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.
Last week I met with a young manager who was frustrated by the success of a colleague: I don’t understand how she gets buy-in to the exact same ideas I try to pitch. [...]
This year my husband and I received an adorable, yet mysterious Christmas card. It was signed by a woman neither one of us can remember ever meeting. “So”, my husband said as I [...]
Earlier in the year I waabouts invited to join one of my clients, as a guest speaker along side their CEO, Sean Kavanagh. The venue was a webinar for TrainingIndustry.com. Over 1,000 people registered [...]
When I was a kid the scariest place to be told to go was… the Principal’s office. The nasally voice of our school secretary would blast over the intercom and unaware, someone would [...]
Recently I posted several tips to help Women with their Executive Presence. The final tip in that series was: Ask for a raise if you find out that a colleague is being paid [...]
Yesterday I finished a list of tips on Executive Presence For Women. The last tip in the series was to ask for a raise if you find out a colleague is being paid [...]
I was in a client meeting yesterday reviewing the first draft of a course I was co-designing and then would co-facilitate with them for new Managers at a Global Consulting firm. The goal [...]
A few days ago I was helping my godson with his homework. The English lesson was practicing the Silent ‘e’. Remember the silent ‘e’? That magical letter that changes the sound of a word? [...]
The passing of William Safire, widely known for his column “On Language” in the New York Times Magazine, has me thinking about the power of language, and the profound change in impact a [...]
