How to Co-Author Documents in Microsoft Office
Apr 18,
2017
Co-Author Documents in Word, Excel, or PowerPoint Did you know that multiple people can work together at the same time as a co-author on a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint presentation? If you have access to OneDrive or SharePoint you and colleagues are ready to get started as document co-authors. Office has functions that allow […]
4 Reasons Your Next Meeting Will Be Awful
Mar 2,
2017
Here’s a game you can play: The next time you’re in a truly dreadful meeting, decide which of these four reasons is the main cause. To put it another way: If your meeting avoids these four problems, it will probably be a pretty good one. At the start of Learning Tree’s one day course on facilitating […]
A New Way To Learn the Critical Skill of Storytelling
Feb 17,
2017
A critical skill for leaders and aspiring leaders is storytelling. Throughout history, stories have been an essential form of communication. Brain science even gives us reasons why. I love to listen to and tell stories. Most people do. We tell stories to friends at social gatherings, share stories about work successes and failures, tell stories […]
How You Can Avoid the User Requirements Dance
Feb 2,
2017
Asking questions is the only way to find out what the “real” user requirements are — what the other person really wants. But there’s a great deal more to asking the right questions than knowing the difference between open-ended and close-ended questions (in fact, there’s really no such thing as a truly open-ended question). Here’s what to ask that will let the […]
Being Clear and Concise When You Write
Nov 22,
2016
Everybody wants their writing to be concise and clear. Here’s some simple rules that you can follow to achieve both clarity and concision in the next thing you write — and a warning about when being concise is a bad idea. When I ask participants in Learning Tree’s business writing course what matters to them in business […]