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Communication Skills

Gaining Influence: How To Adapt Your Communication Skills

Has this ever happened to you? You delivered what you thought was a stirring presentation, with a rousing call-to-action, only to find that people returned to their desks and promptly proceeded to ignore everything you just said. Or you made a request of a colleague, only to find that they ended up doing something completely different …

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Win Over Stakeholders And Influence People With These Stellar Communication Techniques

Influence is a more precious commodity than ever before. In a typical top-down hierarchical structure, your position defines the amount of influence you have. Or, as the CEO of Authentic Leadership Alliance, Susan Tradanico, puts it, “The person with the power has the influence.” But as we move towards flatter, more team-based structures, it becomes less about the …

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How Brevity Can Help You Communicate As A Leader In Meetings

We’ve all seen this happen in meetings: “Can I just make a point here? I just think that … Now how should I put this … Erm, I reckon that maybe if we could just, uh, go back to what Sarah said, I think that raises an interesting point about, um …” Rather than properly formulating …

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Body Language In Communication: Be Heard And Block The Interrupters

According to body language expert Allan Pease, 60 to 80 per cent of a message during a face-to-face meeting is conveyed through body language, not words. Which is quite surprising when you think about how much preparation goes into the words used in a successful speech, pitch or conversation; body language appears to be a mere …

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Does Leadership Communication Really Impact Results? You Bet

Much of the talk about impact of leadership communication on company performance is anecdotal. Yet there are some powerful and surprising ROI stats that leave very little room for doubt. The Ultimate Stats Pack: Your ROI Case for Strong Leadership Communication is your complete kit for convincing your organisation that leadership communication must be addressed – and …

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