Quick Tips
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
Quick Tips
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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AI and Leadership Communications – Why Being Human Still Matters
The edge that AI can give you in your communications as a leader is no secret. I use it to draft emails, refine the tone of my message and help
Executive Coaching
8 Steps to Maximize Your Executive Coaching Experience
Maximize Your Executive Coaching Experience I had a recent conversation with Sally (not her real name) about her learning from our coaching engagement that had finished over a year ago.
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Acceptance as a Path to Change: Lessons from Running and Executive Coaching
Acceptance is often a first step towards change. If you are not accepting what is, you can’t work on changing it. It may be accepting a situation, or accepting something
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Four Stages To Becoming A Confident, Competent Communicator
The four stages of learning is a classic model used in training. I used it for years in teaching coaching skills but it applies nicely to learning any new skill
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Business Communications Skills Tip – Words Have Power
How are your words shaping your world? The words we use impact not only those around us, but our own well-being and ability to deal with challenges. The current challenges
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Business Communications Skills – Tip – What is Important to You? Tasks or Relationships
What is important to you – tasks or relationship? It can be so tempting to focus on the many ‘tasks’ we want to complete. Yet, the quality of our lives