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What’s Not To Like About Being Liked?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You know I wrote last week about a couple of politicians in peril because “nobody likes them.” Not being liked is a problem for someone in public life. And, I argued, that goes for the rest of us too. I set out...
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Do They Like You?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. We’re watching a couple of careers in politics implode before our eyes. One thread runs through both of them, and it has implications for our careers too. You’ve heard the wild stories about Florida Congressman...
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Are You Afraid Of Color?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. There I was—sitting in a sea of beige. Clearly, my designer had been right when she’d told me, “People are afraid of color.” We’re creating a den at our house; I’ve been shopping for an attractive and...
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You Can Be Better At Networking
Listen to the audio version of this post here. If “networking” conjures up an image of schmoozing at a Chamber of Commerce meeting, rattling off your canned elevator speech, and thrusting your card at anyone who gets within arm’s reach, it’s time to expand...
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Don’t tell us …
Listen to the audio version of this post here. I stopped scrolling when this appeared in my Twitter feed: “The secret to getting someone to listen to reason is not what you tell them. It’s what you enable them to tell you that calms them down.” Not that this...
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Have You Earned Their Attention?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. They’re words to live by, for everyone who speaks for a living. Which is to say, for all of us. They come from actor Daniel Kaluuya. You know him from Get Out and Black Panther. And they explain a lot about...
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A New Way To Keep Zoom Meetings Fresh
Listen to the audio version of this post here. We’ve been talking about Zoom Fatigue for nearly a year now. You know, that sense of complete exhaustion we feel after a day of virtual meetings, webinars, and Zoom-based social gatherings. In fact, I wrote...
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Your Most Important Audience? Might Be You.
Listen to the audio version of this post here. If you and I are in touch on anything like a regular basis, you’ve heard a lot from me about sparkling communication. How to speak more powerfully. How to write with greater impact. How to listen deeply; it’s...
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Siri, Alexa, and you
Listen to the audio version of this post here. “I’m not a woman or a man. I’m an A.I.” That’s what Alexa would tell you if you were cheeky enough to inquire about her gender. Why “her” gender? Well, “Alexa” is hardly a man’s name. Like Michaela, Roberta, and...
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Will They Read What You Write?
Listen to the audio version of this post here. You write every day at work, don’t you? Emails, proposals, maybe a blog or social media post. You might even crank out an old-fashioned put-it-in-an-envelope-and-mail-it letter now and then. Here’s the thing....
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