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Align Your Actions with Your Words

By Sarah Fenson |  Sep 1, 2000

Do you sometimes feel that others receive your communication differently from the way you intend it? Do your discussions have a different effect than you ...  Read story

Building Rapport with Different Personalities

By Sarah Fenson |  Mar 7, 2000

When it comes to personalities, no one clicks with everyperson on earth - that's what makes interactions sointeresting (and sometimes frustrating). Read story

Six Coaching Strategies You Can Apply in the Workplace

By Jamie Walters |  Apr 2, 2001

Whether on the gridiron, in the boardroom, as part of a project team, or as a personal or professional counselor, all coaches use similar tenets and tools...  Read story

Seven Tips for Finding a Great Mentor

By Jamie Walters |  Apr 2, 2001

A good mentoring relationship allows both mentor and mentee to develop new talents and build self-awareness. In business settings, the mentee can become m...  Read story

10 Tips for Communicating Change

By Sarah Fenson |  Jun 1, 2000

While organizational change requires more than 10 tips, here are 10 key things to keep in mind when planning, announcing, implementing, and communicating ...  Read story

Get Your Point Across without Being Rude

By Sarah Fenson |  Jul 6, 2000

Have you ever found yourself saying, "Well, I was just being honest"? This is a classic communication issue: The speaker and listener have drastically dif...  Read story

When Expectations Cause Conflict

By Sarah Fenson |  Sep 1, 2000

If we could figure out what' s going on internally when typical workday stress occurs, most of us would see that there' s a conflict between what we perce...  Read story

Feedback That's More Productive, Less Painful

By Sarah Fenson |  Sep 1, 2000

Giving and receiving clear, constructive feedback requires courage and skill. And it's essential to building the relationships you need to motivate peak p...  Read story

Work through Writer's Block

By Sarah Fenson |  Nov 1, 2000

The basic act of writing seems simple to most: Put pen to paper or fingertips to keyboard. What foils many would-be authors? The defining elements of cont...  Read story

Powerful Questions Can Have a Powerful Effect

By Jamie Walters |  Sep 4, 2001

Questions can be one of the most effective communication tools available to us. Strong relationships, strategic plans, award-winning collateral, and the m...  Read story

Courage: Tap Greater Potential and Thrive Through Challenges

By Jamie Walters |  Mar 1, 2002

Now is the time to act in a way that creates the positive momentum needed for a dynamic 2002. Now is the time for courageous leadership and conscious action.  Read story

Revving Up the " P" Word (Productivity)

By Jamie Walters |  Jun 1, 2002

The struggling economy is just one factor affecting employee morale -- and as a result, productivity. Where do you begin to help your employees and your orga...  Read story

Want to Be More Effective? Learn to Listen

By Sarah Fenson |  Mar 1, 2000

Are you a poor listener? Let's hope not, but you'd be the exception, not the rule. Listening well leads to better relations...  Read story

Bring New Life to Your Vision Statement

By Jamie Walters |  Mar 7, 2000

There is noeasy recipe that guarantees a successful vision-in-action. It's an organic process, not a once-a-yearevent. You can only be willing to try vari...  Read story

Do as I Say: Quick Tips for Masterful Communication

By Sarah Fenson |  Mar 29, 2000

Watch your language. You may use metaphors to offer something your audience can relate to -- a common thought or feeling. But many...  Read story

Turning Time to Your Advantage

By Sarah Fenson |  Mar 29, 2000

You've heard it before -- "So much to do, so little time." And you've probably heard about the man on his deathbed who bemoans how he chose to spend his l...  Read story

Cure the Sick-Meeting Ills

By Sarah Fenson |  May 24, 2000

Many people dread meetings for being time consuming, pointless, and boring. The primary reason for meetings is to share or brainstorm information o...  Read story

Making Peace with Passive-Aggressive Communicators

By Sarah Fenson |  Aug 1, 2000

Situation: A passive-aggressive is driving you crazy. You find yourself at the mercy of a passive-aggressive (P-A) coworker who is...  Read story

Seven Tips for Finding a Great Mentor

By Jamie Walters |  Apr 2, 2001

A good mentoring relationship allows both mentor and mentee to develop new talents and build self-awareness. In business settings, the mentee can become m...  Read story

Authentic Leadership: Looking in the Mirror

By Sarah Fenson |  Mar 21, 2000

Authenticity, according to Webster'sDictionary, is being genuine. Genuine,suggests Webster's, means not being ahypocrite. And to be a hypocriteis "to feig...  Read story

Why Dot-Coms Failed (And What You Can Learn from Them)

By Jamie Walters |  Sep 24, 2001

Headlines are rife with the tally of dotcoms that have "dot-bombed" or are in a downward spiral, not to mention the associated financial losses and human ...  Read story

How To Uncover Employee Potential

By Jamie Walters |  Mar 29, 2001

People designated as leaders because of their actions, rather than title alone, know that their success is measured by the success of their employees. Suc...  Read story

Tools for Boosting Communication Effectiveness

By Jamie Walters |  Jun 26, 2001

Communication and organizational development tools are the fodder of many intellectual discussions. However, without action, they collect " mental dust" a...  Read story

How Can Your Group Shine (Especially During Tough Times) ?

By Jamie Walters |  Aug 8, 2001

There's a certain type of small-business owner or small-enterprise leader who stands out among the grow-at-any-cost organizations, those "maximum profit f...  Read story

When Your Corporate Story Becomes " Old Shoe"

By Jamie Walters |  Jul 9, 2001

Defining moments of a business become the bedrock of corporate lore and help shape a firm's culture, motivate employees, personify the company vision, and...  Read story

The 4-1-1 On Constructive Criticism

By Jamie Walters |  Aug 3, 2001

Being critical is easy, and offering criticism seems easier still. Yet constructive criticism - - the more refined and effective brand of critical feedbac...  Read story

When Do You Lie? Strategies For More Authentic, Respectful Communication

By Jamie Walters |  Aug 9, 2001

Lies come in all shapes, sizes and colors. (Ever heard of flat-out, teensy or white lies?) The effect that lies have on their recipients is as varied as i...  Read story

Four Tips for Navigating Cash-Crunch Times

By Jamie Walters |  Dec 15, 2002

With a weak economy and uncertain prospects, many companies -- large and small -- are urgently looking for more of two things: customers and cash flow.  Read story

A Great Way To Spark Creativity

By Jamie Walters |  May 8, 2001

A strategy for jump-starting your creative brain-power  Read story

Layoffs, Morale And Right-Communication

By Jamie Walters |  May 8, 2001

Lower-than-expected earnings reported by one publicly-traded company after another have led to a year of stock market dips, rolls and dives - with the acc...  Read story

Encourage Self-Appointed Ambassadors to Tell Your Story

By Jamie Walters |  Aug 9, 2001

Beyond the machinated public-relations plugs and news bites, there's a band of people who can -- and will -- genuinely advocate for your business and its ...  Read story

Tips For Turning Your Vacation Into A Mini-Sabbatical

By Jamie Walters |  Jun 19, 2001

The term "sabbatical" was originally used in relation to Sabbath, a day of rest. Then, in reference to a sabbatical year, which is a release from normal t...  Read story

10 Tips for Avoiding Burnout and Inviting Balance

By Jamie Walters |  Jun 19, 2001

Breathe deeply - Have you ever noticed your breathing when you' re feeling stressed or moving at warp speed? It' s probably shallow and ...  Read story

Mindful Observations Make for Better Recollection

By Jamie Walters |  May 8, 2001

Note-taking and note-making are two approaches to writing down the essentials, as might be the case in a meeting or interview. The difference is that usua...  Read story

Can A Small-Business Owner Take A Sabbatical?

By Jamie Walters |  Jun 19, 2001

Many business owners toil for years before feeling like they can take a week or two away without checking in regularly via e-mail or telephone to monitor ...  Read story

Is There a Place for Independent Spirit in Corporate America?

By Jamie Walters |  Jul 5, 2001

Entrepreneurs are typically regarded as independent spirits or mavericks in their industries - charging full-bore toward risks, exploring, testing, trying...  Read story

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