Whenever I attend or lead a seminar, I notice that participants love lists. When they hear that there are five ways, or three ways, or seven ways to do something, they’re leaning forward and ready to write. Never mind what the topic is or what the ways are, it must be worth writing if you [...]
Communication and Feedback
Business writers and management advisers are increasingly reinforcing the notion of mentoring. That may explain the recent proliferation of questions I’m getting on the subject. What is a mentor? The easy response is that a mentor provides you with career advice. The mentor who makes a difference learns your shortcomings as well as your strengths [...]
There’s no substitute for timely feedback and no time like the present to offer it, so when you are witness to an unacceptable and inappropriate interaction and can see its immediate negative consequence, address it. Take if off-line, so that you can speak directly, privately, and personally. Describe what you observed, as though you filmed [...]
There’s a lot in life you can’t control and plenty that you can. You can worry yourself into a frenzy about the former and over-do the latter. You can change your perspective about both and live a little longer and be a little nicer, to yourself and those with whom you live and work. That’s [...]
Sharpen your writing and speaking skills folks, because the lights are on and they’re shining on you. With every resume, cover letter, telephone call, networking meeting and interview, you’re presenting your skills and abilities in the two ways most of us have learned to communicate; you’re either writing or talking. You better be good at [...]
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