Developing Your Mentorship Skills Mentorship for New Mentors To be a mentor is to be a support system, a sounding board, a champion, and a realist. As a mentor, you will support someone just starting out in their career as they gain experie ...
Identifying and Cultivating Champions Building a Robust Network of Supporters A champion is a change agent, a person uniquely skilled at influencing and rallying others to support a shared cause. Champions are critical for projects. They act ...
Top Five Schedule Management Tips Don’t Miss That Next Meeting: Learn the Skills to Manage Your Schedule Virtual meetings have made it possible attend meetings being held around the world. So much so that you could find yourself booked every ...
Facilitating Difficult Discussions What You Can Do to Help Your Committee Reach Consensus Conflict is a necessary evil in standards development. When discussing important topics, people are going to disagree on:What the problem is;What solut ...
Ethical Leadership in Standards Development What is Ethical Leadership A commitment to setting and complying with organizational values or industry codes sets the tone for employees. This level of Ethical Leadership has raised in national vi ...
Being part of a team is something most cannot escape. In the standards and conformity assessment landscape, you can find yourself on more than a few committees, boards, projects, working groups, and more. Learning about your team members, what they ...
Facilitating Discussions within Diverse Committees As a standards professional, facilitating discussions within diverse committees of members from different cultural and geographic backgrounds can be exciting, engaging, and challenging. Here are ...
"I know we said 'contemporary' but I don't think we agree on what that word means." You are giving up something to get something in a negotiation. Headed into a negotiation? You need a clear strategy when negotiating for what you want. Come t ...
