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17 Street Savvy tips / skills
Speaking at Surrey University Business School – Derek summarised the following 17 skills as take-aways that are the 1% that can make 100% difference to the perfor1% Factor – The difference that makes the difference –17 Success Secrets 1 – Start with the end in mind 2 – Manage your state 3 – Manage your [...]
Posted on September 15, 2008 • No comments so far
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Negotiation
Suppliers lose out on special offers by poor negotiation
Supermarkets gain almost 90pc of the profit on goods that are sold on money offer promotions. (reports The Daily Telegraph) following a report by Billetts. Poor negotiation skills are sited by the as the main cause of this. Apparently suppliers enter negotiations with no real plan and let the retailers set the agenda. Other common [...]
Posted on September 2, 2008 • No comments so far
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Fees and Salary Negotiation
Timing is crucial in any negotiation
I am advising a couple of my cleints not to negotiate their salary at the present time, due to difficulties within their companies and and the credit crunch. It is better to wait until the economic situation improves in their case. However now is the time to negotiate anything related to costs. Get your negotiating [...]
Posted on August 31, 2008 • No comments so far
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Negotiation
Life is a negotiation
Almost everything we read, see or hear in the media is a negotiation. In fact before you negotiate with others you need to negotiate with yourself. Are you up for it, do you want to do it, will you risk embarrassing yourself to save money etc, etc. In today’s economic difficulties and the credit crunch [...]
Posted on August 31, 2008 • No comments so far
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Performance Psychology
You
Isn’t it great when you meet positive people helpful people. I am going to tell you about 3 people I have met recently. Number 1 – Yesterday a taxi driver who told me the service he gives is all about YOU the customer. HE REALLY MEANT IT. Having dropped me off at the station and [...]
Posted on August 30, 2008 • 2 comments so far
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