About Liz Wainger

Liz Wainger is a communications expert who works with executives and their teams to craft and deliver messages that win. She is the author of The Prism of Value®: Connect, Convince and Influence When It Matters Most and owner of Wainger Group. Want more tips? Follow her on LinkedIn.

7 Tips for Expressing an Attitude of Gratitude

These days the thank you note and other expressions of attitudes of gratitude can sometimes seem like an endangered species. Expressing thanks is an important part of social well being. Here are some tips for how to do it right.

By |2024-02-19T12:51:35-05:00November 15th, 2023|Categories: Messaging|Tags: , , , , |

Delivering Bad News In a Good Way 

Bad things happen to good companies and organizations. While most organizations worry about their reputation externally, it is equally important to make sure you are communicating to the people who are responsible for that reputation – your employees. Here are some tips to deliver bad news in a good way.

By |2023-10-10T15:11:43-04:00October 11th, 2023|Categories: Internal Communication|Tags: , , |

Want to Write Persuasively? Declare Your Editorial Independence 

Some years ago, I found myself in editorial purgatory--working on a speech for my boss and going around and around in search of the next great sound bite. Then, after the 13th draft, inspiration struck.  I declared editorial independence with a copy of the Declaration of Independence.

By |2023-08-15T18:33:14-04:00July 3rd, 2023|Categories: Messaging|

6 Ways to Get Comfortable When Feeling Anxious, Threatened and Just Plain Uneasy

Communication apprehension is welling up in you. You are meeting with your boss and presenting your proposal for a new project. Your boss challenges you at every turn and you can’t seem to muster any counter-arguments. Instead of crawling under your desk, use these techniques.

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