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December 31, 2014 Have a Strategy for Speaking to a Small Audience Presentations don’t always involve standing in front of an audience. Many meetings and pitches involve fewer than 10 people in a room where everyone stays seated while someone talks through a slide deck. But even when you’re sitting down, you need to be conscious of how you can deliver your best. You want to work from the same printed deck (with the same page numbers) as the audience. Make it easy for people to follow what you're saying by guiding them to each page and using highlights or sticky notes to emphasize important sections. Don’t just read from your notes; make it conversational. You can stand for the formal portion of the pitch and then sit to field questions. And it helps to bring an item that everyone can look at together. For example, rather than printing a small map on each deck, unfold a large map for everyone to gather around. Adapted from “How to Present to a Small Audience” by JD Schramm.

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December 30, 2014 Norwegian Companies Morph to Avoid Gender-Balance Law One of the consequences of Norway's law mandating that at least 40% of the directors of public limited companies be female is that numerous firms have switched their organizational form, sometimes at significant cost, so that they are no longer public limited companies, say Øyvind Bøhren and Siv Staubo of Norwegian Business School. Among the companies in that category when the law was passed in 2003, 51% chose to become private limited-liability firms by the time it became binding five years later. However, Norway may further extend the board-representation rule to other corporate forms. SOURCE: Does mandatory gender balance work? Changing organizational form to avoid board upheaval

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The Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review

 

December 30, 2014 How High Performers Can Win Over Their Coworkers Superstars often struggle to bond with their teams because they're viewed as always putting their needs ahead of everyone else's. And while it's easy to start feeling entitled when you've worked hard to win authority, no one wants to be excluded from team lunches or left out of important meetings. If you're a high performer who's being excluded or cold-shouldered, you might want to show your colleagues that you care about the group's goals and performance too. Be thoughtful and cooperative to defuse your colleagues' impulse to take you down. Put their needs ahead of your own. If you know a better way to do a certain task, share that knowledge to boost the team's productivity. Ask for help and advice so you don't seem like a know-it-all. Thank teammates for their contributions, and share any praise with the entire team. If you make an effort to be altruistic, the group will reward you. Adapted from “Why Superstars Struggle to Bond with Their Teams” by Andrew O’Connell.

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