Finding The Right Photocopier System For Your Business

These days photocopiers come in all shapes and sizes - it is important to find the right advisor can help you choose the unit best suited to your needs. But here are a few pointers, based on the main focus of enquiries I have found in conversations with top salespeople in the industry.

Benefits of White Noise Machines

White noise machines will eliminate the sounds of co-workers pecking away on their computers, their telephone conversations, and of course the loud roar of traffic outside.

Turning Communication Roadblocks Into Breakthroughs

When you are driving down a road, you'll sometimes encounter a roadblock, which prevents you from getting to your destination. If you are unfamiliar with the area, you might get lost or go miles out of your way before you get back on track. If you lived locally, though, you would know the back roads and alternate routes to help you arrive stress-free and on-time.

You Can't Push a Pig into a Truck: Change is all about Choice

People choose to change. Leaders need to communicate the need for change in terms of how it will impact the individual and the organization. If a dialogue on why employees should change is clear and interative, people will most often choose to change. In the end, you can't force anyone to change but they will choose to change if they see it is in their interests.

Three Categories of Communication

Understanding the three categories of human communcation: passive, aggressive, assertive.

Questions in Conflict: Why Do You Ask?

Asking effective questions is key to understanding and resolving conflict. We do best when we not only ask open-ended questions, but also let the other person know why we're asking. Stay curious.

Connecting to People in Business Relationships

Business relationships are typically reserved and careful. Personality Theorist Steven Paglierani discusses the Six Universal Principles of Connecting.

All About Instant Messengers

IMs (Instant Messengers) are regarded an essential communication and business tools today. You have to sign up with one of the IMs to use that particular service-for example, you cannot use Yahoo! Messenger with a Hotmail account and vice-versa. It is a fact that there are some IM clients that allow any account to be used, but they are not the best ones.

How Are Your Interpersonal Skills? - Part 1

We say a lot to others even when we think we are not communicating but we cannot get by without developing some interpersonal skills. Without those essential tools, we are always found wanting.

Six Strategic Steps To Improve Your Emails

The number of business emails we send and receive continues to grow at an amazing pace. And from my personal experience, more and more of my clients that prefer email communications as a preferred communications mode. Email can be a very effective and efficient means of communicating. However, how many of the emails we send and receive can we honestly say are effective and efficient? And what can we do to improve our email communication?

The Power of Communication

How some of the organizations we've highlighted are making the conscious choice to buck technology trends and engage their workers the old-fashioned way – with great results.

Writing To The Technical Level Of Your Audience

All business writing must be geared to the audience's technical level. This article offers tips on getting it right.

Every Business Needs One of These

I work for a company remotely and they have a web site but if anything it is based on the technology of maybe Web 0.5. None of the employees have any way to interact and to compare notes on what in the job works best for them. I have suggested they create a forum but I am told that it is not in the future of the company. The reason a site like MySpace does so well is because they endorse interaction with its members.