Dianna Booher's Blog, page 11
March 22, 2021
8 Communication Habits to Make You a Better Leader
Emotional instability, for whatever reason, can infect the workplace and lower productivity as surely as malfunctioning equipment. Often, the person […]
March 15, 2021
7 Topics You Should Never Address in Email
(Forbes first ran my article here.) If there’s one key communication lesson we learn from politicians and corporate professionals who […]
March 8, 2021
Is Your Writing Too Bland to Become Your Brand?
What does your writing—email, texts, social media posts, website, proposals, books—say about your personal brand? For all the words you […]
March 1, 2021
How Language Makes You Likeable—or Not!
Following the 2020 Supreme Court Justice Confirmation hearings and the presidential and vice presidential debates, you heard the pundits as […]
February 22, 2021
Why Publishers May Reject Your Book—and What to Do About It
“It’s not about you.” That now-famous opening line from Rick Warren’s mega-bestseller The Purpose Driven Life may be especially true for authors […]
February 15, 2021
How to Coach With Feedback That’s Useful and Well Received
Ask any manager what they dislike most about their job, and they’ll respond quickly with something like this: “Giving negative […]
February 1, 2021
Start With a Joke—Or Maybe Not!
The standard line among professional speakers about the importance of humor, even in serious business or technical presentations, goes like […]
January 25, 2021
How to Decide the Best Book Publishing Option
Many authors spend months and often years writing a book and getting it published—only to be disappointed that they didn’t […]
January 18, 2021
How to Respond When Slackers Don’t Pull Their Weight
Back in high school, the kids called it snitching. Teachers, trying not to be complicit in the tattling but also […]
January 11, 2021
6 Business Benefits From Publishing a Book
You often hear it said that “everybody has a book in them.” And according to a Wall Street Journal survey, […]
