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Poor Communication Skills Is All Talk
Seems that every business publication I read discusses poor communication skills. Poor communication skills of leaders, poor communication skills of employees, how to improve poor communication skills, resources on improving communication skills…the discussions are endless and yet communication continues to be a challenge. Why is …
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Online Executive Coaching: Is This the Wave of the Future?
Periodically, a potential client contacts me to discuss online executive coaching. I find myself curious as to why someone would want a service as personal as executive coaching yet want to handle it online. More importantly, a key element in executive coaching is communication. How …
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Executive Coaching Articles
Today I googled the words ‘executive coaching articles’ and Google returned more than a million hits. I wanted to write an article on executive coaching, but after this search on Google I’m wondering if I have anything new to say, or a new spin on …
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Creating a Sales Culture
Sales are the driving force behind any company. Let’s face it, without sales there won’t be a company for very long. Because sales are so vital to an organization, how does one create a sales culture that works? Culture is the sum of the values, …
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Coaching Companies: Do You Coach a Company or an Individual?
Coaches coach individuals, don’t they? Or when they coach an individual are they really coaching companies? Of course, the first response is that it depends on the level of the person you are coaching in a company and their sphere of influence. Let’s say that …
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Staff Satisfaction Survey: What’s That about?
OK, bear with me, I’m on a rant today. One of my colleagues, who runs an HR consulting firm, and I had lunch. She shared that she is instructing all her clients to conduct a staff satisfaction survey. I was appalled. What’s that about? When …
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Ethics: The Most Important Business Leadership Skill to Have
There is a lot of discussion on what is THE one most important business leadership skill for an executive to have. In my mind, it’s ethics. Ethics is one of those subjects for which there is no standardized measurement. My definition of what is ethical …
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Leadership Relationships: What Does This Mean?
When you hear the term ‘leadership relationships’, what do you think of? Do you think of relationships with other leaders, relationships with staff, relationships with superiors or something else altogether? It’s an interesting topic and I’m not yet sure what it means to me. We …
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Corporate Team-building Events: Why Bother?
If an organization has successful teams, it makes sense that they would have a successful company, right? And I’m guessing this belief is why organizations spend tens of thousands of dollars every year on corporate team-building events. I bet you’re thinking that I don’t believe …
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Nonverbal Communication: Is Seeing Believing?
I always heard that when someone is talking you should pay attention to their nonverbal communication and to believe what their body language says rather than the words if the two aren’t in alignment. Hogwash! Great speakers are taught how to control their body movements. …
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