Executive Utterances: On Presenting
The fastest way to lose a room is to start talking before you've said anything worth hearing.
Whether ...
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Leadership Tips: Adopt the ‘Platinum Rule’ to Improve Relationships
It may be time to upgrade the "golden rule." Rather than trying to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," we should adopt the "platinum rule," advises a recent article from Advisor ...
The Value of a Handwritten Note
Do you remember the last handwritten note you received? Even more, do you remember the last handwritten note you sent? With our technologically enhanced communications, it is just so convenient to ...
Practice Mindful Communication
Today, many of our conversations take place in written form, via email or an instant message. But the pressure to respond instantly means we often have a tendency to skim and search instead of ...
Use Design Thinking to Enhance Employee Experience: Leadership Tips
Want to deliver an optimal employee experience? Practice design thinking by ensuring you provide your team the four F's: form, flow, feeling and function. Form: Clarify your expectations. Employees ...
When Leaders Speak Assertively, Gender Doesn’t Matter
People tend to listen to big talkers, whether they are women or men. Still, more women prefer not to use assertive language, according to a new study led by Washington State University economist ...
3 Ways Leaders Can Minimize Their Communication Risks
In statistics, every dataset comes with a margin of error — a measure of the data's reliability. There's always a level of uncertainty in data, and decision-makers use the margin of error to gauge ...
Giving a Presentation? Focus on Making the Message Clear and Relatable
Nearly every executive has experienced or will experience giving a presentation to an audience. In turn, many audiences have seen an executive presentation that drones on and on and veers into too ...
The Lost Art of the Handwritten Note
When it comes to crafting more engaging employee communications, one solution is literally in business leaders' hands. From supervisors of small teams to CEOs of large companies, organizational ...