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Have you ever met with someone and felt that you instantly clicked? When this happens we are resonating at a similar vibration.
Every living form emits an energy field. Masaru Emoto‘s research shows that water can take in the energy of written and spoken words and transform them into very different crystals after freezing. “Love and gratitude’ produces a beautiful crystal, “Dislike” produces something bitter.
Think then how our emotions, thoughts and actions, our attitudes and words, affect our world. Our physical body (which happens to be around 70% water). Who we attract into our life. Our relationships.
Posted by: Ulrika Hedlund
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One of the key skills of a good leader is the ability to actively listen. To actively listen to someone you need to give that person your undivided attention. In today's world where we are constantly connected to news, tweets, Facebook posts, and email it's becoming harder and harder to stay focused and to stay in the present.
Research has shown that the average person listens at only 25% efficiency. Just think about how much we miss! Read More.
By Ulrika Hedlund
Posted by: Claire Fenner
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Posted by: Ulrika Hedlund
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The past few weeks I've been writing about enterprise social networks; the benefits and the solutions provided by Microsoft. Before you get going with any enterprise social network I recommend you define your goals and objectives, that you evaluate different platforms and that you clearly communicate usage guidelines and policies.
Last week I shared with you how to get started with social networking in SharePoint 2013/Office 365. On March 19th, the SharePoint team published a blog post by Jared Spataro, Senior Director of the Microsoft Office Division, where he shared more about the Yammer/SharePoint integration moving forward. If asked by customers what to use for social - Yammer or SharePoint, he said his answer was clear, "Go Yammer!" So in this blog post I thought I would share with you how to get started with Yammer. Read More
By Ulrika Hedlund
Posted by: Claire Fenner
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Last week I wrote a blog article about Enterprise Social Networks by Microsoft, including SharePoint and newly acquired Yammer. Enterprise social networking can have an enormous impact on the knowledge sharing within your organization. If done well it can, among other things, lead to an increased sense of organizational identity, improved transparency, decentralization of information and improved communication.
This all sounds good, but how do you get started? In this week's blog article I'll share 5 steps for you to get going with social networking in SharePoint in Office 365 as an end user. Read More
By Ulrika Hedlund
Posted by: Claire Fenner
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Posted by: Ulrika Hedlund
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There is no doubt that social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have become vastly popular for keeping up to date on friends' activities. But social networks are not only for personal use, more and more companies are seeing the benefits of enterprise social networking, that is, social networking between employees and business partners related to business activities. Enterprise social networking software is a really hot market, Forrester predicts that it will be worth 6.4 billion dollars in 2016.
In June 2012, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Yammer, the leading provider of enterprise social networks. In this blog I'll give you an overview of enterprise social networking and the solutions provided by Microsoft. Read More.
By Ulrika Hedlund
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Posted by: Ulrika Hedlund
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In my productivity workshops I often talk about task management and I show the attendees how they can effectively use Microsoft Outlook to keep track of their tasks. During these sessions there are always questions about assigning tasks to others. As some of you might know, you have the ability to assign tasks to other people in Microsoft Outlook. The culture of assigning tasks to others varies drastically across companies and countries.
It's important that you find a way that works for you and your employees. In this article I will share with you an effective way to assign tasks to others by asking politely and I'll tell you about different ways of how you can track task progress. Read More
By Ulrika Hedlund
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