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Communication

Being Human in Business Even When Everything is Changing

I write a lot here about the craft of creating and succeeding in business. I deliberately use the word craft because building a business is ...

Communication

Communication the Number One Soft Skill with Hard Results

LinkedIn recently released a report on the top ten job skills employers wanted in new hires. Communication was number One! I could have told you that. ...

Communication

Want Motivated Employees? Here are Five Ideas.

There are things you can do right now that will motivate, inspire, and engage your team. Here are five ideas.

Communication

Be Quiet! How to harness your inner conversation.

We often spend time and money learning how to communicate with each other. How often do we stop to consider how we communicate with ourselves? Take ...

Communication / Leadership

What Good is an Idea If You Can’t Communicate It?

When we say what we want to say or send the email we want to send without considering its impact on the other party, we can be damaging productivity and/or the performance of the team.

Communication

From Paralyzed to Motivated with Communication

The alternative is to leverage the languages and behaviors of trust to inspire and cultivate teams.

Communication

The most important Conversation: the one you have with yourself

When I was young I ran with the wrong crowd. A job transfer for my dad allowed me to narrowly miss being sent to a military ...

Communication

How to use familiarity to improve organizational performance

If a tree falls in the Forest… Most managers I know are seeking ways to get just a little more productivity and performance from their teams. ...

Communication

I Don’t Need to be Right

In my workshops on communication, I often talk about the power of listening. It has the power to influence, it gives us the ability to learn ...

Business Culture / Communication

The Role of Communication and Culture

In my corporate career I was with a firm that acquired 22 brands and tried to consolidate them into one. Think about that 22 distinct companies, ...

Communication

Is There a Blind Spot

I recently had lunch with a friend and he was telling me about an organization (a startup) they had 28 people turn over in the last ...

Communication

Is Popeye a Good Leadership Role Model?

Today we can identify the science behind what we used to call vibes. We now know why Steve gives off a good vibe and Julie has ...

Communication

Does She Have Stage Fright? – Yes, And It Doesn’t Matter

As a communication and leadership coach, I often work with people of have to give a presentation in front of others and they are afraid. They ...

Communication

Can you just get to the point – Inductive versus deductive communication.

Have you ever had a conversation with someone, and you watched him or her disconnect, and then wondered why? The answer could be the difference between ...

Communication / Sales

But, I hate Small talk

Get over it. Small talk is a way to create social cohesion. Think back to the last time you went into a meeting where the other ...

Communication

Listening: What is it good for…

Listening is a key component of good communications and because we are hearing what others are saying, we “assume” we are listening. There is a difference ...

Communication

Five Communication Secrets of Great Connectors

You know them. They are the people you meet and when, the meeting is over you feel better for the conversation. You want more. What is ...

Communication

Which Carries More Meaning: Words – Tone – Visual

7 – 38 – 55 Since Albert Mehrabian’ s research in 1967 this ratio has been the go to for speakers, trainers and others to reinforce ...

Communication / Leadership

Communication – Alignment – Results

I have heard countless managers tell me that they cannot find good people. “They don’t have a good work ethic, they complain, they aren’t engaged ...

Communication

What you say vs. What you do

I was struck by this article by Doug Conant and Stephen MR Covey that described a building surrounded by a fence and razor wire. This had ...

Communication

Communicate With People Not At Them

Talk with people not at them Are you stuck? Are people not engaging or acting in ways you expect? Try connecting with them versus talking at ...

Communication

Is He Lying?

I don’t know about you but I work in an interdependent world; A world where I rely on others and they rely on me to get ...

Communication

Your Attitude Cloud

I was reminded recently of the comic strip character, Pig Pen from the strip Peanuts. He was the little kid that walked around with a cloud ...

Communication

What you say vs. what you communicate

Interesting distinction can you see it? All too often we say what we think others want to hear. Sometimes to avoid confrontation, sometimes to pursue, and ...