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Access POWER - by Joseph Riggio- How to Influence People Radically - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Marie BarrettHow can you influence people at a core level and what does it mean to do so? In essence, it is spiritual entrepreneurship, a new and enlightened way of communicating with others. We activate different personas in relation to different situations that come up in life, basically engaging just two ...
Views: 2635(1 vote) - What's Our Universal Language? - by Submitted on May 09, 2010 from Joan CurtisWhat is our universal language? By universal I mean, the language we all understand. By we, I mean not just the human species but also the animal species. Let's imagine for a moment what goes through our dog's head when we speak in a commanding voice. The command in our voice communicates a ...
Views: 2400 - How to Deal with Our Changing World - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Joan CurtisWhy are we so resistant to change? As I loaded up my dogs this morning to take them to the vet for their annual physicals, I wondered why they were panting their heads off and their bodies were shaking from head to foot. Dogs, like people, are accustomed to routine. When I loaded them in the ...
Views: 1896 - Confidence the brings success during job interviews - by Submitted on May 08, 2010 from Samantha GregoryThe way you feel about yourself will have a great bearing during job interviews. Although it is enough to hire a person based on mere confidence alone, it makes a person express what is in his mind and it allows him to express the kind of person that he is. Since confidence is one of the best ...
Views: 1085 - What Is Your Value Proposition - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.In every aspect of our lives, that involve relationships, we offer a value proposition. Whether good, bad, or indifferent we present an image of importance and self worth. In any case it is as if we are our product, an identifiable brand. Consequently, how others assess our appeal becomes our ...
Views: 859 - Tips for Helping Your Young Adult Prepare for a Major InterviewSubmitted on May 06, 2010 from Hallie CrawfordYou’re thrilled for your young adult who has entered the job search process and has landed an interview with a potentially fitting employer. Help your adult son or daughter in their interview process by offering these motivational tips and encouragement so that they do not dread the big day, but ...
Views: 1484 - We squawk for change – but we don’t really mean it! - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Paul AshbyThe sharpest decline in billings, in 2009, occurred. Billings declined 7.5%, now that’s the sharpest decline since 1944! And cracks are starting to appear in the already complex relationship between Agencies and Clients. Everybody appears to be getting in everybody else’s business, which ...
Views: 1870 - Handling Criticism - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Greg BakerPeople will criticize you for all sorts of reasons. And if you take any sort of stand, good or bad, you will be criticized for it. But how you deal with it is a key to retaining sanity and an even disposition through life. I pastor a Church. I have my own opinions about God, religion, ...
Views: 3114(1 vote) - How to READ People: The 4 steps all prospects go through before they say “Yes” - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2011 from Doug GradyHave you ever wondered why some people buy and some don’t? Why you can ‘nail’ a presentation and still lose the sale? Why some prospect with obvious needs won’t even talk to you? Why some people give a fast “yes” but you end up with a slow “no”? It’s not about you. So much of traditional ...
Views: 2033(1 vote) - Our Words Define Us More Than Our Actions - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Greg BakerWe think that our actions define us more than our words. But the reality is exactly the opposite. Our actions are important, but our actions are psychologically used to verify the truth of our words and not the other way around. Be careful what you say. This article attempts to prove that your ...
Views: 8303(1 vote) - Communicating Your True Self - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Debra SloverWhen I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say. - Abraham Lincoln Communication is more than an exchange of words, symbols, or body language. It is an exchange of emotional energy. There ...
Views: 1100(2 votes) - Avoid Being an Analog Communicator in a Digital World - by Submitted on May 02, 2010 from Sylvia HendersonAnalog television is no more! Stations are now digital broadcasters. If you have an analog television you can no longer receive programming without a digital converter box, changing your television, or ordering a paid programming service. Most of you reading this are of an age where you probably ...
Views: 1658 - Role Play Job Interview Questions With a Career Coach - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Peggy McKeeYou know the drill for job interviews: research, prepare, and be ready for the toughest interview questions. Some questions inevitably trip candidates up. “What’s your greatest weakness?“ is a famous one. The typical advice you’ll find is to prepare for the interview by practicing your ...
Views: 5528 - The #1 Leadership Communication Problem That's Stopping Your Employees from Doing Exactly What You Want - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Skip WeismanCommunication is a catch-all phrase for things that go wrong in companies and relationships. Unfortunately, the concept is too ambiguous to do anything constructive to fix it. I've identified seven communication mistakes that lead to mis-understandings, and cause conflicts between co-workers, ...
Views: 2531(3 votes) - Words Matter by Dena Hurst, Ph.D and Ray Jorgensen, Ph.D, an excerpt from their book, Oracle of the Obvious: Secrets to Common Sense Leadership - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Raymond JorgensenBecause they are so powerful, words must be chosen carefully. Words are much more than letters strung together. They are the means by which we convey our thoughts to one another. Words touch all of our senses. They have a rhythm we can feel and hear. They evoke pictures in our minds. They help ...
Views: 2422(1 vote) - Public Speaking - Dress Rehearsal for Your Presentation - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Gilda BonannoA few days before a play or musical opens, the entire cast and crew conduct a dress rehearsal. They do a complete run-through of the script on stage, dressed in their costumes, with the full scenery and lighting in place and the pit orchestra playing. The purpose of the dress rehearsal is to ...
Views: 2706(3 votes) - Public Speaking - Don't Speak Too Little - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Gilda BonannoOne of the most common mistakes that speakers make is to go over their time limit. However, sometimes a speaker makes the opposite mistake, by not speaking long enough. A colleague recently sent me the following email describing her experience with a speaker who spoke too little. "Hi, ...
Views: 1455(2 votes) - Public Speaking - Avoid These 5 Common Voice Mistakes - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Gilda BonannoYour voice has the ability to convey an incredible range of meaning and emotion when you present. It's an important part of your non-verbal communications, or body language, and can help you can communicate your message clearly and effectively to your audience. Avoid these five common ...
Views: 2942(2 votes) - What Should I Do With My Hands When Presenting? - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Gilda BonannoWhat should I do with my hands when I'm presenting?" is a common question that I hear when I'm teaching public speaking. Your hands form an important part of your non-verbal communication, or body language, and can help you convey confidence and communicate more effectively to your audience. ...
Views: 3606(1 vote) - 3 Basic Steps to Conflict Resolution - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2012 from Kealah ParkinsonAre you afraid of conflict? You're not alone. It's human nature to avoid situations that make us uncomfortable. And today, as jobs become more precious and tensions rise in the work place, conflict creates an even bigger stress load (at best) and irreparable damage to our jobs and relationships ...
Views: 9065(9 votes) - No More Writer's Block! The Perfect Exercise - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2012 from Kealah ParkinsonLiterary and psychology experts alike agree that writer's block comes from a need for guidance, often combined with a deep-seated fear of the unknown. Writers have come up with many different options for getting past that uncharted territory. And their techniques are generally split into two ...
Views: 1398(2 votes) - Preparing For the Perfect Job Interview - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2017 from Linda CattelanSo you’ve finally landed an interview for that dream job you’ve always wanted. Now what? Do you go into panic mode as you try and figure out how to best prepare for the interview or do you remain calm, cool and collected as you review your interviewing basics checklist. Consider for a moment ...
Views: 1336 - Do You Exclude or Include Others in Conversations? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2010 from Lillian BjorsethHave you ever attended a meeting, conference or networking event and felt as if people were unfriendly or snobbish and hard to engage in conversation? Are you aware you might be sending the same message when you are talking with another person … simply through your stance? By the way you ...
Views: 4122 - Increasing The Ease of Interaction - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Some say that preparation is the key to success. As challenging as it can be at times, preparation may be the most underrated advantage in business. Many of us neglect it simply because we don’t know how, others refuse it due to elevated confidence. In either case, without it the ease of ...
Views: 838(1 vote) - Say What You Need to Say - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Some believe that ‘It is not what you say but how you say it’; I believe ‘It is what you say, how you say it, and how they hear it’. All three entities are pivotal to effective communication and relationship development. * What we say is the infrastructure of any conversation. Think ...
Views: 806 - The Responsibility Hierarchy - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.In today’s economic climate most sales organizations experience decreasing conversion ratios, fewer new logos, and diminished client retention. We all have seen the solutions on how to sell in an economic downturn and I am the first to encourage you to learn from these chronicled accounts of ...
Views: 798(1 vote) - Coerce The Collision - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.The ability to relate to people is as purchasable a commodity as coffee or corn. Employers pay sizably for this charismatic competence. Some people have magnetic personalities to associate and converse with others that catalyze connectivity. Others struggle to initiate, develop, and sustain ...
Views: 897(1 vote) - Make 'No' An Option - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Many times sales people are so focused on providing a solution (selling a product/service), we never consider if the prospect has internalized a problem or truly believes in our product/service. Even if the sales person has evolved into the business minded adviser who follows the sales ...
Views: 733(1 vote) - A True Opportunity - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Many times we are at crossroads to determine if we are investing our time on a realistic opportunity. Within a targeting management system we prioritize prospects in order of importance and potential. As a prospect moves along our ‘relationship continuum’, how do we pinpoint the ‘True ...
Views: 935(1 vote) - Positional Ownership - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.What determines the level and magnitude of our performance? Two significant indicators are knowledge and experience; ‘We do what we know, what we own’. We all have a default derivation of behavior that is the origin of thought regarding circumstances that we face (Let’s call this our ...
Views: 751 - It's Not What But Who - by Submitted on May 07, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Now that consensus is ‘Everyone is Selling Something’, the differentiating component is ‘who’ sells not ‘what’ is being sold. We must first acknowledge and understand that every word, every action, and everyone counts. Our view has to be four dimensional which includes variations of external ...
Views: 855 - Why You Hate Cold Calling But Shouldn’t: The Common Myths Exposed and Truths Uncovered - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Art SobczakMost sales reps hate prospecting by phone. Part of the reason is that they believe some of the many myths that have been perpetuated over the years about “cold” calling. Most of these are nonsense, and just plain wrong. Perhaps you’ve heard them: Cold Call Myth: “It’s just a numbers ...
Views: 1006 - Everyone is Selling Something - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Rudy Jamison Jr.Think about this thought; Every relationship that you have (Friend, Client, Business Partner, etc.) is Quid-Pro-Quo. An equal exchange, give and take, reciprocity all define the nature of your associations with others. It is as if we are on a perpetual interview to validate our/their worth and ...
Views: 1310 - Expressing Yourself Using the Question Tree Technique - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Greg BakerExpressing yourself is not always easy. There can be many things that go wrong when you try to express yourself. Misunderstandings are perhaps the most destructive communication mishaps in relationships. So how do you solve it? No method is perfect, especially when you are dealing with someone ...
Views: 2831(12 votes) - Dealing With Unrealistic Expectations In Marriage - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Greg BakerOne of the great relationship destroyers is that of unrealistic expectations. Expecting something out of the relationship that the other is either ignorant of, unwilling to provide, or simply unable to provide. Frustration and anger is the result. This article deals with differing expectations ...
Views: 11182(7 votes) - The 7 Deadly Sins of Organizational Leadership Communication - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2010 from Skip WeismanUpon completing a recent project I took my client to lunch to thank him for his business. We reminisced about how we first met at my End Procrastination NOW! Workshop and how he realized at that time he was tired of tolerating things in his business. Among the problems with which he was ...
Views: 2063(3 votes) - The Perfect Interview – (from “Out of the Actor’s Playbook”) - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2010 from Lori Kirstein, Speaker/"Emotional Linguist", Author, ActorHow do they do it? Those people who look so self-confident, so “put together” … are they really what they seem? They might even be having a bad day, but still they look fabulous, and they interview perfectly. So how do they do it? Here are a few tips – a few leaves from the Actor’s Playbook: ...
Views: 1421(3 votes) - Are Mirror Neurons Going to Make Your Career? - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2010 from Hal WechslerCan Mirror Neurons Make You a Star in Your Career? Athletes in football, baseball, soccer and golf swear by the amount of physical practice they put in. Superstars spend almost as much practice time on conditioning their mind for winning. Is this just more New Age weirdness? You can use ...
Views: 2209 - The Future of Health Care - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Terri RichardsTen years from now where will health care be? Will all Americans have health insurance? Will health care be delivered in the best way possible? Will costs be contained? No one knows for sure. But we can be the ones who shape the future of health care delivery. Right now we can be the ones who ...
Views: 1445(10 votes) - How Improv Can Improve Your Small Business - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Jennifer HazlettIf you would like to try something new and fun that can help you as a business owner, try taking an improv class. It may not be what first comes to mind as a traditional learning environment for the purpose of developing new skills, but what you will discover about yourself in the process is ...
Views: 1748(1 vote) - Help! My Mind Goes Blank During a Conversation! - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Royane RealSome people seem to be gifted with an ability to talk easily with anybody, anywhere. However, there are many people who find making conversation somewhat difficult. They struggle to find things to say during conversations, especially when they are talking to someone they don’t know very well. ...
Views: 19420(3 votes) - Laying Off? Communicate Early and Often - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Marnie GreenWhile the economy appears to be lifting from its fog there are still organizations facing the prospect of layoffs. The process of laying employees off is fraught with peril. There are laws to follow and timelines to respect. There is work to restructure and budgets to balance. In all of the ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - You Can Heal Yourself: Trust and Relationships - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2011 from Carol GignouxFor many of us trust is not necessarily an easy thing. It can be a big word - loaded with disappointments and few happy memories. We hesitate when we are faced with the desire or need to trust someone and are not comfortable when they trust us. We fear what may happen by making ourselves that ...
Views: 4262(5 votes) - Escaping the Talker - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Marnie GreenWhile I'd be the first person to espouse the virtues of active listening and have done so in many settings, sometimes you just need to get away! In most workplace situations, it is expected that you will give the other person ample regard and actively engage in a conversation when they have a ...
Views: 1030(1 vote) - Motherboards For AMD Processors - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Harry SpencerAMD are a global leader when it comes to providing cost effective and innovative solutions in the fields of microprocessors and graphics, and when it comes to microprocessors they quite often outsmart their biggest rivals Intel. Unlike Intel however; they do not manufacture their own ...
Views: 655(1 vote) - Definition of Communication - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Jan AshbyIn truth, skill in communication is one of the most vital things in life. To make progress on any front - whether it be professional or personal, intimate or casual, you simply must master this challenge. Why is it so significant? It is because you need to accurately convey thoughts, messages, ...
Views: 1631(1 vote) - Marketing Strategies - Are You a "People Pleaser" or Are You Committed to "Win/Win"? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Maya BaileyThe biggest mistake that most entrepreneurs make in dealing with their clients and colleagues is that they are unconsciously committed to "people pleasing." Watch out for these signs and find out whether you are inadvertently falling into a "people pleaser" pattern. If so, you'll be shown an ...
Views: 1739(1 vote) - Are you wanting to change or preserve your reality: 6 questions can change the course of your life (Part 3 of 3) - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Monique MacKinnonPart 1 of this introductory article highlighted whether stretching, aka personal growth (not to be confused with parking your butt, reading self-help books, and watching the world whiz by you), is for you and whether you are open to using it to grow your business and improve your lifestyle. Part ...
Views: 2366(2 votes) - Step Up Your Game: Four Strategies for Success Presentations - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2010 from Stephanie Scotti"As a presenter, how do you make sure you’re ready for the 'big leagues' and poised to make a positive impact in a high-stakes environment?"> This question came from Carolyn, a long-time client, as we were reviewing 100+ speakers at an annual trade show — a marquee event for this leading ...
Views: 1258(1 vote) - Tips To Effectively Communicate In Relationships - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2010 from Greg BakerINTRODUCTION Communication skills are not necessarily intrinsic to our nature. It is true that some people possess a talent for communication, but everyone can learn to communicate effectively with our without a natural talent to do so. It merely takes knowledge and practice. All of the ...
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