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5 Tips for Selling a Radically Creative Idea to Conservative Clients
Sally Hogshead
Posted in Branding, Communication, Innovation, Marketing, Risk, Sales, Sally Hogshead
Leaders: How to Successfully Manage the Transition to a Hybrid Workplace
Michael C. Bush
Posted in Change, Communication, Culture, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Michael C. Bush
After meeting with senior leaders almost every week over the past five months, it’s never been more clear that one size does not fit all. In our Great Place To Work® community, we counsel companies that have been fully remote…
How to WOW in your next virtual meeting
The upside of Zoom meetings: You DON’T have to worry about what you’re wearing from the waist down. (Unless you have a clear glass desk.) But… If you’re unfamiliar with being on camera, you could be perceived as awkward or…
How Leaders Can Create Deeper Relationships with Introverted Teammates
Since launching the Quiet Revolution, I can’t tell you how many times people (introverts, extroverts and ambiverts alike) have asked me imploringly for new insights to help them work better with their introverted colleagues. So I’m always happy to announce when…
How my father gave me life (and 10 years later, saved it)
I regained consciousness to blinding lights on the operating room table. “You’ve been in a bad accident,” the surgeon said. I don’t remember much after that for several days. A few hours earlier, on a bright Sunday morning, my dad…
Ten Tips for Effective Listening
Dr. Tony Alessandra
Posted in Communication, Dr. Tony Alessandra, Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Sales, Teamwork, Uncategorized
For many of us, talking can come pretty easy especially when it’s about something we’re interested in. But effective listening? That’s another story… Effective listening is more of a learned skill than a common characteristic. Learning how to listen effectively…
How to Stay Informed With the News Without Getting Depressed
Michelle Gielan
Posted in Communication, Michelle Gielan, Peak Performance, Stress Management/Life Balance, Uncategorized
It was painful to watch, and I had a front row seat. From my post as an anchor at CBS News, I reported on people’s pain as they lost their jobs, homes and savings. The rapid-fire coverage of these problems could…
If Your Talk Doesn’t Do These Three Things, Don’t Give It
Whether you’re giving a toast at a wedding or a big keynote address at a trade show, you know you need to get your act together. What you may not know is how. After all, there’s separate advice out there for giving impromptu speeches like…
5 Tips for Developing a New Speaking Program in 2017
No matter how much we all might try to avoid it or embrace it – it’s that time of year again when we can’t help but contemplate what we want to do differently in the new year. Will 2017 be…
Tagged with: business speaking, keynote speaking, professional speakers, speaking programs, speech topics
How the World Sees You: Podcast with Sally Hogshead
David Burkus interviews Sally Hogshead on Radio Free LEADER. Listen to the podcast on davidburkus.com Sally Hogshead is an American author, professional speaker, chief executive officer of Fascinate, Inc. and a former advertising executive. She is the author of Fascinate and…
How to Get Employees Excited About Meetings
How many times have you found yourself leaving a meeting feeling overwhelmed and more stressed than before you went in? Or how often have you led a meeting and felt like the same issues were rehashed, and it was a…
Having a Bad Day at Work? Focus on Solutions
This article by Jenny Che was first published on The Huffington Post. Michelle Gielan is a big fan of positive thinking. A former journalist for CBS News, Gielan believes that focusing on good news goes much further than harping on…
10 Creative Ways to Apply Personal Branding
You only have 9-seconds to make a meaningful first impression in-person or on the phone. How much time do you have in the virtual world to make your introduction? Your Personal Brand is your key to standing out in 9…
21 Juicy Ideas for Creating Fascinating Content
Sally Hogshead
Posted in Communication, How to Fascinate, Inspiration, Marketing, Sally Hogshead, Uncategorized
Creativity is a fickle mistress. Especially when creating content. Sometimes, the words flow as fast as the coffee. Other times, well, not so much. It’s easy to create boring content. (Many people do it quite effortlessly.) But if you don’t have a…
Tagged with: content creation, creating content, fascinating content, How to Fascinate, Sally Hogshead
7 Ways Leaders Can Inspire Commitment to Goals
Dr. Nido Qubein
Posted in Communication, Dr. Nido Qubein, Inspiration, Leadership/Management, Nido Qubein, Teamwork, Uncategorized
How to build your dream team and lead them to victory How do great leaders inspire others to commit themselves to their goals? It’s not just that they have charismatic personalities, or that they give a lot of high-energy motivational…
Tagged with: inspire commitment, leadership strategies, Nido Qubein, professional growth, team building
The Biggest Judgment Error You Don’t Know You’re Making
As a lifelong student of psychology, when the principles of human behavior spring to life around me, I typically respond with equal parts interest and glee. But a few weeks ago, I was on the receiving end of a psychological…
How to Make Your Brand Fascinating – Sally Hogshead
The Marketing Nerds Podcast, How to Make Your Brand Fascinating with NYT Best-Selling Author Sally Hogshead was first published on SearchEngine Journal. Joining them just after the release of her revised book, FASCINATE: How to Make Your Brand Impossible to Resist (affiliate link), Sally Hogshead…
Tagged with: branding, Fascinate, How to Fascinate, NYT bestseller, podcast, Sally Hogshead, Search Engine Journal
How to Take Control of Any Conversation
Admin
Posted in Communication, Leadership/Management, Michelle Gielan, Persuasion and Influence, Uncategorized
Your opening line makes all the difference. This article by Ashley Hamilton of OWN was first published on Huffington Post. The next time you walk into an important meeting, think carefully about your first few words. According to positive psychology…
The Benefits of Peer-to-Peer Praise at Work
Shawn Achor
Posted in Communication, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Shawn Achor, Uncategorized
In The Happiness Advantage, I describe an experience with a leader at a Fortune 100 company who told me, “We don’t need a happiness program; we pay people to be engaged.” This is a surprisingly common refrain from unenlightened leaders, an assumption based…
Tagged with: employee engagement, employee retention, Globoforce, peer-to-peer recognition, Shawn Achor
What’s YOUR least effective type of communication?
Sally Hogshead
Posted in Communication, How to Fascinate, Peak Performance, Sally Hogshead, Uncategorized
Think for a minute… What’s your LEAST favorite type of communication? For example, do you dislike networking events? Or speaking in front of a crowd? Or explaining the same exact process, over and over? We all have certain types of…