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Is Communication Training Missing from Your Sales Training?

Greg Owen-Boger
August 1, 2022
Sales Communication Training

There’s something missing in the world of sales training, and your organization might be suffering the consequences. Your sales staff has learned about your products and services, they’ve learned to analyze their targets and understand their needs, and they’ve learned about negotiation. But without weaving in top-notch training that builds communication skills, your sales training...

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Is Your L&D’s Reputation as Good as You Need it to Be?

Dale Ludwig
July 28, 2022
L&D reputation

One of our clients, who is a senior leader in L&D, said to us recently after having had a difficult conversation with a regional manager about a botched training session, “If she can deliver training better than my staff can, then she should. If we aren’t exceptional in the classroom, we should look for different...

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Building Facilitation Training Skills for Faculty Members

Greg Owen-Boger
July 1, 2022
training

When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers and leaders are often pleasantly surprised by how team meetings become more efficient, leadership skills start to emerge, relationships blossom, and so on. We often hear that teams “Turpinize” their...

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Three Reasons You May Need an Executive Presentation Coach

Dale Ludwig
June 13, 2022
executive presentation coach

Most “business-y” jobs, whether for-profit or non-profit, involve business presentations. From the bottom of the org chart to somewhere in the middle, most people’s presentations are to their internal teams, customers, or occasionally, to leadership. But what about once you move beyond that middle layer? What about when you are leadership? Leadership communication has different...

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Returning to the Office: the importance of Emotional Intelligence in meetings

Greg Owen-Boger
June 10, 2022
emotional intelligence in meetings 5 ways to manage in-person transition

A recent article at trainingindustry.com has us thinking about the importance of emotional intelligence, or EQ, as US businesses start to return to in-person work. Of course, EQ and its component parts—self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills—have been considered an essential management skill set for decades. At the same time, in conversations we’ve been...

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Why is meeting facilitation training important?

Dale Ludwig
June 9, 2022
A young businesswoman facilitating a budget meeting in the boardroom

According to an article on MIT’s human resources blog, over 25 million professional meetings are held every day in the US. That’s a staggering amount of time spent away from the rest of the work employees are paid to do. Combine that quantity with the qualitative change in attitudes brought about by the pandemic and...

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Nurturing High-Stakes Relationships with Client Teams

Greg Owen-Boger
June 6, 2022
relationships

When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers and leaders are often pleasantly surprised by how team meetings become more efficient, leadership skills start to emerge, relationships blossom, and so on. We often hear that teams “Turpinize” their...

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How to Make Your Business Presentations Successful

Dale Ludwig
June 6, 2022
Business Coaching Presentation

When it comes to business presentations, many people feel overwhelmed. They don’t know where to start, and they’re not sure what the best practices are. That’s where coaching comes in. A presentation coach can help you make your next presentation a success. They will help you learn presentation skills through coaching sessions and communication training....

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What Is Missing From Your Leadership Development Training?

Dale Ludwig
May 25, 2022
leadership development training in a board room

When we are asked to develop a Leadership Communication training program for a client, it’s almost always because the leadership development training they’ve already invested in neglected to include a communication component. This article will address this major flaw in the leadership programs out there.   Let’s think about what it looks like to lack real...

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