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In business, the objectives are often to increase sales and/or profit, and to grow the business. Business growth can come from these areas: current customers, new customers, new products, new categories. Get amazing growth with our top 5 growth strategies!

We all know that knowledge is power. But do you know that knowledge comes from curiosity? Which means that by being curious and asking questions of others and of yourself, you gain knowledge. Instead of asking random questions, we need to structure our questions by grouping them into 5 groups.

We need to change our thinking pattern to get different results. Effective Strategic Thinking comes when we combine all 5 types of thinking methods together: Structured Thinking, Visual Thinking, Filtered Thinking, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking.

In the business world today, storytelling is widely used by managers and leaders to communicate with their audience. Some stories are crafted to motivate people, some stories are designed to share knowledge. Some stories may be told in order to spur action, others may be used to share your background and experience with your audience.

Your ability to communicate, persuade, negotiate, influence, delegate, and interact effectively will allow you to leverage your efforts, knowledge, and financial resources to achieve your influence. Once you have grasped the power of persuasion, you can become the most powerful and influential person in your circle.

A team is a small number of people with complementary skills, who are committed to a common purpose, set of performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. In order to build strong teams, we have narrowed down to these 5 top attributes which are essential ingredients to any successful team.

Teams produce work products/results though the joint contributions of team members. This is what makes the team’s collective performance greater than the sum of all individual members’ best performance. In short, a team is more than the sum of its parts. The company’s management must recognise a team’s unique potential to deliver results, and deploy teams strategically for best results.

Persuasive people in an organisation can galvanise people together, move ideas forward and forge constructive solutions. To accomplish the above, we need to understand that persuasion is not about convincing and selling to people. Instead, it is a whole process of learning, negotiating and compromising.

Studies by behaviour scientists have shown that persuasion is governed by several principles that can be taught, learnt and applied in real life. Persuasion works by appealing to a limited set of deeply rooted human needs and drivers. By mastering the fundamentals of these 6 persuasion principles, business leaders will be able to get more things done through others and be more successful at their work place.

The essence of a team is common commitment. Without it, groups perform as individuals; with it, they become a powerful unit of collective performance. This kind of commitment requires a purpose in which team members can believe, and work towards.