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Why consistency is key to success in improving team performance is because consistency creates confidence, trust, belief, safety and ensures team members understand exactly what is expected.
I share 5 steps to master consistency in people management.
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Success is all about consistency. The same is true when managing teams. The majority of team members need structure, clears goals and consistent expectations to enable them to consistently perform well and to enjoy their job.
Why consistency is key at work – consistent actions create clear expectations, certainty, and trust. The power of consistency helps team members get better at their roles and delivers higher team performance as everyone know what to expect and how to deliver against those expectations.
When the manager’s actions behaviours and decisions are aligned with the key goals of the team, the manager reinforces expectations and the importance of the team direction. This is how consistency builds confidence in a team.
Master the art of consistency in people management with 5 steps I try to use when increasing team performance and building higher performing teams.
The first step is using your values as reference points to harness the power of consistency in leadership. Doing so keeps your decisions, actions and behaviours in line with the goals you have agreed with the team.
Second, communicate a clear vision and repeatedly communicate it. The messaging consistency is key.
Third, for how to be consistent, always check alignment between your actions and decisions and the direction of the team and its goals.
Fourth, the power of being consistent with your behaviour as a manager is huge and helps team performance significantly.
Finally, to improve your people management skills, keep practicing, adjusting what you do and repeating. Practice will consistently improve your skills. That is why consistency is key in building strong management skills just like any skill.
If you have any questions on “People Management - Why Consistency is Key to Success & 5 Steps to Achieve Consistency”, please leave them in the comments section below and I will get back to you.

Jess

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How to give a great presentation at work is a key skill to learn for any manager. I will be sharing 9 presentation tips to help you improve your presentation skills, and 3 tips to practice presenting so you can learn how to present like a pro at work.
You will be giving presentations regularly – informally to small groups of your team through to much more formal presentations to larger audiences. Per a Forbes survey, 70% of managers say presentation skills are critical for career success.

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When you need to use your presentation skills at work, there are three main areas to consider:

1. The purpose of your presentation

2. How to manage your emotions before and during the presentation

3. Our body language and use of voice while presenting at work

The first presentation tip is to really think about your audience and what they want from your presentation. Address what they want as clearly as possible. Or this might be educating your audience on what they need but don’t know about yet.

When giving a presentation at work, it is very useful to know what the purpose is behind giving the presentation. This helps you structure your presentation to fulfil its purpose.

When thinking about how to do presentation at work, particularly when you are using slides, limit the number of key messages you are giving otherwise the audience will forget half of them. We also have a lot more tips on structuring so you know how to present like a pro.

Managing your own emotions, fears and anxieties before and during giving a presentation at work is also key, particularly if you have not had presentation skills training. I share times on how to manage your voice and body language.

Then to end, I share tips on how to practice a presentation. There is lots that you can do to prepare and practice your presentation so that it comes across much more naturally and you are a lot more confident when presenting.

Presenting at work is a vital skill to progress your career (70% confirmed this in a Forbes survey) so do that the time to improve your skills.

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How to create a project plan that you manager will sign off is not as hard as you might think.

It doesn’t matter if the project is big or small, include 8 these eight project plan components, and you will be set up to successfully deliver your project and have everything to needed to convince your manager and other stakeholders to sign off your project plan.

When thinking about how to write a project plan THE critical starting point is to decide on the project goals and scope. The scope and deliverables need to be written down, shared and agreed before you do anything else. So many projects come unstuck because of vague goals or changing goals.

When creating a project plan, explain why the project is going to help the business, the department, and the team. Explain why the project supports at least one of the company objectives. Detail the benefits of completing the project from the company’s point of view. This helps sell the project and overcome vested interests and the status quo.

Within how to make a project plan, you must outline the timeframes. Most projects are time critical within companies, so clear deadlines and milestones are important to in in the project plan and important to achieve.

The next step that I always find useful in how to plan a project is to map out all the people involved in the project and who will be affected by the project. How will support your project and who will oppose it and why? What can you do reduce any opposition?

Once you have these steps completed, the next step in how to create a project plan is planning and securing the resources. Key is getting the right people and skills at the right time to ensure your project is successful. You will also need to think about funding, management support and other experts that will need to input into the project.

Once you have your project team – get them involved in planning the steps, activities and tasks needed to reach the project goals. Your team are the experts and you want them engaged and owning the project alongside you. Ask them to work through the project planning steps to create a clear roadmap of how the project team is going to deliver the results.

When you know the goals, the timing, the resources and the steps you want to follow, you are able to create a project budget and check it is withing your overall total spend allocated to the project. Change the activities, resources and timings until you are within your project spend total.

You have everything in place and a strong project plan to get final project signoff. A strong project plan creates confidence in the team’s ability to deliver the results promised.

Finally, after creating a project management plan you can start implementing your plan – the project execution phase. Work your plan!

Enjoy the less stress and more successful projects!

How to Write a CV For Professionals to consistently get interviews for the jobs you really want demands a slightly different approach. Updating your CV and hoping this will get you to interview is not enough.

When you write your CV, you are giving the reader an example of your work. The CV writing skills you demonstrate are another area you can compete on - in addition to what you have done – which give the reader an indication of your likely work skills and approach.

How you write your CV for professional roles gives the hiring manager personal experience with quite a few of your skills - which will trump anything you write down on your CV.

People going for professional roles have had to study hard and gain specific qualifications. They get paid well and professional jobs have great career development opportunities. These factors make them very competitive as a lot of people want these great jobs.

On top of that, professionals have good written communication skills and can effectively articulate their skills to a hiring manager. These skills and the fact that they are hard-working and are good at learning, means developing strong CV Writing skills is even more important.

When thinking about How to write a cv for professionals there are 7 skills that you can and should demonstrate when you write a cv for professionals.

Each of these skills are desirable, and being able to demonstrate them on you CV will put you ahead of those who just state them on their CV.

I cover cv writing tips for experienced professionals, so you send positive hidden messages to the reader of your CV. Your CV is an example of your work, so the look, the professionalism, the structure of your CV plus your written communication skills, the persuasion used, the proof you offer etc all combine to provide a strong impression of you.

The assumption is that the skills used (or lack of them) in writing your CV will translate directly and be used while doing the job being applied for.

So when thinking how to how to write a good resume, you must think about the impression the example of your work will give.

CV Writing for professionals covers a number of preparation steps you should take before you even start writing your CV. Omit these and you will almost guarantee yourself an average CV at best.

How to write a resume that will get you hired need to start with going through all your experience with a fine tooth comb and building lots of credible examples so you can demonstrate or prove the skills you claim you have.

Next when thinking about how to write a cv for experienced professionals is that you must choose a target role before writing your CV. You need to be specific. Marketing Manager is not enough. In what sort of company? With what development opportunities? B2C or B2B? Products or Services?

Get as specific as possible. Then you are in a good position to work out the problems that this role will have to overcome. When you understand the problems, you can write a CV focused on demonstrating you can solve those problems.

Watch the video to find out more about these steps and 8 other crucial steps plus other cv tips for experienced professionals.

Give yourself the best chance of getting to interview again and again for exactly the job you want!

There are lots of people problems managers can’t ignore if they want to have a happy and productive team. People problems in your team usually get worst over time if left alone and they will easily damage team performance.

I share THE top 5 people problems managers shouldn’t ignore (in my opinion).

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The first people problem managers can’t ignore is bullying and any behaviour intended to put others down. Any form of bullying that the manager ignores is deadly. No action will destroy team trust, motivation and performance. This drop in performance can be quick and dramatic with these people problems at work.

Always take actions quickly to stop any form of bullying in your team. It is one of the worst people problems that impact performance.

The second of the people problems to always look out for is individual undermining team members or you. Undermining can take many forms – usually a pattern of behaviour to attack another person credibility, confidence, standing etc. Use an escalating set of steps to make it unappealing for undermining to happen in your team.

The third of the people problems managers need to spot is individuals taking credit for others work. This behaviour damages trust, relationships and teamwork. For those take credit for others work, they may get short term gains, but they nearly always lose out long term. Demonstrate how to give credit by praising good work, ideas and actions across your team publicly. Don’t put up with team member unfairly taking credit.

Fourth of the people problems that kill team performance is no or poor communication. Communication is at the heart of relationships, co-ordination, collaboration, teamwork, solution building and more. I share 7 actions to encourage more communication within your teams. Help coach team members who struggle to communicating and give them opportunities to practice.

Fifth of the damaging people problems for managers is conflicts between team members. Conflicts can arise for all sorts of reasons. Often it is not the fault of those in conflict. As a manager you are very well placed to help all parties resolve conflicts quickly, fairly and openly. I share steps to take.

If you have any questions on “The Top 5 People Problems Managers Can’t Ignore For Happy & Productive Teams” please email me at [email protected] and I will get back to you.

Jess Coles

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