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.
When we think about how we respond when the unexpected happens, we tend to focus on what to do in a crisis. But how do we prepare to meet the moment where a chance encounter can propel us to something great. Here are a few tips.
Our very humanity is under assault. And we’re doing it to ourselves. At a time when we have more ways to communicate and connect, we are actually divided, distrustful and disengaged from each other.
Organizations sometimes invest in planning retreats for team building or exploring new solutions, when, in reality, they only want to convince the team to do what management wants. It’s an approach that devalues employees or partners and erodes trust.
Attention spans are short. Inboxes and social media […]
“I used to be good at delivering my message and now I am out of practice.”
That […]
With the first quarter of the year nearly complete, now is a great time to check in on the effectiveness of your communications investments. Stop wasting time and money on initiatives that are not performing. Here is a checklist to guide you.
On Monday I had the great honor to participate in the Washington Business Journal's #MentoringMonday. And it was so inspiring to be around so many talented and strong women.
We asked them how to better support women in the workforce, particularly those who take the entrepreneurial leap. This is what they said.
My biggest fear when I started my company more than 20 years ago was that I wouldn’t get any business. As it turned out, I didn’t have to dial for business because I had strong relationships with people who trusted me, valued my skills and wanted to help me. This post offers some tips for building these relationships.
