The art of letter writing is not forgotten, at least not by Nicolas Di Tempora over at Copywriting in Action. Wouldn’t it be nice if all the emails you receive at work were written like this? Clear, to the point, effective. Give the people you communicate with a break – see below to learn how…
Successful communication is an essential leadership and life skill. Engaging well with others depends on it. Here’s Julian Treasure with a 10-minute TedX talk on “How to speak so that people want to listen” that’s very worthwhile, with one caveat about his take on “judging” (more on that in a bit). In summary: If you…
Something light, but important. How we speak determines how well we communicate, and reflects how well we think – because language, and our command of it, is the tool of thought. Here’s poet Taylor Mali on… like, you know… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4&feature=player_embedded]
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION is the fundamental of #PeopleSkills. Engaging well with others, whether as a leader or just as a human, is vital. And thinking, speaking, and writing are inextricably linked by language; work to improve one, and you improve all. Writing good copy is by no means a skill only needed by those who make…
MY to-be-blogged-about list includes this entry: 360degree Reviews, Employee Performance Appraisals, Formal Disciplinary Action. All bunk. These are methods for school children. No, on second thought, school children also deserve the respect of being communicated with as adults. Ultimately, as our culture matures, these things will go. I’ll get to writing that up more fully…
OTHER than the ability to think, with which it is inextricably linked, there is no more important skill for a leader* than the ability to communicate well. The 1st rule of effective communication is to listen well. Hopefully you’ve already heard that. So what’s the 2nd rule? Clarity, clarity, clarity. Let me use a few…
SOONER or later just about everyone needs to get in front of an audience and present. Do you commit death by power-point of do you knock ’em dead? When you read Presentation Zen, or see Garr speak (see video below), you scratch your head and think, “yes”… so simple. And yet, simplicity is usually defined…
