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Obama Finds His Straight Talk® Mojo? 21 Jan 2013 | 10:41 pm
Watching President Obama in the first months following the election, I’m impressed by how much more confident and clear he is in his communication. Without question, the election cycle helped him redi...
The Four Powers of Communication 14 Jul 2011 | 09:42 am
The word communication literally means “to make common.” At its most basic level, it means letting your needs be known. At its highest level, communication means building strong, trusting relationship...
Ubuntu 12 Jun 2011 | 09:41 am
There’s a concept of community in South Africa that’s called “Ubuntu.” It emphasizes the interdependence of each member of the community. It recognizes a person’s status as a human being, entitled to ...
The Role of Conversation 12 May 2011 | 09:39 am
Change happens because people talk. Conversation is the work that people must do to change. The problem is, most leaders forget that their role is to create forums where people can talk about their wo...
The Importance of Communication 11 May 2011 | 09:36 am
The word communication literally means “to make common.” In a light speed world, you need to use all the communication tools you can to implement these quantum leaps, to share these practices, to make...
The Four Communication Styles 13 Apr 2011 | 09:35 am
In my book Straight Talk: Turning Communication Upside Down for Strategic Results, I described the four different communication styles: the Director, Expresser, Thinker and Harmonizer. Each of these s...
Partner with the “Old” Media 13 Mar 2011 | 09:31 am
Straight Talk – This highly acclaimed book details techniques for improving communication, cutting through conflict, and creating successful organizations. While new media are directly under your con...
Developing Your Message Box 12 Feb 2011 | 10:27 am
To begin, you need to know which unified message you want to convey – regardless of the audience. A useful way of thinking about communication is the “message box.” It contains one to three key messag...
Business Communication in a Light Speed World 11 Jan 2011 | 10:23 am
In a light speed world, people need to communicate at increasing speeds (and from increasing distances) in order to build trust. Internally, this means a focus from the top on building systems of comm...
10 Keys For Healthy Communication – Workplace Communication 3 Sep 2010 | 05:04 am
Ensuring healthy communication in the workplace boosts productivity and employee morale. Communication is an exchange of information between people. It may be with an entire team or only between two ...
