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Alison Carter

Alison experience spans 25-years of blue chip corporate employment in senior financial and managerial roles, establishing several companies of her own and working as a NFP counsellor. She understands the importance of strong communication skills and financial acumen for leaders and strongly believes that operating with authenticity and empathy is critical in the future of work.

How To Increase Influence & Build Powerful Professional Relationships

You’ve probably read that book, How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie. And if you haven’t, I’ll bet you’ve heard of it. Crazy to think that it was published in the 1930s. Yet, in 2011 it was still number 19 on Time Magazine‘s top 100 most influential books. Some of the claimed benefits of reading …

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4 Reasons Communication Skills Can Supercharge Your Team In 2019

Communication skills are consistently listed in the top skills sought after by employers. Data Scientist might be the sexiest job of the 21st century, but without good communication skills, it’s completely ineffective. And there’s research to back this up. According to Willis Towers Watson, companies that communicate effectively are three and a half times more likely to significantly …

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Too Busy for Online Communication Courses? Try Microlearning

Before technology changed the way we do business, all you had to do to get ahead of the game was ‘work hard’. Now, to succeed in this new information era, the focus is all about ‘learning hard’. But you don’t have to spend chunks of your precious time attending courses in person. You can achieve …

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Consultative Sales Training Courses Help You Build Client Relationships

The sales environment is changing. Gone are the days of accosting or soliciting customers to buy products and services, no one wants or needs to feel hassled like that anymore. The most effective salespeople are now those that show a deep understanding of what potential customers need and position themselves as a solutions provider. This …

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Why Corporate Jargon Is Meaningless In A Business Presentation

Have you ever been in a business presentation and come out of it to realise you haven’t really understood what was said? This is probably because jargon was peppered throughout the speech making the essence of what was said meaningless to most people in the room. If you work in a company that has a …

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