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I recently taught a course on strategic thinking, and whle the materials were helpful, it was also strange there weren’t any actual steps of stategic thinking. That is, what exactly do you

The PESTEL diagram – aka PESTLE, PEST or STEP – is one the most useful tools to help an organisation understand the external pressures and factors that will affect its

Has anyone ever suggested you need to learn ‘accurate thinking’ but you had no idea what they were talking about? Accurate thinking is a popular thinking method developed in the early

Here are some classic words about improving how you can work better will remain excellent advice. 1.  Do one thing at a time. Stop trying to tell yourself you can

As a wrap-up article on giving and receiving feedback, here are the best tips I’ve found over the years. Please feel to add any other thoughts in the Comments section

It’s hard to be assertive. It’s even more hard when you have to say NO assertively. NO. Is there a more difficult word in the English language? It’s difficult to

Which mode are you at work? Are you in a Closed Mode or an Open Mode? Here’s two options. Which one sounds most like you at work on a ‘normal’

It’s one of the most common situations in business. You’re focused on a specific task in front of you, intent to finish on time, and someone comes along to ask

Sound dumb, doesn’t it? I mean, come on: How do you ask a question? When I ask participants in my workshops, I get a lot of blank stares. Sometimes, people

It’s confronting to hear the word NO. But, what type of NO did you get? There are several different types. That’s why you shouldn’t think of NO as a single