Bookboon Learning, Author at Bookboon https://bookboon.com/blog/author/sophie-tergeist/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Author of the Month: Chris Grady https://bookboon.com/blog/author-of-the-month-chris-grady/ https://bookboon.com/blog/author-of-the-month-chris-grady/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:03:50 +0000 https://bookboon.com/blog/?p=54720 Practical Insights for Celebrating Pride and Creating Inclusive Workplace Our Author of the Month, Chris Grady, shares his experiences as a bisexual creative business life coach, theatremaker, and director of CGO Institute. In this blog post, Chris challenges us to create more inclusive and diverse environments in both our personal lives and society. From the importance of open conversations to the power of amplifying individual voices, Chris offers practical insights on how we can continue to celebrate Pride month beyond...

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/author-of-the-month-chris-grady/feed/ 0 Struggling with business change? Try another leadership style. https://bookboon.com/blog/struggling-with-business-change-try-another-leadership-style/ https://bookboon.com/blog/struggling-with-business-change-try-another-leadership-style/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:50:40 +0000 https://bookboon.com/blog/?p=54638 Great leaders inspire people to perform at their best. They vary their leadership style to suit the situation. Let’s consider three styles: Commander, Conductor or Coach. Try a fresh approach to expand your leadership toolkit. Organisations need leaders who can flex their style to tackle unexpected changes in the environment.A wise person, said Confucius, adapts themselves to the situation, as water shapes itself to a vessel. Why style matters in leadership A Gallup report (2019) found that a good leader...

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/struggling-with-business-change-try-another-leadership-style/feed/ 0 Andrew Barnes on the origins of the Four Day Week https://bookboon.com/blog/andrew-barnes-on-the-origins-of-the-four-day-week/ https://bookboon.com/blog/andrew-barnes-on-the-origins-of-the-four-day-week/#respond Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:55:11 +0000 https://bookboon.com/blog/?p=54597 I first heard about the Four Day Work Week campaign at the HR Productivity Summit in London on 31st January 2019. The speaker from Guardian Perpetual, an estate planning company in New Zealand explained how their founder, Andrew Barnes, had decided to introduce a four-day workweek as a trial. The logic was simple. Employees would do 100% of their work in 80% of their past working hours, which would be four days, and if customer service levels remained at 100%...

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/andrew-barnes-on-the-origins-of-the-four-day-week/feed/ 0 Presentation skills: How do I handle tough questions and interjections? https://bookboon.com/blog/presentation-skills-how-do-i-handle-tough-questions-and-interjections/ https://bookboon.com/blog/presentation-skills-how-do-i-handle-tough-questions-and-interjections/#respond Wed, 05 May 2021 15:08:13 +0000 https://bookboon.com/blog/?p=54518 presentation skillsThe top fear for presenters is questions or interjections that are loaded. Emotionally loaded. Individuals (and whole audiences) can be skeptical, resentful, annoyed, angry… the list is long. Here's how to respond so that you gain respect, even from those who still disagree with your argument. ...

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/presentation-skills-how-do-i-handle-tough-questions-and-interjections/feed/ 0 3 Ways to Work Less But Achieve More https://bookboon.com/blog/3-ways-to-work-less-but-achieve-more/ https://bookboon.com/blog/3-ways-to-work-less-but-achieve-more/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:35:28 +0000 https://bookboon.com/blog/?p=54457 less is moreWould you like to make more impact for less work in your business communications? We thought so! We’ll show you how....

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/3-ways-to-work-less-but-achieve-more/feed/ 0 An Introduction to Abeceder Quotation Conversations https://bookboon.com/blog/an-introduction-to-abeceder-quotation-conversations/ https://bookboon.com/blog/an-introduction-to-abeceder-quotation-conversations/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:52:58 +0000 https://bookboon.com/blog/?p=54447 Person holding speech bubblesIt all started when I was given a copy of the third volume of Charles Moore’s biography of Margaret Thatcher the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as a birthday present....

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/an-introduction-to-abeceder-quotation-conversations/feed/ 0 Hi Tech Hi ‘Touch’ https://bookboon.com/blog/hi-tech-hi-touch/ https://bookboon.com/blog/hi-tech-hi-touch/#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:24:33 +0000 https://bookboon.com/blog/?p=54175 Touch in a Covid environment means a relationship connection. Written by Bookboon Author, David Wright. 50 years ago, when technology was beginning to impact on the workplace, the vision was Hi Tech Hi Touch. This meant that as people began to stick their heads in computers (Hi Tech), they would also need good socialisation (Hi Touch) in order to sustain them in the workplace. In reality, we witnessed very little Hi Touch at the time. Many years later, employers started...

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/hi-tech-hi-touch/feed/ 0 The Soft Skill “Self-Confidence”: Why Encouraging Your Employees is Vital https://bookboon.com/blog/the-soft-skill-self-confidence-is-vital/ https://bookboon.com/blog/the-soft-skill-self-confidence-is-vital/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:16:40 +0000 http://bookboon.com/blog/?p=30591 Are your employees reaching their full potential?...

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/the-soft-skill-self-confidence-is-vital/feed/ 0 How to make great connections on LinkedIn https://bookboon.com/blog/make-great-connections-linkedin/ https://bookboon.com/blog/make-great-connections-linkedin/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:36:27 +0000 http://bookboon.com/blog/?p=8032 The main reason for using LinkedIn is to build up connections that will help you in your future career! Have a closer look at this article. ...

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]]> https://bookboon.com/blog/make-great-connections-linkedin/feed/ 0 PowerPoint 2010 Advanced: learn how to make charts https://bookboon.com/blog/powerpoint-2010-advanced-learn-make-charts/ https://bookboon.com/blog/powerpoint-2010-advanced-learn-make-charts/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:25:07 +0000 http://bookboon.com/blog/?p=7758 Are you about to prepare a serious PowerPoint presentation? Then don't miss this extract from "PowerPoint 2010 Advanced". ...

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