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Use These Tips To Gain Acceptance For Your Ideas

Published on Tue Apr 27, 2010

Don't let your presentations get too complicated. With so many changes in play for home care providers, you're probably having to present staff with ideas they aren't crazy about. You may have great plans for implementing changes in response to the many new regulatory requirements, but they won't do you any good if you can't secure staff buy-in for your ideas. So how do you do that? Bruce B. Tepper, author of "The New Supervisor," offers some suggestions: • Present one idea at a time. Break complex issues into single steps or ideas, making sure your staff understand each one before moving on. • Keep it brief. Avoid clumsy phrases and words. Keep your language simple and easy to understand. Also, don't assume all your staff know the terminology. Pause to ask for questions from time to time. • Use body language. Use your hands while you speak. Keeping their [...]
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