183 results for tag: communication skills

Are You Listening or Hearing?

The saying, "In one ear, out the other" speaks to the difference between hearing and listening. One of the greatest leadership skills to develop is the ability to listen. Have you ever talked to someone who appeared to be listening to you, but in reality, you ...
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If You’re Wondering What Else is Out There…

With all the layoffs and the talk of recession and inflation, people are scared. Making a move right now seems risky. Is it really? ExecuNet Career Strategist, and one-time executive recruiter, Saundra Botts discusses this topic with ExecuNet Master ...
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What Great Communicators Do

In many organizations, communication stinks. This happens for a few common reasons. Leaders don't have the skill to do it well. Leaders don’t have the time to do it well. Leaders don’t prioritize it. Or perhaps most problematic, leaders don’t even ...
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The “IT” Factor: Power Moves that Fast Track Your Career

Leaders are faced with unique challenges and changes as business threats and solutions adjust rapidly. Today’s “It Factor” is rooted in the capacity to bravely ask, “What do I do when I don’t know what to do?” It’s the only question that ...
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Are We Talking too Much in Video Interviews?

Prolix is a great word. It's one of those words that you never hear used, and yet it is so apt in so many circumstances in higher education. It means using too many words to tedious effect. In my work as an executive search consultant, I encounter the ...
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Accelerate Your Career With Compelling Online Profiles

Most of what's powerful about LinkedIn is not obvious to the causal user. LinkedIn is not simply "Facebook for business." Don't even think of it as a website. Instead, think of it as a live global networking event with over 800 million attendees, as a ...
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Growing Your Career Requires Controlling the Narrative

You've likely heard the media emphasize the importance of "controlling the narrative," when advising business professionals, celebrities, politicians and influencers. But what does that really mean? To control the narrative or "manage the optics" means you, ...
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Match Your Listener’s Tendency

Have you ever felt frustrated when someone won't get to the point? Or have you ever felt like the person you're talking to just isn't hearing you? Master communicators navigate these challenges of understanding using an ancient technique that you can learn ...
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Spotting Your Own Defensiveness and Defusing it in Others

Defensiveness prevents clear communication. The reaction happens because a person feels threatened. Whether the causes are from inside or outside of an organization, defensiveness presents as rigid, stuck communication. In this chapter, you will learn how to ...
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The Key to Finding Fulfillment at Work

The workplace is fraught with people and events that create stress, frustration, and confusion. All too often we reach a point where we ask ourselves, "Is it the job or is it me?" It's probably you not knowing how to effectively navigate undesirable ...
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Planning for Interview Bias

There are things we can control in an interview and things we simply cannot control. But even the things that you cannot control can be influenced – if you have a plan. Listen to ExecuNet Career Coach Harriette Lowenthal explain. The ExecuNet ...
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Avoid These 7 Phrases When You Are Giving Feedback

Giving feedback is never easy, especially if the feedback isn’t entirely positive. The job of a great leader, manager and boss is to give feedback in a way that comes across as a gift—something useful, not something that makes the recipient feel bad ...
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