7 ways to Reduce Zoom Fatigue
If your response to an invite for a video meeting is an audible groan, you’re not alone. Video meetings are valuable tools that help us stay connected and improve communication in many situations. On the other hand, attending too many video meetings can deplete your energy. Before the pandemic, I couldn’t go a week without ...
5 Ways to Get Your Ideas Heard in Meetings
Have you ever presented an idea in a meeting that was met with silence only to have someone a short time later present a nearly identical idea and receive an enthusiastic response? When that happens, people feel understandably frustrated or even marginalized. There are many reasons that this happens, but often it boils down to ...
5 Tips When Influencing Executives
Do you need to influence up? Influencing others is a critical skill for anyone in a leadership position. You may influence peers, your team, vendors, customers, and, of course, executives. Although the foundations of influence apply to all audiences, the five tips below will help you influence executives. 1. Clearly state what you want Executives, ...
5 Coping Strategies Using Resilience
Resilience is Your Paddle When You’re Up the Proverbial Creek There are times in all of our lives when we find ourselves up a creek without a paddle. Some of the setbacks that knock us off course are relatively minor while others are devastating. Regardless of the setback that put you up that creek, one ...
5 Approaches to Listening That Lead To Greater Influence
The presentation you thought you nailed didn’t get the buy-in you anticipated. You didn’t understand why your boss wasn’t thrilled with your results on the project because you thought you did it just the way he asked. The meeting you had with your direct report left you feeling frustratedhe just didn’t listen. Did you? Influencing ...
Neighborly Standoff
We all face highly emotional situations from time to time personally and professionally. Your approach impacts the communication throughout the situation, the relationships of the people involved, and long-term outcomes. Do you see yourself in either approach in the situation between these two neighbors? The situation Shortly after Trent moved into his dream home, he ...
Are You In A Hurry To Leave 2020 Behind?
Before putting 2020 behind you… There are a lot of people anxious to put 2020 behind them and start fresh in 2021. There’s nothing wrong with that, but before you leave 2020 in the dust, take the time to find and assimilate the lessons from 2020, so you can use them next year. One of ...
15 Questions To Reflect on For Growth This Year
Reflection is essential to growth and development. Whether you call it a post-mortem, a debrief, or review, you do it because you know that it provides an opportunity to learn from an experience, situation, or interaction with someone and apply what you learned to make 2021 a great year. People who value growth and personal ...
Influence, Optimism, and Leading Through The Pandemic
Is the pandemic testing your optimism? Leading through a pandemic is an enormous challenge. To get to the other side, leaders need to leverage their influence skills to set the emotional tone for their team lead into unchartered territory provide the information people need in a way they will hear it The ability to influence ...
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