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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

BlackRain Partners Holds Another Employee Development Training Summit

Business consulting firm BlackRain Partners, in partnership with SCORE Orlando, holds another employee training and development summit at the National Entrepreneur Center in Orlando. As an industry leader in employee development training, BlackRain has created the Leadership Incite Series workshop to hone the business skills of professionals from all over Central Florida. These events are live and complementary, and aimed at giving professionals real-world tools that they can use to become effective leaders, improve productivity, increase profit and look for growth opportunities. Read more from this blog: http://bit.ly/2km2Kci

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Three Simple Ways to Improve Communication Skills as a Business Owner


A communication skills course is one of the best soft skills training courses you could take as a leader in an organization. You can learn how to communicate with diplomacy, tact, and respect in a communication skills course to make your employees feel valued and understood. Happy employees tend to be more productive. Although we recommend taking a training course on communication, here are three simple ways to improve communication skills as a business owner to give yourself a head start:
1. Don’t Talk Over People
Always listen to what an employee or team member is saying and wait until they’re finished talking to respond. If it’s really important to interrupt, then politely apologize for interrupting before explaining what needs to be said or asking an important question. This shows respect for the other person while preventing the problem of someone talking for too long on something you weren’t quite clear about. Read more from this blog: http://bit.ly/2kChiTI