Carole Lewis Articles
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 throughout the day. This makes responding to requests effectively an important part of being a good communicator. So, how can we respond to a request […]
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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 up, spread your arms and say out loud: “I can’t do it, I’m not confident enough to do this? I don’t know what I’m doing”
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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 a a vital part of communicating and working with others effectively Yet, often we miss the mark. Things we ask for don’t get done, or
I’ve been providing virtual coaching and training for the past 14 years and while the technology has changed in that time (now we have video and I have to look presentable) and some things require more attention, many of the techniques I have used for building trust have remained the same. As someone who speaks
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Practice Makes Perfect Becoming a better communicator is entirely possible. But just wanting to be better doesn’t make it happen. Like learning to play an instrument, or any other skill, it takes effort and practice. The good news is, practice leads to improvement and even small improvements in how we communicate can make a difference
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Communicating well, like any other skill, is something that we can learn to do. And something that we can get better at with practice. I’ve often come across a misguided belief that we are either born good communicators or bad communicators. A belief that some people are ‘naturals’ and some are not. Some people just
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Building our brand and influencing others is not only about showing who we are
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Every conversation we have has an impact on us.
Whether we are aware of it or not, the conversations we have with ourselves often have the biggest impact.
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We all know that it’s important to make eye contact when SPEAKING to people. Making eye contact as you listen to the speaker builds trust, shows respect and allows you to listen more effectively.
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Developing Executive Presence – Addressing the internal but more importantly the external factors
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