NYBP Halloween Party!

As New York Business Partners, we are proud to have a very multicultural Team in which we like to share our cultural differences and similarities. This Thursday, after work, we will start celebrating Halloween early.

Living and working in New York City gives us a lot of advantages, besides working in the city that never sleeps, we have huge list of venues to choose from for our team nights: all kind off bars, clubs, restaurants and different activities.

Tonight, we'll play shuffle board and pool! Winner will get surprise gifts!

And hopefully, our CEO Rafael Diaz will also join us!

You can check out the event details and previous event's photos by clicking on the links.

New York Business Partners and Leadership Skills

Where most companies hire managers, New York Business Partners hires exclusively at the entry-level. We believe that the best way to guarantee success is to see that every employee receives the same customized training and one-on-one mentorship. The only way to ensure true leadership and competence is to build managers from the ground up.

Here some websites to improve your leadership skills:

Example Leadership Skills List:
10 Great Leader Qualities

This page contains example leadership skills, a sample list of leadership skills that good leaders possess. You can use this example of leadership skills to your advantage for the purposes of:

1. guiding your own leadership behavior and learning;
2. aligning team members around organizational strategy and values;
3. training others;
4. building unity in a time of change.

To read more >


Leadership Skills:
Become an Exceptional Leader

The old-fashioned view of leadership is that leaders are marked out for leadership from early on in their lives; and that if you are not a born leader, there's little you can do to become one.

That's not the way we see it now. The modern view is that through patience, persistence and hard work, you can be a truly effective leader, just as long as you make the effort needed.

The 30+ articles in this section help you develop your leadership skills, so that you can become an exceptional leader.

To read more >

Lessons From Steve Jobs

Life is all about connecting the dots.. Thanks Steve Jobs about that great speech. If you didn't watch it yet, do it now! Love, loss, death, faith..

For another inspirational speech for entrepreneurs like who works with New York Business Partners, check out force yourself! 

How To Improve Your Time Management Skills

Time management is a skill that takes time to development and perfect. It also is a skill that is different for everyone. Your best bet is to try a variety of different approaches until something clicks in your brain and sticks in your routine.

Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.
-Alan Lakein

Here are a handful of tips to consider:

1. Make Lists: Write as much down as you can. If you don’t carry a planner or notebook already, start. Personally, I’ve always preferred a small, simple, white-lined notebook because you aren’t restricted by the various boxes and lines of the average planner.
   
   A simple To Do List is often a huge help to anyone, but I can attest gleefully to the 3 Lists of 3 Method more than any other. You’re goal is to avoid a list that reaches outrageous length and is overwhelming to even look at.


2. Make Use of Down Time: Using walking, driving, showering, or otherwise “dead” times to plan. Think about what your goals are for that day or the next. Which goals are most important? Prioritization is the key.


3. Reward Yourself: Whenever you accomplish something, especially the important things, make sure to take the time to reward yourself. A Clockwork Orange author Anthony Burgess’ used the “Martini Method” to get things done. Burgess set a goal of 1,000 words per day. When he finished his word count, he’d relax with a martini and take the day off. Maybe a martini isn’t the ideal reward for some of us, but the method stands useful.


4. Concentrate on One Thing: The human mind works more efficiently when it is focused. As we’ve seen before multitasking is actually a disadvantage to productivity. Focus on one thing and get it done. Take care not to bleed tasks into each other. At times, multitasking may seem like a more efficient route, but it is probably not.


5. Avoid Procrastination at All Costs: When trying to be more productive and trying to save time, procrastination should be avoided like nothing else. It is the ultimate productivity-killer.


6. Set Personal Deadlines: Nobody likes deadlines. They cause stress, aggravation, worry, and, more stress. A guaranteed way to alleviate some of this stress is to set your own earlier deadlines. Be realistic but demanding of yourself. Challenge yourself and, referring to tip 3, reward yourself for a meeting a difficult challenge. Not only will this save you time and make you more productive in the long run, but you will also have a buffer time with little to no penalties compared to those received for missing a real deadline. Of course, this tip has potential for abuse, so be sure to make your own penalties for missing your personal deadlines.


7. Delegate Responsibilities: It is not uncommon for people to take on more than they can handle. The overestimation of one’s abilities, though not necessarily a bad thing, can often result in stress and more work for an individual. To avoid this unnecessary stress, do not feel bad about delegating tasks.


8. Set up a Long Term Planner: In the everyday drab of life, we can often lose sight of our goals. Setting up a long term planner will help you envision your long term goals and rationalize your current objectives. Whenever you find yourself thinking “Why am I putting myself through this work right now? I could be home watching Lost.” just take a look at your long term planner and you’ll be reminded of paying off your mortgage or saving up enough for your child’s college tuition. Revise this long term planner monthly to keep goals up-to-date.


9. Employ a program like RescueTime: This is a lightweight app that records and graphs how you spend your time on your computer. Those “2-minute” breaks to check out Digg, or play a flash game on some website, or email Aunt Betty, can add up to quite a bit of wasted productivity and wasted time. RescueTime will allow you to see exactly how you spent your time and will even send a weekly report to your email.


10. Work in a Team: This tip works hand-in-hand with tip # 7. Although giving up responsibilities is a scary thought for some, it is an invaluable method to increase the average team productivity of all involved. Make sure the team goals are clear and make sure everyone knows who is responsible for given tasks. Make sure all lines of communication are always open. A clogged or blocked line will have the opposite effect on productivity. Give tasks to those who are best suited for them and things will get done faster.


11. Be Careful to Avoid Burnout: Burnout occurs when your body and mind can no longer keep up with the tasks you demand of them. Don’t try to force yourself to do the impossible. Delegate time for important tasks, but always be sure to leave time for relaxation and reflection. Review your recent accomplishments and make sure you feel good. Review and reflection is one of the best ways to gain confidence and higher confidence means more productivity.

Source: dumblittleman

Business Trips With New York Business Partners

With dozens of offices across the world, we offer the opportunity to travel in the U.S. and internationally.

Employees at New York Business Partners have the chance to travel for business to places such as London, Miami, Boston, Atlanta, Houston and Sao Paolo just to name a few. We have annual conferences in Dallas, Nashville, Los Angeles and this year traveled to Puerto Rico in September. There will be more trips as 2011 winds down, and we thought a list of articles about business trips would help you plan better and enjoy your trips even more!

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15 Tips for a Better Business Trip
Want to make your travels faster, cheaper, and far more comfortable?

Click here: money.cnn.com

My Top 10 Business Travel Tips
Very useful tips.
Click here: nytimes


Web Tools for the Flexible Flier
How to buy cheap tickets online. Definitely check it out.
Click here: nytimes

Last Week's Event With Our Ceo Rafael Diaz

One of the recent events of New York Business Partners. We're glad that our CEO Rafael Diaz was not traveling and joined us. Thanks everyone for that great night.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Here is the summary of one of our favorite books at New York Business Partners, it's a must read:

This is Dale Carnegie's summary of his book, from 1936

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Table of Contents

1. Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
2. Six Ways to Make People Like You
3. How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking
4. Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment

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Part One

Fundamental Techniques in Handling People

1. Don't criticize, condemn or complain.
2. Give honest and sincere appreciation.
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want.

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Part Two

Six ways to make people like you

1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
2. Smile.
3. Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5. Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
6. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.

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Part Three

Win people to your way of thinking

1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
8. Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
9. Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
10. Appeal to the nobler motives.
11. Dramatize your ideas.
12. Throw down a challenge.

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Part Four

Be a Leader: How to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment

A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behavior. Some suggestions to accomplish this:

1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
5. Let the other person save face.
6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
7. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
8. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
9. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest. 

Source: westegg (Check this website out!It's really great)