Communication Skills

Communication skills reflect your ability to speak and write clearly, effectively connect and engage with others, and build the trust and respect required for mutually beneficial interactions.

19 09, 2016

The Importance of Appreciation and How to Show it in your Organization

By |2016-11-27T02:47:52-06:00September 19th, 2016|Categories: EQ (Emotional Intelligence), Executive Coaching, Team Building|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment

One of the most common complaints that employees make is the feeling of being under-appreciated. To elaborate on this, employees feel like their collective efforts to better the business either go unnoticed, unacknowledged, or ignored completely. This becomes a prickly thorn to many who expect some kind of positive feedback for their service to the [...]

1 09, 2016

Create Real and Lasting Change in Your Business and Life

By |2016-11-18T19:44:50-06:00September 1st, 2016|Categories: Self-Management, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Creating real, lasting change at your business requires leadership to make effective decisions. Likewise, catalyzing change in your own life requires effective decision-making. But, what does it take to consistently make effective decisions? I believe it's imperative to have the right information to make effective decisions. Good at Making Decisions vs. Making Good Decisions Are you good [...]

27 05, 2016

Four Reasons HR Professionals Aren’t Taken Seriously

By |2016-11-18T19:44:50-06:00May 27th, 2016|Categories: Employee Selection, Executive Coaching, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

HR Professionals Aren't Always Taken Seriously Human Resources (HR) professionals aren't always taken seriously. Whether it's their boss (usually an executive), employees, or even job applicants - sometimes HR professionals are viewed as paper-pushers with little technical experience or ability. But why? We'll explore this common misconception in more detail throughout this article. We are HR professionals [...]

2 05, 2016

Improve Job Security to Boost Performance

By |2016-11-18T19:44:50-06:00May 2nd, 2016|Categories: Executive Coaching|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Job security is something that employees and unemployed people deal with at least once in their life. For the vast majority of people, low job security is very stressful. Not surprisingly, being dismissed is one of the most stressful events in one's life according to the Holmes-Rahe Stress Life Stress Inventory which ranks events or conditions based [...]

1 05, 2016

Emotional Intelligence: What is EQ and why does it matter?

By |2016-11-18T19:44:50-06:00May 1st, 2016|Categories: EQ (Emotional Intelligence), Self-Management, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

1. Emotional Intelligence ("EQ") Defined Emotional Intelligence: The ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power of emotions to facilitate high levels of productivity, communication, and collaboration. Two Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence: Intrapersonal EQ v. Interpersonal EQ Click the image to expand. Emotional intelligence is divided into two subcategories: Intrapersonal EQ and Interpersonal EQ. Intrapersonal EQ is a combined measure of your self-awareness, [...]

25 04, 2016

Dishonesty is not the Best Policy

By |2016-11-18T19:44:51-06:00April 25th, 2016|Categories: Team Building|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Thousands of reports, results, memos, emails, and phone calls fly throughout the office on any given day and chances are dishonesty can be present in a tiny fraction of these correspondences. We've recently discussed about sociopaths being present in the workplace but they aren't the only ones to be guilty of being dishonest. In fact, there is [...]

11 04, 2016

How to deal with a sociopath at work

By |2016-11-18T19:44:51-06:00April 11th, 2016|Categories: Executive Coaching|Tags: , |6 Comments

How to deal with a sociopath at work Sociopaths are definitely in your workplace right now. They have invaded every profession, industry, and sector. There is a good chance that you are working with one now. If you have already identified someone who may be a sociopath, you are dealing with someone who might cause [...]