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Improve Your Impact When Presenting… Improve Your Impact When Presenting by Adopting the Right Attitude
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Storytelling with Data: What's the… Storytelling with Data: What's the Real Story in the Data?
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To Increase Your Impact, Think… To Increase Your Impact, Think From Your Audience’s Perspective
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Improve Your Critical Thinking By… Improve Your Critical Thinking By Avoiding Assumptions
04/30/24
In an article earlier this month, I shared three questions we can ask ourselves in the moment to avoid allowing…
Replacing “No” with “Whoa.”: Three… Replacing “No” with “Whoa.”: Three Questions to Help Us Avoid Making Assumptions
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Being human, we are prone to two behaviors that impact our ability to both think critically and communicate effectively. First,…
Complete Communicator: #1 Goal for… Complete Communicator: #1 Goal for 2024: Pay attention
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We’re all now six weeks into our New Year’s resolutions. We’ve already figured out which ones we’re likely to stick…
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The flair and charm that works for in-person meetings doesn’t come across the same way on a video chat; ‘E-charisma involves a completely different set of skills’ With the rise […]
Presenting Effectively in a Virtual… Presenting Effectively in a Virtual World
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All at once last year, the way we interact changed. With the global COVID-19 pandemic came virtual meetings and presentations that forced us to communicate almost exclusively in a new […]
Why Smart People Struggle With… Why Smart People Struggle With Sales
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