Nothing is better than reading a book and share it with others through summaries. This blog post focuses on a book about mental models of thinking. It is interesting book that tackles the thinking models we are using in our day-to-day decisions and judgment upon actions and situations around us. Most of us are following...
Selling a service is much more difficult than selling a product. Services are intangible items. You cannot deliver exactly the same service quality and scope twice to two different customers. There are many factors that impact services delivery ranging from vendor service implementation team to customer environment. I am concerned here with specific subject...
Recently meetings are getting more and more bad reputation of time-wasting and unproductive business action. Below guide is a brief advice to make meetings more effective and regain control of your calendar. 1. Keep the meeting as small as possible. No more than seven people Of course, there is no magic number. Though research does not point to a...
Visual communication is communication through a visual aid and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon. The evaluation of a good visual communication design is mainly based on measuring comprehension by the audience. Visual communication has many use cases, such as: Computer...
Stories That Move Mountains: Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations by Martin Sykes My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book is great in terms of layout and content. It tackles the subject of preparing persuasive presentations. However, I can find it fit in area of change management as well. The CAST method is explained...
Most of us, at some point in our careers, have applied to some job with some piece of flimsy paper called a resume. Sure, you may have poured your heart into it. You may have really wanted the job. But how do you know your resume got read? How do you know what kind...
If you are working at consulting business, it is very important to know required skills that will put you at the front of others in the field. IT consultants who are working with leading organizations have opportunities to delve into many client enterprises. They are lucky to meet leaders at those organizations. They work...
"Management is nothing more than motivating other people." - Lee Iacocca In previous post, I was discussing attributes of managers with differences between classical and modern management qualities and duties of managers. In this post I will discuss the first quality of modern management "Energizing Employees". Getting the best of your employees cannot be achieved by simply asking them to do their best....
“It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.”– Wayne Burgraff During the last 12 months, I made around 42 presentations. Any professional will need to make presentation as part of his\ her work. Presentations are proven to be a very powerful communication tool. Many audience do not have time or capacity...
