Competenze 360 – Gestione del tempo 3: Come delegare in modo efficace

Inglese gestionale - Gestione del tempo 3 - Delegating

Bentornato al Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on time management and how to delegate effectively.

As a manager, have you ever felt bad about adding tasks to an employee’s workload? Or have you ever thought that it’s easier to do something yourself than explain how to do it? Or do you like the feeling of being indispensable because you’re the only one who knows how to do something?

If any of these things are true, then I’m sorry to say you’re setting yourself up for failure. And you need to check your ego. Great managers on great teams don’t try to do everything themselves. They build their team’s skills and confidence through effective delegation. And this frees up time for more strategic work.

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Competenze 360 – Gestione del tempo 2: Imparare a dire di no

Inglese gestionale - Gestione del tempo 2: Imparare a dire di no

Bentornato al Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on time management and the importance of saying “no.”

“No” is one of the most powerful words in the English language, and it’s one of the keys to good time management. It might be odd to think that saying “no” is a skill, since it sounds so simple. But it is a skill. Some people seem to have been born with it. Other people learn it. Either way, it’s a critical ability when it comes to managing a business and managing yourself.

Just to be clear, when I talk about saying “no,” I’m talking generally about not taking on something new. When we do this, we don’t simply say “no” to someone. Infatti, we’ve done a two-part series just on how to say “no” the right way! And if you want some tips on how to say “no” effectively, those lessons are worth a look. Oggi, however, I want to focus on why we need to say “no.”

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Competenze 360 – Gestione del tempo 1: Prioritizzazione e pianificazione

Business English Skills 360 - Gestione del tempo (1)

Bentornato al Business English Skills 360 podcast for today’s lesson on time management.

When we talk about “management” and “managers,” we’re usually thinking about managing people. And that involves many different skills. But all these skills are useless if the manager can’t manage his or her own self. So good management starts with good self-management. And an essential part of self-management is managing your time effectively, which in turn depends on effective scheduling.

Così, as a manager, how do you set a schedule that works? BENE, that starts with prioritizing. You can think of tasks on two dimensions: importance and urgency. The first key to good time management is avoiding things that are neither urgent nor important. That includes daily distractions, trivial tasks, and anything minor that simply wastes time. The second key is to minimize things that seem urgent but are not important. A lot of meetings, emails, phone calls, and interruptions fall into this category.

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Competenze 360 – Socializzare 2: Seguire i contatti

Inglese commerciale 360 LESSON - Socializzare e seguire i contatti

Bentornato al Business English Skills 360 podcast per la lezione di oggi sul networking e il follow-up con nuovi contatti.

Si coltivano buone relazioni. Non accadono da soli. E se allacciate nuovi contatti di lavoro, che si tratti di una conferenza, un evento di networking, o in metropolitana: non aspettare di incontrarli di nuovo per caso. Devi seguire.

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Competenze 360 – Socializzare 1: Incontrare nuove persone

Inglese per socializzare - Incontrare nuove persone (1)

Bentornato al Business English Skills 360 podcast per la lezione di oggi su socializzare e incontrare nuove persone.

Per alcuni, incontrare nuove persone sembra venire molto naturalmente. Ma per la maggior parte di noi, può essere un po' imbarazzante, o intimidatorio, entrare in una stanza piena di sconosciuti e cercare di intavolare una conversazione. Sapere che è importante fare rete non lo rende facile. E con il ritorno a una sorta di normalità in molti paesi, c'è ancora più pressione per rafforzare le nostre abilità sociali. Allora da dove cominciare?

In questo Business English Skills 360 lezione, esamineremo cinque modi per aumentare la tua sicurezza e rendere più confortevole la socializzazione in inglese:

1. Cambia la tua mentalità
2. Fare domande
3. Trova aree comuni di interesse
4. Semplifica la partecipazione alla conversazione
5. Sii genuino

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