Shirley Taylor

Shirley Taylor is a popular keynote speaker and communication skills trainer. She delivers motivational and success keynotes like ‘Rock Your Role In Our High-Tech World’ and ‘Grow Your Business By Connecting Your Dots’. She is author of 12 books, including Model Business Letters, Emails and Other Business Documents seventh edition, which has been translated into 16 languages and sold over half a million copies worldwide.

Shirley is a high-energy and high-content speaker who engages with audiences quickly, and shows them how the strategies she teaches can easily be applied both personally and in the workplace. Her aim is to educate, inspire, inform and motivate individuals and teams to make a difference in the workplace and to communicate and lead with heart. Shirley was President of Asia Professional Speakers Singapore, and currently serves as 2017-18 President of the Global Speakers Federation.

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The route to professional effectiveness is not only paved with knowledge and experience, but also with relationships. If people avoid you, it will be very difficult to do your job. If you are to make successful connections – connections you can count on when you have new ideas and goals – you need to develop great working relationships.

What makes people truly happy? There are probably many answers, but here are some common themes. If you use these keys, you can let happiness fill your life!  

If you work in the corporate world, chances are you have taken a time management or productivity class at least once in your life. Chances are also pretty high that you walked out of those classes feeling like you wasted your time. The grim reality is that a lot of so-called time management courses offer tips for saving time that actually take more effort to implement than they're worth.

The alarm goes off, and you reach over to slap it quiet. You lie in bed, looking at the ceiling, checking your body. Is that a bit of a sore throat? Does your tummy seem a bit out of sorts? Is there anything you can think of so you can call in sick to work today? If any of this sounds familiar, you definitely need to determine the cause.  

  According to Wikipedia.org, value added 'refers to "extra" feature(s) of an item of interest (product, service, person etc.) that go beyond the standard expectations and provide something "more" while adding little or nothing to its cost'. Wiki also notes that 'value-added features give competitive edges to companies with otherwise more expensive products'.

Look back to the last time you felt like you were truly effective. Did certain things help with your success? Did you use tools that helped your efficiency? How about a planner? Scheduling? Computer? It’s rare that we can become truly effective without some help.  

What do you do when you get home from work? Plop in front of the TV, or even worse, in front of the computer for a few more hours? Technology that is meant to make our lives easier is actually zapping our energy. Are you really making the most of your spare time?