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Annette Estes's Articles in Relationships


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"Why Can't You Behave?" (Managing Difficult Behavior) Understanding behavior is the first step in resolving conflict and establishing better relationships. Here are tips on why people act the way they do and what you can do about it. Can you relate to these scenarios? 7 Steps to Effective Presentation Skills There are three aspects of a presentation - visual, vocal, and verbal. These seven steps will help you develop more effective presentation skills, reduce your fear of public speaking, and give you podium power. A Driver Risk Assessment Is Your Best Safety Tool Fleet risk management is a heavy responsibility for industries that entail more risk than most. The easiest, most cost-effective way to reduce risk and accidents is to measure drivers' attitude and behavior before hiring – and manage them effectively afterwards. A Leadership Development Program to Master Five Crucial Skills What makes a good leader? To be a leader, you must master these five soft skills and work with a mentor to help you develop them. ADHD and ADD Symptoms Are Normal Behavior When did normal behavior become a disorder? Are ADD and ADHD real? One certified behavior specialist refutes some of the so-called symptoms of ADHD and reveals what they actually are. Behavior Based Safety - The Missing Step that Ensures Success Behavior Based Safety is an excellent program. However, it won’t be nearly as effective until you do this. Behavioral Interviewing – Are You Asking the Right Questions? Behavioral interviewing only works if you ask behavior interview questions that are job specific. Do you know how to conduct an effective behavioral interview? DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Dominant Dan The key to successful communication with other people is to understand behavioral styles. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core D (Dominance) style and gives tips on how to relate to them. DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Influencing Iris This is the second in a series of articles dealing with how to communicate with people who have different behavioral styles than we do. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core I (Influencing) style and gives tips on how to relate to them. DISC Behavioral Styles: Dealing with Steady Sam This is the third in a series of articles dealing with how to communicate with people who have different behavioral styles than we do. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core S (Steadiness) style and gives tips on how to relate to them. DISC Behavioral Styles: Relating with Cautious Carla This is the fourth in a series of articles dealing with how to communicate with people who have different behavioral styles than we do. This article explains the behavior of people with the Core C (Cautious, Compliant) style and gives tips on how to relate to them. Employee Hiring: Where Some Consultants Fail You (They’re not Doing This) Most hiring consultant firms believe hiring the right people is the most important thing your company can do; they recommend using pre-employment assessments and behavioral interviewing. All good. But they're not doing this process, which is the basis for successful employee recruiting. Employee Retention: How to Keep Your Best People You keep your best people by managing them according to their wants and needs to make them feel respected and appreciated. But how do you know what they want or need? Here are tips on managing and motivating your employees. Executive Leadership Skills - Leadership Quotes Let’s play word association. When you hear “great leader,” who comes to mind? Whoever it is likely embodies the leadership qualities you have or would like to possess. This is the third in a series of articles on leadership. Fleet Management System - Managing the Know-it-All Driver Some drivers seem to have all the answers. Here are tips on how to manage them. Fleet Safety – How to Hire and Keep Steady, Reliable Drivers Drivers with the Core S behavioral style are steady and reliable. They're the ones you want to hire and retain. If you have these drivers working for you, here are effective ways to manage, motivate, and communicate with them. Fleet Safety – How to Hire and Retain Cautious, Compliant Drivers Drivers with the Core C behavioral style are careful, cautious, and compliant to high standards. They're the ones you want to hire and retain. If you have these drivers working for you, here are effective ways to encourage them to stay with your company. Fleet Safety – How To Manage the Interactive Driver Interactive drivers need to socialize and verbalize with others. If you have these drivers working for you, there are effective ways to manage, motivate, and communicate with them. Fleet Safety: 5 Steps To Hiring Safe Drivers Add these five steps to your hiring process and you'll improve safety, reduce turnover and workers' comp claims. Your company will save money, lives, and property and increase your ability to retain the best drivers. Hiring Procedures: Avoid These 7 Big Mistakes Making these seven mistakes can keep you from hiring the right people. Don't base hiring decisions primarily on the job interview if you want to hire superior performers. How to Deal with Difficult People Here are tips on how to handle difficult people. You know, the ones who drive you up the wall, across the ceiling, and out the window! How to Find Your Passion How to find your passion is not difficult when you know and understand your values. A look at six values that determine our passions. How to Improve Profitability and Employee Productivity Statistics To be successful, companies must hire, develop, and retain employees who are superior performers. And what other kind would you want? Here are seven steps to recruiting and retaining the right people. I Need Help Deciding What Career to Choose Whether you’re looking for your first job or making a midlife career change, it’s important to understand what motivates you and the way you like to work in making this important decision. Here are some tips on choosing careers. Interpersonal Conflict - Resolving Conflict by Understanding Personal Values Understanding different values is crucial to understanding how diversity impacts business. Here is a team building activity that will begin to improve your small group communication and conflict resolution skill. Job Analysis and Design Tips An ideal job analysis and design looks at more than the tasks required of the employee. You need a process that matches a person to the position for superior employee job performance. Here is a proven seven-step process that does just that. Leadership Qualities - Characteristics of Leadership Jim Collins’s book Good to Great inspired the author to ask successful business and community leaders what makes a great leader. Here is part two of a series of articles on leadership. Managing Human Resource: Improving Your People Skill, Part I Building good interpersonal relationships can be difficult until we learn what motivates people. Here are some observations on human behavior from a man who had achieved personal mastery in communication and organizational skills. Presentation Skill Training -10 Tips for Giving Powerful, Professional Presentations Four most feared words: “You’re giving the presentation.” Here are 10 tips on presenting for those who want to release their fear of public speaking and develop effective presentation skills. Professional Improvement Plan - Eliminate these Seven Deadly Habits If you have a professional development plan but you’re not as successful or happy as you’d like to be, perhaps you’re sabotaging your efforts by practicing one or more of these seven deadly habits of ineffective people. Stop Aggressive Driving Before it Starts These five steps guarantee a transportation company can improve its hiring and managing practices to recruit and retain the safest, most reliable drivers. The Importance of Values in Leadership Understanding what values are will tell you whether you will be a leader or a follower. Research shows a difference between values of a successful leader and a poor one. The Recruitment Process that Succeeds To be successful, your company must hire the best people and retain them by managing them as individuals. Before you recruit your next employee, take these seven steps to hire superior performers. What Is Your Emotional Intelligence Quotient? A person’s Emotional Quotient is a strong factor in job performance. Companies and individuals seeking knowledge of how to improve performance would do well to understand emotional intelligence at work. What Makes a Good Leader? What better way to determine the qualities of a good leader than by asking successful leaders to give their definition of leadership? Here are several responses in the first of three articles on leadership. Why People Feel the Way They Do A deep understanding of your own and other people’s values can improve your communications and build stronger relationships. Here are five tips on improving relationship compatibility.

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