How a Massachusetts City Puts Cloud First Into Practice
What happens when the need for innovation outweighs both the capacity of the IT department and the city’s ability to invest in more hardware and people to manage it?
Posts Tagged: Listening
The Importance of Listening: Be an Outstanding Audience for Others
To be great communicators and advocates, we must first become an outstanding audience for others. Here are some tips to listen actively and effectively.
What Can You Do When Your Manager Won’t Listen?
Do you have a manager who likes your ideas, but gets so excited that they forget to listen to your full concept? Here’s what you can do about it.
From the Bottom Up: 7 Ways to Implement Your Employee’s Voice
Here are seven ways you can implement a better relationship with your employees.
Inspiring Things to Read, Follow, Watch and Listen
Taking a step back to gain some perspective can lead to clearer thinking or better ideas and is essential to personal and professional development. The best way to gain some perspective is to pursue lots of different subjects that interest you. Check out where we get our inspiration.
Want to be Part of a Government Dream Team? Listen.
Sometimes it’s best to stop talking.
Listening is Becoming a Lost Art
Check out these tips to become a better listener.
10 Barriers to Connecting with Others
We know rudeness gets in the way of relating to others at work. But even common, well-meaning responses can block us from connecting with others. Here are 10 common ways we prevent ourselves from being present and truly listening to others, and steps we can take to remove those barriers.
Communicating Up and Down from the Middle
Taking the time to “understand the other person” and listen to “emotions behind words” will not only enhance your communication skills, but build trust with your career and life partners.
4 Ways Introverts Can be Heard in Team Meetings
As a team leader, encouraging your whole team to bring their thoughts and opinions to the table takes intentional planning, but has the potential to bring out the best in each team member. Here are a few tips to cultivate a productive environment for your whole team during your next meeting.