In Auckland, New Zealand’s largest urban center,Auckland Transportis using advanced technology to help residents move around the city more efficiently. Working with Microsoft Services to develop a world-class transportation system, Auckland Transport now offers a wider range of transportation options by...
6.3 Workday Types Looking at average relative time spent in activities for all responses results in the impression that good/bad and typical/atypical workdays are very similar overall. However, respondents described that not all workdays look the same, e.g. when they have no-meeting days, ...
Another approach to defining good writing is to look at how it fulfills the goals of two well-known systems in communication. One of these systems comprises the three classical elements ofrhetoric, or the art of presenting an argument. These elements arelogos(logic),ethos(ethics and credibility...
It’s worth calling out how beneficial your hard work is to the company. Thanks to your efforts, we’ve [list a measure of success, like boosting sales or meeting deadlines]. Please keep up the good work. I can always count on you to produce excellent work and am so thankful for that...
we often do not have dedicated meeting times that we are all together. Marco Polo allows us to explain things out loud and something. Plus, we get to see each other face to face. And everything that comes along with that — crying babies, messy houses, bed head, and late night brain...
1. Great bosses prioritize and excel at active listening. Active listening is an incredible skill. When someone is actively listening to you, it means they are completely present and fully processing what you're saying. Active listening is rare because it requires concentration and attention, somet...
Another thing to keep in mind, especially if you’re meeting clients on the road or making sales, is to have asmart credit card terminal. It will allow you to process payments no matter where you are, meaning business can run as usual. Most will connect to your phone or tablet, which ...
During one of our weekly team calls, we have an open forum where we review and discuss each other’s work. It feels exactly the same as if we were all sitting together in a meeting room. We share our screens, we can see each other, and we feel able to give honest and open feedba...
Inís was contracted by the World Health Organization to provide editing and layout services for a meeting report on Addressing violence against women in HIV testing and counselling. They were very accommodating to our requests for changes to the document and very timely in sending us the final do...
I had the good fortune of meeting Connie Anderson at Women of Words at a time I needed an editor for my first fiction book, “Grip of the Hawk,” published by Brentwood Press. I was thrilled when she made herself available to be that editor. She is knowledgeable, quick to see what mi...