For many medium-sized companies presenting themselves at trade fairs is an inherent part of their marketing mix. Participating in a trade fair is cost-intensive and for this reason demands intensive preparations. The organisation of the stand, of the fixtures, the equipment and the necessary material is a self-evident part of the preparations. What is just as important and is often neglected is the training and motivation of the company's own fair personnel.
Is this familiar to you – boring presentations overloaded with numerous PowerPoint slides being read to you (insulting your ability to read!), irritating animations and barely legible graphs?
The turn of the year is a good time for personal and professional resolutions. However, according to many surveys, very few resolutions are ever permenantly implemented due to the force of our old habits.
Read more about the four steps that help you to change your habits.
With great sadness and gratitude the BEITRAINING family says goodbye to Rodman Gil Ostrander, company founder and CEO of BEITRAINING International. Not only did we lose a great and inspirational mentor, coach and trainer, but above all, a wonderful friend.
Clear Instructions – Precise Results
Giving instructions is a normal job for a manager. Still, many managers have problems with this because they feel like they are giving commands and they don’t want their employees to just ‘take orders’. But instructions are not commands – they are rather a form of delegation which means that the manager provides the instructions and observes the process and the results.
Building your Team: How to Lead a Successful Personal Interview
The key to a successful and profitable company is responsible and loyal employees. Therefore, interviews are a core task of the entrepreneur. No one knows better than the entrepreneur, who will best fit into acompany. The personal impression is vital and the ‘chemistry’ must be right. The use of tests and references are common methods to assess the aptitude of an applicant. The most important method, however, is the personal interview.
We all know that time passes at a different pace depending on what you are doing and the pressure you are under. Thirty seconds can seem like an eternity if you are in a precarious situation. But if you are watching an exciting soccer match, like the recent World Championship, thirty seconds seems like nothing.
Time is life, therefore we should have enough time to manage our daily life. But there are many time thieves that steal our precious time. Therefore, it is important to recognise them at an early stage and to fight them appropriately.
Inevitably, there will be a time when an employee’s behaviour and/or performance does not meet your expectations. That is the time for a performance review in order to inform the employee of the mistake, to clearly point out your expectations and to give him/her a chance to adjust their behaviour.
With People Skills You Can Surpass the Competition
What percent of the technical knowledge that you were taught in school or university do you actually use in your daily job experience? And what percent of your personal skills have you had to develop from your experience in the course of your professional development?
‘People Skills’ are those personal skills which will determine our occupational and personal success but they are virtually impossible to find on the curriculum of any schools, universities or vocational institutions.
'We like to thank you for your professional and individual support with our training program Champions of Freshness. BEITRAINING helped a lot in rolling out the program in Germany, Austria and Switzerland effectively and efficiently in a short period of time. We highly appreciate the individual support as well as the demonstrated flexibility.'
"We are now more aware of the non-verbal communication involved when building the relationship between customer and seller. In addition, we have learned practical the relationship exercises and are now able to face many daily problems and challenges of life differently. We are more relaxed and confident when communicating with customers, which has led to an increase in problem-solving. We are now able to focus on the benefits for the customer and to close the sales with confidence."
"In only two days you were able to cover the main themes of the analysis of leadership styles and the presentation of some unique recruting tools." Thanks to the professionalism and focus of the trainers the most important result has been achieved: the participants are inspired and motivated to continue their progress in the tourism market, while creating a strong term of employees"
