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For success, companies must communicate within their organisation as well as they do with customers and external stakeholders. Darren Baguley looks at three models. Constant, fast and efficient top-down, side-to-side and bottom-up communications have become a vital part of the corporate landscape. Companies that struggle to communicate that fail to have everyone working from the same play book - are at a disadvantage compared to organisations that keep everyone in the loop. There are several factors that all companies that communicate well share. These include:
Few of us enjoy being interviewed for a job, but there are ways of helping yourself during the process. Kelly Magowan provides some winning tips.
In job interviews do you talk too much, too little or say just the right amount to land you the job? Do you say the right things to the most appropriate people or do you shoot yourself in the foot?
- There is always strategy.
Delivering a winning presentation is an essential skill. The thing is, put the basics in place and it isn't really such a big deal. By Karalyn Brown.
Imagine: Clammy hands; you can barely breathe; your mind goes blank; you're scared. So, where are you; poised at the edge of a cliff or standing in front of an audience? It seems many people would rather die than present in public. Why do we fear it so much? There are many things you can do to improve your presentation skills. Here, two experts share some ideas on delivering winning presentations.
Performance appraisals are a powerful and engaging process to build and develop staff, if done effectively. By Melissa Wilkinson
If an organisation's people are its only true source of long-term competitive advantage, it suggests that leaders should make the management of their people a top priority. Done properly, the results should be higher performance from every employee. Unfortunately, beneath the rhetoric, too many managers still regard - and manage - employees as cost centres.
There was a time when a manager who moved across to the not-for-profit sector would be asked the question, "What went wrong?." Not anymore. By Richard Jones.
If you are wondering what the next big thing is for business, SAP's Jeff Word believes he knows: business network transformation. By Richard Jones