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How to Speak Up and Hold the Floor Long Enough to Make Your Point

When others conclude that you rarely speak up, your career stalls. The ability to command attention and build a case […]

To Talk or Write? A Critical Communication Decision—Part 2

Last week’s post presented seven reasons to write rather than talk to your employees, suppliers, and strategic partners: Allows time […]

To Talk or Write? A Critical Communication Decision (Part 1)

The US has just come through a political mine field—most referencing texts, emails, phone calls, and meetings as proof of […]

Putting Employees at Ease to Question Policies and Other Changes

If salespeople learn anything about selling, they understand this foundational truth: Questions lead to customers. The customer who asks no []

6 Tips to Communicate Complex Policies

Change almost always meets resistance. If all policies met a receptive audience, youd be working in Utopia. So if youre []

Using Mentoring Moments to Coach Your Team to Greater Career Success

Millennials arent the only generation that demands frequent feedback and expects to advance quickly up the career ladder. In fact, []

How to Pitch Ideas to Your Executive Team

Never got a response to my email. They never followed through on my recommendation. Id definitely like to have a []

How to Get Cocky Leaders to Consider a Different Viewpoint

Seriously, play along with me for a moment. Try these two brainteasers for yourself before reading ahead for the answersand []

Turn Negative, Depressing Conversations To Positive Communication

(Forbes first published my article here.) Everywhere you turn these last few weeks, you hear bad news and sad stories []

How to Moderate Meetings Without Mayhem—Virtual or Physical

Moderators for several of the 2020 Democratic presidential debates have received harsh criticismmost notably the CBS moderators, who at times []