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May 18, 2012
Eight Communication Tips To Gain Respect at Work
Do people listen to you AND act on what you say?
Do your coworkers, employees and your boss all listen to your input? Do they ask for your advice, seek out your opinion, and implement your ideas? If you answered yes to all of these questions, then I would love for you to share your tips with our readers. However, if you answered no to any of these questions, I can start you off with eight communication tips that will get you on the road to respect at work.
Tip #1 - Less is More When it Comes To Speaking
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By Lisa WoodsPosted in Communication Skills on May 18, 2012
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May 15, 2012
Eleven Really Useful Techniques for Successful Presentations
Do you want to have GREAT presentation skills?
How do you define a GREAT presentation? Is it the comfort level you feel when presenting, OR the positive response you get from your audience? What if I told you that it should be both…by that definition, are you a great presenter?
Let’s delve into the elements of a successful presentation and discuss eleven really useful techniques you can implement right away.
1) Define the reason you are presenting; what is the RESULT you want to achieve? Are you...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Communication Skills on May 15, 2012
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May 8, 2012
Four Simple Steps to Workplace Redemption
I can’t believe I did that!
Did you ever have an email you wished you never sent? Or replied to the wrong person’s text with a love note? Can you relate to forwarding a negotiation strategy to your boss, but instead accidentally hitting reply to the person you were negotiating with? Maybe you aligned yourself with someone who just got let go instead of the one you are left to work with after a re-org? Regrets, embarrassments and humiliations…the list goes on and on for most of us. We have all been...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Communication Skills on May 8, 2012
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May 4, 2012
EGO Tips
Is YOUR EGO helping or hurting good decision-making?
We all have egos, even those of us that swear we don’t (those people are probably the worst offenders). So, is ego good for you or does it get in your way of good decision making? Here are some EGO tips to help you succeed:
If you define your ego as confidence, then it’s probably a good thing, right? You need to have confidence to make decisions in the first place, ergo the ego benefit. But can you have too much confidence? If you think you already know...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Communication Skills on May 4, 2012
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May 3, 2012
Communication Tips For the Workplace
Are you a good communicator?
At work, at home, in social settings, with friends or colleagues, your ability to communicate defines who you are to those around you. Are you shy, outgoing, a trivia fanatic, a news junkie, a sports enthusiast, the guy who loves to hear the sound of his own voice, or the gal that never seems to get to the point? We all have people in our lives that we can put into these buckets. And we all think we know which bucket people would put us into. But how do you know for sure? Are...Continue reading
By Lisa WoodsPosted in Communication Skills on May 3, 2012
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