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Learning Tree has brought together today’s leading business and management professionals to bring you expert advice, practical tips and the latest insights.

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Replace Lofty Platitudes with Real Goals Using SMART Objectives
Setting objectives focuses you on specific aims over a period of time and can motivate staff to meet set objectives.In this month's Management Insights, Dana Brownlee focuses on how realistic, well-defined goals and objectives are far more attainable (and measurable) than those based on aspiration. Applying the SMART methodology solves the "platitude" problem, enabling individuals to be more effective in securing realistic, sustainable results.

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Engage Your Audience with the 5-Step Presentation System
What type of presenter are you? Do you want to improve delivery and make engaging presentations? In this month’s Management Insights article, Martin Shinn has adapted the strategy in Ron Hoff’s book, Say it in Six, to construct a targeted, five-step presentation method that can help you become the effective, polished presenter you want to be.

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Responding to Conflict
Responding to conflict is often intimidating and can result in avoidance until it reaches extreme levels. In this month’s Management Insights, Cheryl Eckl presents a 6-step process to deal with conflict early on and properly to reach a collaborative resolution that is satisfying to each of the parties involved.

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5 Steps to Delegate for Results
It’s not unusual for managers to feel uncomfortable delegating responsibility for challenging assignments. In this month’s Management Insights, Larry Barnard discusses why delegation is such an essential skill, as constraints on success increase and jobs become even more difficult. To ensure effective delegation, managers need to follow the 5-Step process to selecting the right person and assigning the task.

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Exposing the 3 Myths of Leading Virtual Teams
When we have no face-to-face experience with new colleagues, our communication lacks a certain richness. In this month’s Management Insights, Judie Williams from Great Beginnings exposes the 3 Myths of Virtual Teams. To ensure success, the virtual team leader must not be seduced by the 3 myths and must proactively attend to providing the social richness that virtual communication lacks.

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7 Steps to Building a Coaching and
Development Plan

Your success as a manager depends on developing and motivation your entire staff — not just the top and bottom 10%. In this month’s Management Insight Article, Jean Corson from Corson Wolff Consulting discusses how to get high performance from the “Middle 80%”. This article shows you the 7 steps to building a coaching development plan. To keep you up to date, we’ll send you email reminders each month as new Management Insight Articles

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