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Face to face meetings are more effective.
In 1964 Albert Mehrabian stated that 55% of human communication was non-verbal (body language) with the remaining 45% made up of verbal comms. This 45% was sub divided into 7% for the words we use and 38% for the tone of voice.

Even our own experience will bear this out, eg when we...
9 things successful people do differently by Heidi Grant Halvorso

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren't sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The...
Coaching at Work article - PRISM

July/Au Vol 6 issue 4 Coaching at Work

"I was surprised at how accurately the session and the report captured my charatcteristic behaviours in a way that was easy to understand". 

Tony Hughes - Owner of Leedryte Services

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Linking the acedemic world to the real one

Malta Today : Business Supplement 11th May 2011

Business Today speaks to Steve Tarr - Managing Director at Mdina Partnership

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If you can't find great talent, why not develop it?

Despite high levels of unemployment, companies are finding it hard to get good people on the job market. Perhaps developing existing personnel into those roles is the better longer term answer.

 

Existing personnel are more of a known quantity and have history of the company’s...

Coaching statistics from ILM

Coaching is one of the most powerful and cost effective ways of improving individual and organisational performance. The Institute of Leadershp and Management (ILM) conducted some research into 250 large organisations and here are the headlines:-

92% of coached managers see their performance...
Staff appraisals: Sunday Times 17th July 2011

Staff appraisals: Who could possibly like them?

In 1957 Douglas McGregor argued that appraisals had three aims:-

1. To help make decisions about employees (salary, promotion etc)

2. To let employees know how they were doing and what they could do  differently.

3. To coach and develop...

7 deadly business sins

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