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...
read moreAvoiding the Perils of Proximity Bias in Hybrid Meetings
July 15, 2022
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One lasting effect of the pandemic has been an upheaval in people’s expectations of where and how they work. Job-seekers are targeting remote-only positions that...
read moreThree Reasons You May Need an Executive Presentation Coach
June 13, 2022
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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...
read moreReturning to the Office: the importance of Emotional Intelligence in meetings
June 10, 2022
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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....
read moreVirtual Meetings: What We’ve Learned About the Human Side of Communication
May 26, 2022
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We’ve all been meeting virtually for a long time now, and there is no shortage of articles, videos, webinars, and books on how to do...
read moreBusiness Success Depends on Soft Skills
May 18, 2022
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Over the last several decades, our economy has shifted from one with lots of rote work, whether blue-collar or white-collar, to one in which routine...
read moreLeading Employees: A Balancing Act
March 29, 2022
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It’s such a tired old saw: “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” Tired or not, there’s wisdom in it, but...
read more16 Signs Your Company Should Invest in Communication Training
March 14, 2022
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We’ve been talking recently about our collective experience with communication challenges in the various places we’ve all worked. One topic that keeps coming up is...
read moreWhat People Get Wrong About Executive Presence
November 10, 2021
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What We Assume An episode of This American Life from several years ago featured “Chainsaw” Al Dunlap, the CEO who was brought in to restore...
read moreLeadership That Fosters Successful Hybrid Meetings
August 12, 2021
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In other blog posts, we’ve been talking about hybrid meetings: how to lead them successfully, how to practice good participation behaviors, and even how to...
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