Do you eat well every day? Do you feel sluggish in the afternoon, succumbing to the urge for caffeine or sugar to get you through the rest of the day? A healthy diet and regular exercise are just the beginnings of a successful life and career. By making healthy lifestyle choices, you enhance your mental, […]
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Join us in welcoming SNI’s interns for the 2014 Spring semester! Trevin Jaggars Trevin’s main job at SNI is to assist Ron Shapiro on projects and help with any research and writing proposals. He is in grad school at Georgetown for sports industry management. His favorite dessert is cheesecake and he even writes poems! His
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The infographic below details differences in negotiation by gender. Negotiation avoidance comes with a high cost both at work and in personal life. Missed opportunities or settling for what one is given results in a continual trend that can compound and get bigger through life. Habits are hard to break, but through exposure to the
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The Sochi Olympics came with the stories of great success and triumph achieved by overcoming significant obstacles. The global group of athletes represented at the 2014 games devoted their lives to achieving athletic excellence, but the focused habits that got them to Sochi also translate to the boardroom. These Olympian practices can help you
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Negotiating skills will propel you quite far in any business deal, but unless you know how to close the sale – and these days we are all salespeople of one sort or another – then your negotiating skills will all come to naught. By supplementing your negotiating skills with several powerful tools, you can better
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The key to improving performance within your company is effective management. By providing employees with excellent managers, you can ensure that they will have a good example to follow when it comes to their own work. However, it is important that managers possess certain characteristics in order for them to be truly effective. Here are
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Last Week Training Magazine posted an article written by SNI’s John Buelow. Read below for a brief excerpt and find the full article here: http://www.trainingmag.com/3-benefits-making-role-play-part-training Benefits of Role-Play Here are just a few of the benefits of making role-play a part of your business training: 1. Build confidence: When your team role-plays, you can throw
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What is Negotiation? Negotiation is an important skill that we use in both our personal lives and at work. It involves engaging in a dialogue with one or more parties to reach a consensus, solve disputes, or finalize decisions on transactions or relationships. This process isn’t just about getting what we want; it’s also about
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For those who succeed in the business world, having a solid negotiation strategy is critical. However, negotiating can be a difficult skill to perfect. There are many common mistakes that are made during the negotiation process, from poor planning to making incorrect assumptions about the other party. With the following five tips, you will be
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Businesses are searching for a more effective way to conduct leadership training using virtual environments. Learning in virtual environments has many benefits, as training sessions can be led completely online and a wide range of simulations can be created for more effective lessons. Read on to learn more about how virtual environments are being used
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