by Kylie Knight | Jun 26, 2018 | Business Success
Do you freeze with fear at the prospect of attending a networking event? Making contacts at trade shows or cocktail parties can feel intimidating to many of us, but it’s vital to your long-term career success. Get over your nerves and start forging new professional...
by Kylie Knight | Jun 12, 2018 | Business Success
We hear a lot about employee development and yet still there are only a small percentage of employers that take the time to invest in employee development. Perhaps this is because it is greatly misunderstood. Let’s look at this issue a little deeper. Many employers...
by Kylie Knight | May 29, 2018 | Business Success
As a new manager you need to be careful and make sure that you present yourself in a way that garners respect from employees and gives you a fighting chance to become accepted and respected. Employees don’t tend to like change and so they’ll often try to make life...
by Kylie Knight | May 15, 2018 | Business Success
Every workplace is going to have at least one difficult employee that you are going to find yourself having to deal with. There are techniques that can help you manage difficult people. The first thing you can do is turn your competitors into your allies. If you find...
by Kylie Knight | May 1, 2018 | Business Success
You might be an excellent manager but as a new manager, every move you make will come under scrutiny. Many employees are going to really see if they can rattle you. Your integrity may not be enough in those early days. You are going to need vision, strategy, and a...
by Kylie Knight | Apr 24, 2018 | Business Success
There is nothing wrong with injecting some humor or levity into your next presentation. In fact, that is a great way to ensure that your audience latches on to the serious points made by you, instead of sleeping their way through the presentation. But as they say,...