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Ideas to help you communicate with greater clarity wherever you work.
Using peer pressure to skittle dissent rather than doing it yourself
How often have you presented a new capability or idea knowing that some stakeholders are not in your corner? It is rare to have all your stakeholders championing your success so a common challenge to address. During a coaching session this week, a client shared his...
Write emails that are easy to action
Emails are a constant challenge. They are 'everywhere' in our day to day work and yet often seem too small a communication to invest heavily in. To help with this challenge I have prepared a short video tutorial offering four techniques for writing emails that are...
How to hit the ground running in a big new role
Have you ever wondered how senior people hit the ground running in a new role? I recently spoke with Cerise Uden about her strategies for doing that on the Friday before she started a new senior program manager role. At the simplest level, we talked about preparation....
How to reduce rework for high-stakes communication
Over the past two weeks I have shared two ideas to help you lift the quality of your own papers and presentations. Today I share the third. It might seem like an odd one, but bear with me. It’s about velocity. How quickly can you develop and deliver powerful insights...
Is your communication insightful?
Last week I introduced the most important metric for evaluating whether communication is of a high standard or not. It’s not what you think. If you haven’t read it yet, go here. Today I move onto sharing my second ingredient for quality communication: quality of...
The most important measure of communication quality
When trying to work out if your communication is any good or not, do you wonder what is the most important measure of success? I have an unusual take on it. When it comes to important papers, my hunch is that the single most important needle to move is the...
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