Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Time Management Video

This movie was about time management.Narrated by Brian Grayce.

"Grayce" defined the term successful people as: These are the people who do all the things that unsuccessful don't want to do. Successful people are time managers who use self discipline.

These are the 21 ways to Master Success:

1. Have goals

2. Have a plan of action

3. Analyze (make a list)

4. Set priorities

5. Must concentrate

6. Make deadlines

7. Keep a time log

8.Procrastination (do things that are relevant)

9. Delegate

10. Meetings

11. Be mindful of interruptions

12. Key result areas (why are you on the payroll)

13. Batching your tasks

14. Neatness

15. Chunks of time

16. Transition time

17. Telephone ( use as a management tool )

18. Punctuality (Be the 5% who are early)

19. Work Simplification

20. Saying No

21. Balance ( Be aware of your top priority)

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Chapter 10

Leading Through Effective External Relationships



This requires a communication strategy that is effective.

1. Clarify your purpose and strategic objectives.

2. Identify your major stakeholders.

3. Create, refine, and test your major messages.

4. Select, limit, and coach your spokeperson(s).

5. Establish the most effective media or forum.

6. Determine the best timing.

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Chapter 9

Establishing Leadership through Strategic Internal Communication


Leadership is about openness, communication , the willingness to speak often and to be earnest with the reader end listener.Good leaders don't hide behind whoever it may be. They respect the employees by being up front in all matters that pertain to them whether good or bad.

Chapter 8

Building and Leading High-Performaming Teams


By building an effective team you raise up your organizational and individual leadership skills.

1.Make sure your team can perform the tasks given

2.Make sure the team can resolve their own conflicts

3.make sue your team can generate new ideas

Chapter 7

Leading Productive Meetings


1.Decide when a meeting is the best forum.

2.Complete essential meeting planning.

3.Conduct a productive meeting.

4.Manage meeting problems and conflict.

5.Ensure meetings lead to action.

Chapter 6 (Leadership)

Developing Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Literacy to Strengthen Leadership Communication



To be a good leader you need a strong interpersonal connection and skills along with understanding of cultural diversity. Without these skills leaders cannot communicate and or manage others effectively. Interpersonal has been given the new name of "emotional intelligence." It is important to be literate about other cultures because it provides the leder with a foundation of appreciation and understanding for cultural differences.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Chapter 12

This chapter touched on the fact that negotiaton surrounds us all on a daily bases. Some people may be born negotiators, but negotiation is a skill that must be practiced. Ten best practices are: Be prepared; Diagnose the fundamental structure of the negotiation; Identify and work the BATNA; Be willing to walk away; Master paradoxes; Remember the intangables; Actively manage coalitions; Savor and protect your reputation; Remember that rationality and fairness are relative; and Continue to learn from the experience.

Chapter 11

This chapter went over multi party discussions. This means that more than two negotiators are negotiating as well. Each negotiator has their own interests in mind and the group must arrive at collective decisions. The must agree upon a course of action, a plan, and numerous more.

Chapter 10

In this chapter the way that present relationships exist was sought after. Many negotiations that where about business, law, government, communities, and international affairs allowed the parties to have present and future relationships.In relationships alot of the time there is a concern of trust on both parties. In relationships there are many arguements or maybe few. One possitive aspect is that everyones interest is sought after.

Chapter 9

In this chapter factors that negotiators consider when they decide their tactics are deceptive or maybe unethical. When using these tactics the negotiator needs to ask themselves if the ose tactics will enhance their power and help to achieve the objective, how will those tactics affect the quality of your relatonship with the other party, and how will the tactics affect my reputation as a negotiator. It important as a negotiator to not over look all of these negative possibilities.

Chapter 8

In this chapter the power of negotiation was discussed. There are two major ways to think about power:"power overe", ehich suggests that power is dominating and coercive in nature. The "power with", suggests that power is jointly shared with the other party to collectively develop joint goals and objectives. There are five sources of power: Informal sources, personal sources, position based sources, Relationship based, and contextual sources.

Negotiation Chapter 7 (7-12)

This chapter discussed what is communicated during negotiations. Rather than being just an exchange of solutions, negotiations covers a wide range of numerous topics in an environment where each party is trying to influence another party.This is carried out by the the usage of language, non verbal communication, and the selection of a communication channel.