July 27, 2010 • Volume 1, Issue 15 • ISSN: 2154-3240

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In This Issue

♦	Feature Article: Persuading Others
♦	Ask Amanda: Why do I constantly have difficulty getting information from people, when I ask for the same information every month?
♦	Practical Tips: Increase Your Efficiency

Persuading Others

Being persuasive is an excellent skill to have in management. Helping others see the value of your team’s ideas/suggestions/solutions and enlisting support early can eliminate misunderstandings regarding intent, and reduce or even avoid friction in your environment. Prepare the way for your team so that appropriate solutions have a chance to be executed. read more

	An open mind eliminates a closed future.

Practical Tips: Increase Your Efficiency

It is amazing how much time you can spend on routine tasks like reading/answering e-mail, voicemail and phone calls. Take control of these tasks to increase your efficiency.

Be More Strategic
Often people respond based on who is the most persistent or what comes in most recently. read more

Every month we need specific information from accounting and it's like pulling teeth to get it--and every month we're making the same request!! Grrrr…!?
G.F., Tampa, FL

Seems like this fits in with Einstein’s definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Clearly something is not working well between you and your accounting group. It’s incumbent upon you to determine what that “something” is and address it. read more

Recommended Resources

Our next free call, Preparing for the Worst: Being Laid Off, Fired or Under New Management, will be held August 12th. Find more info at www.takingcontrolofyoucareer.com.

The next virtual Taking Control of Your Career Bootcamp, will begin September 2, 2010. Find out more at www.takingcontrolofyourcareer.com

About Us: Corporate Suffering Solutions LLC (CSS) is a company that offers a new system for reducing unnecessary workplace suffering caused by the organizational, interpersonal, and ethical issues of our time. It is founded on the belief that adhering to core human values and achieving business success are always compatible. Working with both companies and individuals, CSS helps create solutions that enable corporate employees at every level to optimize profits while enabling them to thrive in the corporate environment. CSS was founded by Amanda Mitchell to help meet the needs of people working in corporate America during this transformative moment in our nation’s history. The CSS system reflects her experience and insight gained from a 20-year corporate career working with Fortune 500 companies, and as an executive coach to senior-level corporate executives.