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Access POWER - by Joseph Riggio- Shy guys and communication - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Timothy ArendsWhat is it about shy guys and communication? Shy guys may have a little more trouble expressing themselves in an outgoing people. Sometimes they need that little extra "push" to get them talking. On he plus side, shy guys are less likely to be loudmouthed or dominate the conversation. They ...
Views: 3598(1 vote) - Do I Need an Anger Management Course? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from William F SmithAnger is part of life, as real and important as happiness, sadness and joy. But when anger spins out of control, we suffer. Work, relationships and health are a few of the areas where too much anger can hurt us. I would like to share three measurements that can help you quickly determine if you ...
Views: 1577(2 votes) - Five Tips for Fighting Fairly - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Sharon MikrutLet's face it, everyone engages in an altercation or fight at some point in their life. It can be with a spouse, partner, parent, sibling, friend, or coworker. The important thing to remember is that no one wins in a fight. If people are yelling at each other, they are not listening to each ...
Views: 1811 - Finally . . . Let’s Execute the Project! - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Mark ReedWe began our "Project Management . . . by the Numbers" Project Management Lifecycle with Phase One - Concept and Feasibility where we secured agreement with our Project Customer on the definition of the project's objectives and a high level time and cost against those objectives. Then we ...
Views: 1597(5 votes) - Creating Outcomes through Self-Leadership and Communication - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from David Emerald WomeldorffThere is an old saying in the field of interpersonal communication, which is “you cannot not communicate.” Even if you are “saying nothing,” your facial expressions, your body language, even your eye contact (or lack thereof) convey something to the other that they take in and interpret. As a ...
Views: 1620(4 votes) - Improve Your Conversations Skills With Open Ended Questions - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Royane RealOne of my friends recently asked me how she should handle an upcoming lunch with her lawyer. She was worried that the lunch would become awkward if they ran out of things to talk about. I suggested she should try to mentally prepare a few general questions such as, “Do you still enjoy being a ...
Views: 2528(1 vote) - Write A Newsletter As An Authentic Marketing Tool to Get More Paying Clients! - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Iona MeadeA Newsletter can be an easy and effective authentic marketing tool to keep in touch with your past clients and turn potential clients into paying clients! The best thing is, it is a no or very low cost authentic marketing strategy. You can use on or offline formats. If you combine a well ...
Views: 1196(1 vote) - How to Improve Your Conversation Skills and Make Friends - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Joshua UebergangIf you are a shy or nervous person by nature, than simple conversations can often be arduous, excruciating affairs, with all of your fears and anxieties plaguing your thoughts and actions. But never fear, there is a simple remedy for you to defeat these fears and anxieties - building for ...
Views: 1476 - Re-Learn the Art of Single Tasking - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Gary ShouldisHow many times a day do you check your email? Have you ever stopped mid conversation while speaking with someone to check and see who just sent you a message on your Blackberry? Not only is this rude, but it may be making you stupid. The average person checks their email 5-6 times a day. Opinion ...
Views: 1088(2 votes) - Is Anyone There? Can Anyone Hear Me? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from David SamuelThis is the real question we all ask at some point in our life, is anyone there? Am I alone here, in the crowd, in the world? This article is about those moments, the times when we wonder if we are from another planet because it seems like no one can understand our feelings, thoughts and ...
Views: 3550(5 votes) - Tips and Topics on Starting a Conversation And Establish Report With Any New Contact or Prospect - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Max-Marc FossouoCharlie Cook said it right: whether you are in the elevator or on the phone, the way you start the conversation will determine whether or not it will continue. So many times we face the uncomfortable situation of meeting with a recently established contact and we just don’t know what to say. In ...
Views: 6346 - The Debates - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverIf you have taken any classes thorough Pathfinder, you may remember me saying that this is the season for rhetoric and persuasive speech. As we enter the last 40 days before the election, things will reach a pitch. It will be fun to see what you remember from class. For instance: · Can you ...
Views: 841 - Defensiveness - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverLast time I wrote about Advocacy as an impediment to the logical give and take that distinguishes collaboration. I characterized it as a learned behavior, and one that can be partially or fully managed by a skilled communicator that recognizes it and knows how to steer a group around it. I also ...
Views: 2894(1 vote) - Advocacy - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverIn communication, the single largest difficulty for nearly everyone comes when a critical discussion transforms from the logical "give and take" that I described in my last newsletter into something less productive. Two familiar forms of this are Advocacy and Defensiveness. I will talk about ...
Views: 1108 - Conducting a Critical Discussion - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverFor the last few weeks, I have elaborated on the elements of attitude that provide the best point of view from which to approach a discussion. Studying these elements and learning how to incorporate them authentically into your communication will help you remain collaborative and avoid falling ...
Views: 1362 - Safety and Trust - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverThere have been many times in our lives when we have wanted to say something, but elected not to. Afterwards, we may wish we had and ponder why we didn’t. Sometimes, we remember when we said something and wish we hadn’t, or a time when we blurted something that was harsher than we meant it to ...
Views: 1463(1 vote) - Authenticity - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverAll of the components of the engagement stance are important, but if you miss out on authenticity, you will have a hard time establishing credibility. When someone you speak with lacks authenticity, it feels manipulative, even if there is no evidence of manipulation. Think of a time when you ...
Views: 1607 - Empathy - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverEmpathy is the capacity to recognize or understand another's state of mind or emotion. It is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or to in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself. It is therefore the essence of connection ...
Views: 1729 - Openness - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverThe elements of the engagement stance (Presence, Engagement, Empathy, Openness, Curiosity, Depth, Safety, and Collaboration) are so vital to good communication that I will post articles about all of them over the coming weeks. These eight points are the keys to the kingdom, and if you master ...
Views: 1553 - Why don't we speak up? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Gregg OliverIn my classes on Influence, we learn to identify 1) key behaviors that are at the heart of creating change and 2) “recovery behaviors” that represent what to do when things aren’t working as expected. Two generic recovery behaviors are 1) speaking up, and 2) training. It sounds easy; when a ...
Views: 1033 - How Shy People Can Improve Their Conversation Skills - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2010 from Royane RealPeople who are very shy often share some of the same fears that people who are afraid of public speaking. Some of the techniques that help people overcome their fear of speaking in public can help shy people improve their conversation skills and increase their speaking confidence. I spent ...
Views: 5510(3 votes) - Business Management Courses- Customized To Give You A Better Tomorrow - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Yogesh KumarFor businesses to run properly and efficiently, the need for well qualified managers is very essential. The management is the soul of any organization and without a proper management team any business might go haywire. Due to diversity in business policies and use of global marketing strategies, ...
Views: 921 - Assertiveness-Getting What You Want - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Judy WrightIn the world today we are faced with many choices. We are all built with the instinct for fight or flight when faced with confrontation. Recently I ran into a situation where I was faced with a rude, nasty response to a birthday greeting I had sent to an acquaintance through Facebook. I ...
Views: 2056 - Bad Things to Say in an Interview - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2010 from gladys stoneWe've all been in a position where we wished we could take back what we said. In the case of an interview, the implications are huge in that saying the wrong thing could eliminate you as a candidate. Having conducted literally thousands of interviews, we've come up with a list of things to ...
Views: 1354 - 10 Tips for Writing Emails - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2010 from Alvah ParkerThis article was written because this past week I have seen three examples of emails that were read by people other than the intended recipient. In one case an attorney published a whole email exchange between the attorney and an applicant for an associate position in her firm. It should have ...
Views: 2727(1 vote) - Speak Up to Prove Your Skills in the Job Interview - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2010 from Peggy McKeeDo you have a good work ethic? Do you have good communication skills? Are you a team player/a strong leader/an enthusiastic, innovative, driven job candidate? Well, so is everyone else. In job interviews, candidates tend to speak in generalities. It’s one of the most common flaws. ...
Views: 2923 - AMP Up Your Relationships Now - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2012 from Dr. Erica GoodstoneAMP up your relationships, a new approach to creating passionate and enduring love relationships, comes from research in economics and business about what helps us to develop and maintain drive and motivation to succeed - and what causes us to becomes less interested and even lethargic and ...
Views: 2423(2 votes) - The 5 Principles Of C.L.E.A.R. Communication - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2011 from Dwayne KlassenA key "Essential" to Showing Up in one's life is that of communication. How we communicate with others, and perhaps more importantly, with ourselves requires a vital understanding of how powerfully it impacts our lives. Your success in all areas of your life is contingent on your ability to ...
Views: 6893(4 votes) - Corporate Ascension - Consciousness Is Coming To A Business Near You. - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2010 from Dwayne KlassenThere is no doubt that our world is moving pretty fast. There are a lot of people feeling a sense of concern, uncertainty and fear both at home and in the work place about the future. It's not hard to understand given what is being reported on the news from around the world. Something is ...
Views: 1762(2 votes) - Organizational Leadership Mistakes – The #1 Way Business Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Trust - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Skip WeismanTrust is the fuel that propels teams and organizations to high-levels of success. Yet, organizational leaders today unknowingly do almost everything in their power to sabotage trust. The primary way in which trust in organizations is sabotaged is by a leader’s communication style. One ...
Views: 3734(8 votes) - Brand Essentials: Every Leader’s Image-Critical Messaging Tools - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Sarah HathornWhenever I’m working in a corporate environment and attending a networking event or meeting with my potential “leadership tribe,” it amazes me that the business tools of executive leaders look worn, outdated or overly casual. These are strategic business meetings where everyone present hopes to ...
Views: 3295(2 votes) - Get on NPR, CNN and MORE - Here are 3 easy ways - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Sarah BuhrWant to see your name/company on major broadcast networks but just not getting anywhere with your pitches? Here are three easy ways to bypass the producers and get your story out there: 1) Several major network websites will actually let you post your story on their websites for free! One I ...
Views: 788(1 vote) - Communication Skills - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2010 from Piyush BhatiaCommunication skills simply do not refer to the way in which we communicate with another person. It includes many other things - the way in which we respond to the person we are speaking, body gestures including the facial ones, pitch and tone of our voice and a lot of other things. And the ...
Views: 1222 - How to Increase Your Self-confidence at Public Speaking? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from Hernan VazquezSomehow, when we were young, we thought everything was possible for us. We could easily say "I want to be an astronaut" and truly believe so! No matter what happened, we could speak (and also laugh, cry and shout) in front of a lot of people, without even noticing it! Somehow, as we grew ...
Views: 4287(2 votes) - The 3Cs of Communication: Clear, Concise, and Correct - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2010 from Jane CranstonBob Sheppard, the announcer for the New York Yankees, for more than almost six decades, applied three simple principles to his extraordinary delivery. Surely his beautiful baritone made him highly listenable and memorable; however, it was his discipline that made him a lifetime member of the ...
Views: 8816(4 votes) - How to Avoid Looking Nervous in Conversation and Say the Right Things - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2010 from Joshua UebergangSome of the most embarrassing things to have happen in a conversation, even while making simple small talk, is to latch onto people you know or to stumble into a topic that you are not well-versed in, winging it as you sink faster into the quicksand of poor first impressions. We've all had these ...
Views: 3703 - Eight Fundamentals of Lasting Business Relationships - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Len D'InnocenzoIn this day and age, everyone sells. From the receptionist who answers the telephone to the accounting clerk who deals with a client’s billing inquiry, everyone sells. It is vitally important for each person to understand a few of the important relationship skills used by top professionals. ...
Views: 3628(6 votes) - How to Think Before You Speak - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2010 from Mary Ellen HalloranIf you’ve ever responded impulsively to a person or situation that triggered your anger, you’re familiar with the feeling of regret or guilt that followed your outburst. Once spoken, words cannot be taken back. Damage is done as soon as the words leave your lips. At best, the other person may ...
Views: 6310 - Peter Fogel's "12 Effective Tips on How to Get the Most Out of Your Speakers Bureaus Relationships or (You Scratch My Back and I'll Scratch Yours!)" - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2010 from Peter FogelTalking to the Bureau in Person or On the Phone Before you call a speaking bureau, do some research to figure out which ones match your goals. Just as two snowflakes aren't a like -- it's the same with speakers bureaus. Your best plan (and you'll discover if they are truly interested in ...
Views: 2559(3 votes) - Emotional Intelligence Is Limited by Reactivity - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from William MurrayOne of the biggest blocks to emotional intelligence and effective communication is emotional reactivity. You know how it is, you have all the best of intentions to have a productive communication with somebody and they say the “wrong thing” – the thing that pushes your “hot button”. Often it ...
Views: 1535 - Strategic Thinking is Crucial - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from William MurrayWhen I was an MBA student at Harvard Business School, professors rewarded strategic thinking. I excelled in strategic thinking and was therefore able to do well even though I was poor in math. In each case we needed to clarify what really mattered to an executive and the company. I could do ...
Views: 883 - Seek the Big Picture - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from William MurrayHere is a true story about the importance of seeking the big picture. In a chemical plant, the night operations manager discovered that the end product had changed from a vanilla color to pitch black. This was terrible. They could never sell this stuff. He ran around checking all the ...
Views: 881 - Power and Caring - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from William MurrayOn the job we need to have both power and caring. Consider this quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic." What thoughts does this quote prompt in you? Your ...
Views: 1053 - Stop Being So Defensive! - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2010 from Amber RosenbergHave you ever been in a conversation with a colleague, friend or family member about a sensitive topic and ended up in a power struggle, conflict or shutting down? Or perhaps in response to someone else’s criticism, you find yourself justifying your behavior, blaming the other person or ...
Views: 4125 - How to Give Feedback Without Hitting a Nerve - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Kate McNultyGiving effective feedback to other people, at home or at work, is an art. Here are some tips on how to get your point across with tact and keep your good relationship with someone at your job or in your family. First, describe the situation. Make sure you’re both talking about the same ...
Views: 884 - Use Twitter to Keep in Touch with Customers - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from michael campbellOne of the mainstays of creating a solid customer base is customer service. Customers who are treated right will trust you. When you create that bond with your customers they will be inspired and remain loyal to you and your products in the future. One way to increase customer service is with ...
Views: 948 - Job Hunting: Promote Yourself - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2010 from Rebekah CockrellThe web is constantly changing, we all know that. What most of us don’t do is change with it. You need to go further than just sending in resumes if you want to compete for jobs. There are now plenty of new ways to promote yourself. For one, networking has gone online. Join social networking ...
Views: 1746(1 vote) - Be Your Own Communication Coach - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Paul BurgessCommunication is at once easier and more challenging than ever thanks to the availability of high tech devices and programs that can keep us connected to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Now might be a great time to map out a personal communication strategy and review whether your time and energy ...
Views: 2057(1 vote) - Sincerity, The Key to Successful Relationships - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from David SamuelSincerity is the word. It is the power behind all success in personal refinement. Pure thought is the power to command. Thought is made impure by fears, falsity, distractions, false desires, false personality, fragmentation, identification and so on. Sincerity is pure thought. But what ...
Views: 14079 - Corporate Team Building Unifies, Increases Job Satisfaction, and Productivity. - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Doug StaneartCorporate team building unifies teams, increases job satisfaction, and productivity by putting your team in a non-stressful, fun environment. Yes, they should have a little fun in the name of teamwork. Bringing people together in a carefully guided, but flexible environment, gets participants ...
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