Communication & Influencing skills tips. Answers to your questions about how to deal with difficult employees, turn a no into an opening and gain clarity on your own messaging.
The author Nora Roberts has written: “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re [...]
Over the years I’ve seen great presentations fall apart—both online and in person—because the speaker hadn’t thought ahead about how to handle Q&A. Here are four tips that will help you shine during [...]
A friend of mine called yesterday to complain about the way his boss runs the weekly staff meeting. “He tells us to use the chat box to send him questions, then he never [...]
It's 4:00 pm. You’re the last presenter of a two-hour long agenda. Everyone is working remotely. How in the world are you going to get people engaged with your material? Here are a [...]
A client recently emailed me with this predicament: "I accepted a speaking gig for the networking opportunities before Covid-19 and #WFH. The event is now virtual. How in the world am I going [...]
It's the 2nd month of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The economy is reshaping itself as I type this. Whether you love your current job, or have been furloughed, during uncertain times it's always a [...]
Not long ago Forbes did a study on the topic of personal branding and reputation. They found that 70% of professionals believed they knew what their colleagues thought about them. Only 15% [...]
When I first started working with groups of women as part of their Leadership Development programs, I was shocked to discover how often we brushed off recognition for our own accomplishments. Someone [...]
Thanksgiving morning I found myself dressed as a clown marching down the streets of downtown Detroit with my husband and two cousins in America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I had a wonderful time [...]
Here’s a question for you, which US city increases its population by 20% once a year for an entire week? If you knew that the answer is San Francisco, then you probably also [...]
