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Business Communication Skills Tip – Be Prepared
While it’s no surprise that preparation is important, what is often forgotten is that different types of conversations require different types of preparation.
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Responding to Requests
Responding to Requests. How often do you get asked to do something? If you are like most, it would be at least once a day, but likely numerous times
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Business Communications Skills Tip – Standing Strong
How often do you consider your body posture when communicating? What difference does it make? Here’s a quick experiment. Stand up straight and strong, lengthen your spine, put your head
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Making Requests
How many requests of others do you make in a day? How many in a week? How many in a year? We can’t function in life alone. Making requests are
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Business Communication Skills Tip – Be Aware of Bad Listening Habits
Be Aware of Bad Listening Habits As a leader, how can you show your team that you value them and respect their ideas? Listen to them. Most leaders have good
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Business Communication Skills Tip – Consider the Listener
Consider The Listener Speaking without first considering the listener, is like throwing words into the wind and hoping some of them might be caught. If we first stop to consider
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Seven Steps to Kicking Career Destroying Communication Habits
The Bad – And The Good The bad news about communication habits is that they are ingrained and we do them without even being conscious of it, the good news
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Be Real, Be Human In Your Communication
As I opened a new bank account some time ago, the young woman serving me was efficient and professional and we proceeded through the process quickly. That was until she
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HR Insights into Communication Challenges – and What To Do About Them
As an external coach and trainer, I’ve spent the past fifteen years or so supporting leaders to communicate more effectively. In doing this I’ve noticed common challenges that leaders face
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Business Networking – Love it or Hate it?
If you love business networking, you’re probably in the minority. I haven’t got any official numbers on how many people love or hate this ‘thing’ we need to do in