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May 10, 2018

4 things successful people do after getting rejected

Rejection sucks. No matter how humble we are, it still hurts to be told we’re not right in some way. It can be saying goodbye to someone you love, not getting the dream job, or being told your fabulous idea won’t work; it doesn’t matter, rejection sucks.


4 things successful people do after getting rejected



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April 25, 2018

SUPPORTLOCAL: DAWN METCALFE

Dawn Metcalfe is an executive coach, facilitator, trainer, leadership advisor, and author of two books, Managing the Matrix and The HardTalk™ Handbook and talks to Equity to share insight into what she does, why she does it and where she came from.


https://www.equity.media/supportlocal-dawn-metcalfe/


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Published on April 25, 2018 08:50

Dubai-based author launches second book to help you conquer the hard talk that is holding you back

Dubai-based trainer, speaker and coach Dawn Metcalfe today launches her second book, The HardTalk™ Handbook. While the theme is universal, the methodology within the book and accompanying programme was inspired by Dawn’s experiences of living and working in the UAE, an economy rich in diversity.


http://www.hrrevolution.me/dubai-based-author-launches-second-book-to-help-you-conquer-the-hard-talk-that-is-holding-you-back/


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Published on April 25, 2018 08:47

Conquer the hard talk that is holding you back with the launch of The HardTalk Handbook

Dubai-based trainer, speaker and coach Dawn Metcalfe today launches her second book, The HardTalk™ Handbook, pegged as the definitive guide to having the difficult conversations that make a difference.


https://www.zawya.com/uae/en/story/Conquer_the_hard_talk_that_is_holding_you_back_with_the_launch_of_The_HardTalk_Handbook-ZAWYA20180328055625/


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Published on April 25, 2018 08:45

Get Better At Difficult Conversations By Aligning Your Behavior With What You Want

The problem is that, in a HardTalk scenario, we often behave in a way almost guaranteed to achieve any purpose, other than the one we want.


https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/310592


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Published on April 25, 2018 08:41

Expert insight: Tackling tough conversations

Most people do not have difficult conversations because they do not enjoy them. Instead, they silence themselves until they cannot contain their feelings, at which point they speak up ineffectively. Executive coach and author of The HardTalk Handbook, Dawn Metcalfe, tells us how to have difficult conversations in an easier and more effective manner.


http://www.arabianbusiness.com/startup/391812-expert-insight-tackling-tough-conversations


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Published on April 25, 2018 08:35

April 24, 2018

Listen with Empathy. It works.

The fabulous Seth Godin does it again with this short piece on the power of empathy in successful communication.  More often than not, our workplace communications are related to negotiation or influence.  We want to influence someone to our way of thinking, to persuade them that a certain course of action is the right one.  Choosing our preferred method of talking might not be the best way to do that.  Consider how much more effective it would be to communicate with them in the way they like to talk, using their preferred methods of persuasion.


You read the full article on Seth Godin’s blog here:    http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2018/04/the-words-that-work.html


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Published on April 24, 2018 04:47

Empathise in the workplace. It is worth it.

The fabulous Seth Godin does it again with this short piece on the power of empathy in successful communication.  More often than not, our workplace communications are related to negotiation or influence.  We want to influence someone to our way of thinking, to persuade them that a certain course of action is the right one.  Choosing our preferred method of talking might not be the best way to do that.  Consider how much more effective it would be to communicate with them in the way they like to talk, using their preferred methods of persuasion.


You read the full article on Seth Godin’s blog here:    http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2018/04/the-words-that-work.html


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