Communication Skills

His Selective Communication, Explained

Yashar Ali | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Sexting, Relationships, Communication, Texting, E-Maintaining, Men and Communication, Relationship Advice, Communication Skills, Dating Advice, Women News
Yashar Ali

Just like when you go to a cafeteria and walk around, picking and choosing what you want to eat, men are only selecting and responding to the messages and responses that appeal to them most.

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How to Break the News to Someone that He/She Smells

Donna Flagg | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Difficult Conversations, Workplace, Bad News, Bosses, Communications, Communication Skills, Business, Management, Business News
Donna Flagg

First consider how you would feel if you were unknowingly walking around offending the olfactory senses of those around you. Wouldn't you want to know? Wouldn't you want an opportunity to correct it? Well, the only way that can happen is if someone makes you aware of it.

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One Thing to Know If You Want to Improve Your Communication Skills

Donna Flagg | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Communication Skills, Business, Difficult Conversations, Honesty, Truth, Communication, Skills in Communication, Improve Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Effective Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Donna Flagg

If you think about it, at its core, communication is an exercise in understanding one another better. That's all. This is positive, not negative, despite the industry's tendency to want to turn "difficult conversations," into big, bad, dreaded events. But they don't have to be.

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In Presentations, Learn to Say Less

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Leadership, Presentation Skills, Presentations, Communication, Communication Skills, Data, Management, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

It's not easy to say less and convey more. But if you learn how to do it well, you'll have much more impact on your audience and on your organization. What are your suggestions for learning how to say less?

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Habit #6: Divine Regard

Willow Dea | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Positive-Relationships, Education, Psychology, Communication Skills, Divine, Communication, The Shadow, Education News
Willow Dea

Divine regard refers also to the living practice that every person we come across is also sacred, just as they are. We are invited to relate to them as part of ourselves -- even our most challenging students!

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You Are Not Broken

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Unemployment, Responsibility, Work, Social Networking, Oxygen, Employment, Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, Talents, Work-Life Balance, Strengths, Professional Development, Passion, Communication Skills, Women News
Caroline Dowd-Higgins

There is a pervasive cultural phenomenon telling you how to improve upon your weaknesses and fix what you are not so good at. I'm here to tell you that you are not broken!

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Why You Should Think Before Saying 'Just'

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Women, Widowhood, Divorce, Words, Insults, Motherhood, Etiquette, Communication Skills, Communication, Women News
Carolyn Bucior

Just one child. Just a waitress. Just an average student.

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Fine. Whatever! Eight Common Passive Aggressive Phrases to Know

Signe Whitson | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Relationships, Passive-Aggressive, Passive Aggressive, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Parenting, Communication Skills, Parenting Advice, Communication, Passive Aggressive Phrases, Teenagers, Discipline Children, Parents News
Signe Whitson

Passive aggressive behavior thrives in many families because it is often a more comfortable -- and effective -- way of dealing with anger than honest self-expression.

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In Search of, Like, Eloquence: Language Zen for College Grads

Rob Asghar | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Millenials Voting, College, Graduation Speeches, English, Jobs, Millennial Generation, Job Market College Graduates, Communication Skills, College Graduates, Communication, Culture News
Rob Asghar

Here's the beginner phase: Drop the word like. By using such teen Valley-speak, or Kardashian-speak, you dropped your IQ, in the minds of others, by no less than 20 points.

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Why You Need To Have That Tough Conversation

Laurie Gerber | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Life Coach, Conversation, Communication Skills, Difficult Conversations, Life Coaching, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living Spirit, Hard Conversations, Conversation Tips, Mindfulness, Tough Conversation Tips, Healthy Living News
Laurie Gerber

Everyone has their list of conversations they are avoiding and people with whom they never want to get resolved. I want to train you in a new method and get you very facile at having those tough conversations.

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"Very Funny!" Why Sarcasm Is No Laughing Matter for Kids

Signe Whitson | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Using Sarcasm With Kids, Sarcasm, Communication Skills, Parenting, Humor, Parenting Advice, Parents News
Signe Whitson

Sarcasm relies on a type of subtlety that most children under the age of eight do not pick up on.

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Speaking Up Takes Confidence, Candor and Courage

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Communication, Business Tips, Efficiency, Communication Skills, Business Communication, Business Management, Management, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

Whether you are a subordinate or a manager, the key is to take some sort of action to increase the candor and flow of dialogue in your organization.

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30 Ways To Improve Your Business Email Communications

Wempy Dyocta Koto | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Business Development, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, Communication Skills, Communications, Entrepreneurship, Business, International Business, Communication, Business News
Wempy Dyocta Koto

As entrepreneurs, business leaders and aspiring company directors, think very carefully about the words filling the borders of your emails, documents, instant messages and social media profiles.

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Parents, Welcome Those Late-Night Phone Calls!

Mary Anne Mercer | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Phone Calls, Communication Skills, Parenting Advice, Parenting Teenagers, Parents-Teens-Tweens, Teenagers, Parents News
Mary Anne Mercer

All my adult life I have dreaded late-night phone calls. It took only one, many years ago -- news of the suicide of my sister -- to produce an instantaneous panic reaction when I am startled awake by that shrill, nerve-jangling assault of a night-time telephone.

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Successful Communication Tips For Introverts

Tamar Melissa C. Huggins | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Communication Tips, Introversion, Communication Skills, Networking, Extraverts, Introvert Networking, Overcoming Shyness, Introvert Extrovert, Shyness, Canada News
Tamar Melissa C. Huggins

Let's face it, you need to network in this economy in order to get (or keep) the perfect job; but sometimes it looks as though the social individuals (extraverts) are the only ones moving ahead.

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2 Ways to Listen to Your Coach

James M. Lynch | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Growing a Business, Listening Skills, The Four Agreements, Business-Coaching, Executive Coaching, Strategy Consulting, Don Miguel Ruiz, Communication Skills, Business News
James M. Lynch

So far I've listed 5 Signs They're Probably NOT a Coach and 5 Tips for Hiring a Coach; now I'll get to working successfully with a coach. Taking the...

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Why So Many People Are Bad Communicators

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Communication Skills, Communication Tips, Relationships, Effective Communicating, Communicating, Effective Communication, Effective Communicators, Healthy Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

We tend to think of great communicators as great talkers. But as the bores and braggarts reveal, it's not the quantity of words that makes you a skilled communicator; it's the quality.

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How To Talk So That Your Partner Will Listen

Robert Leahy, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Listening, Listening Advice, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Communication in Relationships, Communication Tips, Relationships Communication, Communication Skills, Relationship Communication, Good Communication, Women Communication Skills, Healthy Living News
Robert Leahy, Ph.D.

The guidelines for being a good listener are not just for men. These guidelines for listening and communication apply to both men and women, straight and gay, and for friendships as well.

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Why Men Don't Listen To Women

Robert Leahy, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dating, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Marraige, Releationships, Men and Communication, Marriage, Divorce, Relationships, Men Listening, Marriage Advice, Relationship Communication Advice, Relationship Advice, Communication Skills, Communication Advice, Divorce Predictions, Healthy Living News
Robert Leahy, Ph.D.

I don't want to claim that men are always the problem. No group is perfect. But I can see that a lot of times men have a great deal of difficulty validating and emotionally supporting the women in their lives.

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Interviewing Help: Reducing Your Risk of Making a Bad Hire

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interviews, Workplace, Recruiting, Hiring Practices, Interviewing Tips, Hiring Managers, Communication Skills, Business, Management, Business News
Donna Flagg

You're a hiring manager.... You feel the pain.... Sometimes it's more obvious than others when a candidate just isn't right for a particular job. It...

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The Top 5 Relationship Resolutions For 2011

Dr. Michelle Callahan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Relationships, Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship Skills, Relationship Advice, Relationship Skills, Unplug and Recharge, Communication Skills, Relationship Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Communication, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Dr. Michelle Callahan

People are over-worked and stressed out. They're so busy with all the commitments in their lives that they feel they don't have the energy it takes to spend time and effort to connect with their loved ones.

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All I Want for Christmas is a New Career

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Reinvention, Unemployment, Values, Strength, Career Advice, Careers, Communication Skills, Career Development, Networking, Healthy Living News
Caroline Dowd-Higgins

With unemployment rates the highest in decades and job dissatisfaction peaking for many at work, Santa will be hard pressed to fulfill countless wish ...

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Dealing With a Middle-Aged Brain

Wendy Strgar | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Brain Development, Mid Life, Communication Skills, Relationships, Aging Brain, Cognitive Development, Aging, Dementia, Relationships With Family, Healthy Living News
Wendy Strgar

As we age, our brain slips into this inner dialogue more easily and regularly which makes it hard to keep hold of other thoughts. The good news is that distractibility does not equal dementia.

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Making the Shift from a Warrior to Visionary

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Communication Skills, Leadership, Communication Skills Training, Leadership Skills, Business Opportunity, Male Dominance, Self Concept, Negotiation Skills, Healthy Living News
Marcia Reynolds

If you look beyond the present moment, you might be able to not only see new opportunities for connection, the person you disagree with might shift his or her perspective as well.

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Talk Talk Talk - How To Make It Pay Off For Your Team

Adele Scheele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, Communication Skills, Workplace, Communication, Healthy Living News
Adele Scheele

I listen all day to the way that people talk about their work. Sometimes I hear great successes, and sometimes, miserable failures. But mostly what I ...

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