines, so don’t try. Do what they can’t
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Comment & OpinionThe Drama Triangle: recognise your role, then break out of it!
Psychiatrist Steven Karpman came up with the drama triangle in the 1960s, and it is as relevant today as it was then
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Comment & OpinionLeaders now appear at all levels – here’s how to become a good one
Being a leader has become about one of the key pieces of leadership: setting an example
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Comment & OpinionListen out for the key words that give away what people think
Knowing that all words are not created equally can be very useful in the workplace
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Comment & OpinionHow frogs, badgers and mammoths can help you manage time
How often have you thought, in the office, ‘when they all go home, I’ll get this done’?
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Comment & OpinionCarry on emailing… but make sure you avoid these mistakes
How would Carry On’s Lewis Boggs rate your emailing efficiency?
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Comment & OpinionDon’t be ‘ignored’: How to overcome the perils of procrastination
Why is it that whenever there is something tough to do – something hard that takes a lot of concentration – the Radar of Procrastination beeps, clicks, unwinds and fires up?
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Comment & OpinionPeople management: hear the music to support your team
Managing people is hard. They are all different, with different motivations, different wants, and different expectations
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Comment & OpinionWhat does ‘thinking strategically’ mean and how necessary is it?
Those that talk about strategic thinking often cannot explain what it is
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Comment & OpinionBe curious! Top tips to improve your negotiation skills
When you think of good negotiators, you probably think of a gruff old boy banging his fist on the table. In my experience, the better negotiators are the more curious ones
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Comment & OpinionSpeak to different ways of thinking during presentations
Most people struggle to present in an engaging way. They present in their language
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Comment & OpinionAn ACE way to escape the eternal nightmare of bad meetings
The reason people don’t want productive meetings is because they’d have to do more work
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Comment & OpinionHow to deal with the email monster and make your working life easier
Some 320 billion emails are sent every day. Were you ever shown how to use them?
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Comment & OpinionThe trust formula: where do you or your colleagues fall down?
Some bright spark has now defined trust, with an equation
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Comment & OpinionHow to deal with the ‘Zoom Doom’ and maximise meetings
Online calls and online meetings are the norm because of the pandemic
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