by Maureen Steele | May 25, 2021 | Mastering Workplace Challenges, Skills For Personal Business Success
What is a BATNA? BATNA stands for Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement – what you will walk away with if negotiation fails or the parties cannot agree. Let’s explain this with an example. Jill needs a car, so she’s negotiating with Jack to buy his. Jack is...
by Maureen Steele | May 18, 2021 | Mastering Workplace Challenges, Skills For Personal Business Success
When it comes to choosing a negotiating style, the choice is often seen as being between cooperation or competition. In reality, research and practice have demonstrated that neither of these two styles has a monopoly on effectiveness. Effectiveness in negotiation does...
by Maureen Steele | May 25, 2020 | Communication For The Future, Mastering Workplace Challenges, Skills For Personal Business Success
There is nothing new about video calls and virtual meetings. What is new (and trending upwards) is the frequency with which they are now happening. They provide the perfect antidote to a world in which travel is restricted and in which even those who work in the same...
by Maureen Steele | May 25, 2020 | Mastering Workplace Challenges, Personal Mastery, Responding To Change and Transition
Those of us who are used to working from home or in a home office may well have spent the last few months wondering what all of the fuss was about. How difficult can it be to carve out the space you need to work productively and efficiently? Where exactly does the...
by Maureen Steele | May 25, 2020 | Communication For The Future, Mastering Workplace Challenges, Uncategorized
Having thousands of bank workers in big, expensive city offices “may be a thing of the past”, Barclays boss Jes Staley has said. About 70,000 of Barclays’ staff worldwide are working from home due to coronavirus lockdown measures. ...
by Maureen Steele | Jul 22, 2019 | Communication For The Future, Mastering Workplace Challenges
A flash of inspiration seems to happen instantaneously but it is not quite as simple as that. Our brains work quite differently to achieve this moment compared to when we need to think analytically. What neuroscientists and researchers into creativity have uncovered...
