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    Why Projects are Difficult
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    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Why Projects are Difficult

    Large projects are difficult mainly due to their complexity and scale. That aside, today we have all the tools and techniques at our...
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    Go for this in a conflict
    Mervyn Murray
    • Jun 9, 2014
    • 2 min

    Go for this in a conflict

    Two of your team are in an argument and you’ve been called to sort them out. There are a few ways I’ve seen managers approach this...
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    Choose a Resourceful State
    Mervyn Murray
    • Jun 4, 2014
    • 2 min

    Choose a Resourceful State

    Have you ever turned up at work to find the boss in a bad mood, then discover that you too are having a bad day? Not only that, but...
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    Deal with Conflict in One Move
    Mervyn Murray
    • May 19, 2014
    • 2 min

    Deal with Conflict in One Move

    Why are people so difficult? What can we do about them? There is one super concept that I want to share with you, but although the idea...
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    Managers: What to do when someone goes into a rage
    Mervyn Murray
    • May 15, 2014
    • 2 min

    Managers: What to do when someone goes into a rage

    We have all been there when a seemingly normal person suddenly explodes with anger, leaving everyone in the room stunned and silent. How...
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    Are You Missing This Power?
    Mervyn Murray
    • May 8, 2014
    • 2 min

    Are You Missing This Power?

    Managing people can be a mixed blessing at times. They can frustrate you, almost to the point of purposeful sabotage. Many managers and...
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    Have you got a ‘Jeremy Paxman’ on your team?
    Mervyn Murray
    • May 4, 2014
    • 2 min

    Have you got a ‘Jeremy Paxman’ on your team?

    The combative and grumpy Jeremy Paxman has stepped down from Newsnight, the flagship BBC current affairs programme. His aggressive style...
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    Ethical Motivation vs Manipulation
    Mervyn Murray
    • May 2, 2014
    • 2 min

    Ethical Motivation vs Manipulation

    At one end of the scale you have out-and-out bullying with ethical persuasion at the polar opposite. From the selfish manager who just...
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    Mervyn Murray
    • Apr 27, 2014
    • 2 min

    Performance through ethical motivation

    Have you ever noticed how managers manage to defeat their own purpose by getting in the way of their own team members and demoralising...
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    Want To Change Someone’s Behaviour?
    Mervyn Murray
    • Apr 11, 2014
    • 2 min

    Want To Change Someone’s Behaviour?

    I want to share one of the most forehead-slapping learning points that I’ve ever had when dealing with difficult behaviours. Changing...
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    Everyone’s In Sales Now
    Mervyn Murray
    • Mar 31, 2014
    • 2 min

    Everyone’s In Sales Now

    Sometimes, I will ask a group of participants if any of them are in sales. Very few hands will go up and most often, no one will own up...
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    Dig Where The Gold is
    Mervyn Murray
    • Mar 23, 2014
    • 2 min

    Dig Where The Gold is

    HR professionals already know the questions your team are asking themselves that go unanswered by you, their boss. The trouble is, you...
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    Leading By Doing Nothing
    Mervyn Murray
    • Mar 4, 2014
    • 2 min

    Leading By Doing Nothing

    Here are some examples: In a negotiation, y0u are not obliged to react to every offer. You can opt to say or do nothing. Your opponent...
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    Fall into Someone’s Rhythm in 3 Steps
    Mervyn Murray
    • Feb 24, 2014
    • 2 min

    Fall into Someone’s Rhythm in 3 Steps

    There are many times that we need to get work done quickly and efficiently. We often go into “tell-mode” when time is short or we are...
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    The 10 Most Stupid Things You Do As A Manager
    Mervyn Murray
    • Feb 18, 2014
    • 2 min

    The 10 Most Stupid Things You Do As A Manager

    I’ve been a manager since the nineteen-frozen-solids but the lack of awareness that some managers show still surprises me. Given the lack...
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    Valentines Special: Will You Marry Me? And Other Questions
    Mervyn Murray
    • Feb 11, 2014
    • 2 min

    Valentines Special: Will You Marry Me? And Other Questions

    Questions. They are powerful things, aren’t they? They can change how you feel, from sad to happy, or they can change your life, like the...
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    Be Like Mourinio
    Mervyn Murray
    • Feb 7, 2014
    • 2 min

    Be Like Mourinio

    Relationships The core of his success lies in the relationships he has with his players. He knows them intimately to the point where he...
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    How To Get Along With People
    Mervyn Murray
    • Feb 2, 2014
    • 3 min

    How To Get Along With People

    Are you one of those people who find social situations difficult and are secretly jealous of those who can just fit into any situation...
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    How To Spot a Performance Dip
    Mervyn Murray
    • Jan 26, 2014
    • 2 min

    How To Spot a Performance Dip

    As an effective leader, your job is to spot the difference between a temporary blip in performance and a much more serious dip. You need...
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    How To Deal With Liars
    Mervyn Murray
    • Jan 20, 2014
    • 2 min

    How To Deal With Liars

    Everybody lies, don’t they? From those little comments that spare someone’s blushes (white lies), to the bigger lies that can change the...
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