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How to Sound More Confident and Persuasive When we’re trying to influence people, our voices can have an impact (оказать влияние, воздействие). For example, you might speak slightly louder or more softly than you normally do. When someone wants to persuade others, people often push back (сопротивляются этому) because they don’t want to be persuaded.…

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How Employers Can Make Flexible Hours Work For Everyone 4. ADVERTISE YOUR FLEXIBILITY Making flexible work available at the point of hire will widen the talent pools (число, база) available to employers. Working consultancy Timewise’s latest Flexible Job Index found that 87% of employees either work flexibly or want to. But in 2019, only 15%…

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How Employers Can Make Flexible Hours Work For Everyone 3. REDEFINE PRODUCTIVITY Flexible work demands a shift away from seeing productivity in terms of being present for fixed working hours. Indeed, the problem of presenteeism—where people feel compelled (вынуждены, обязаны) to show their face at work even if they are ill—only feeds into the productivity puzzle.…

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How Employers Can Make Flexible Hours Work For Everyone 2. BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT FLEXIBILITY Managers and employees need to come together in a safe space to assemble flexible working arrangements (установить правила гибкой работы) that work for everyone, with a real understanding of what is at stake (положено на чашу весов) and what is possible.…

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How Employers Can Make Flexible Hours Work For Everyone 1. GET LINE MANAGERS ON BOARD First and foremost, managers need training in how to manage flexible work. Even where flexible work is supported, too often it is assumed that managers can run with new working practices as a matter of course (как нечто само собой…

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How Employers Can Make Flexible Hours Work For Everyone There are many benefits to flexible work. But companies need to create the right conditions to make it a success. For employees, flexible work means being better able to fit their jobs around other responsibilities, such as looking after children or elderly relatives. For businesses, this…

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Idioms Related To Money COST A FORTUNE — стоить целое состояние Example: 3 handbags, 3 dresses, 3 pairs of shoes, the engagement cost a fortune. — Три сумочки, три платья, три пары туфель — помолвка обошлась в целое состояние. GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY — хорошее соотношение цены и качества Example: This budget hotel offers good…

Business Communication Skills Tip

How to Sound More Confident and Persuasive When we’re trying to influence people, our voices can have an impact (оказать влияние, воздействие). For example, you might speak slightly louder or more softly than you normally do. When someone wants to persuade others, people often push back (сопротивляются этому) because they don’t want to be persuaded.…

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Four Essential Qualities You Need To Be An Effective Leader – #4 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Though widely celebrated, emotional intelligence (эмоциональный интеллект, EQ) is often misunderstood. But people who have more of it are generally more rewarding to deal with; they are more stable, empathetic, and better at reading and understanding others, especially when they are…

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Four Essential Qualities You Need To Be An Effective Leader – #3 LEARNING ABILITY Irrespective of what you already know, you will only be an effective leader if you are capable of learning, particularly when knowledge and expertise become rapidly outdated (устаревший, неактуальный). Learning ability is a consistent marker of leadership effectiveness. Curiosity and openness…