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Moving beyond a too-brief response to spark better, longer conversations How are you doing?  How do you feel?  How was your weekend? Often, we respond to these innocuous questions with some [...]

Our focus at The Brief Lab is to help professionals become clear and concise communicators.  During these training sessions over the last decade with CEOs, military leaders, and business [...]

This tool will help set your daily priorities to help you complete your daily tasks.

There are plenty of opportunities to stretch communication skills, especially in a crisis. Leaders need to find creative ways to help their teams stay motivated, focused and productive. One of [...]

Are you guilty of “phubbing” (i.e., snubbing someone to pay more attention to your phone)? So addicted to your devices and other distractions your face-to-face interactions are superficial? [...]

As I plan for 2020, one of my resolutions is to share the dangers of noise – the regular distractions, useless information, and mindless chatter in our lives – and provide tools and techniques to [...]

The holiday season provides a perfect example of the power noise has to distract and overwhelm. If you’re anything like me, you’ve found yourself inundated with noise over the past few weeks. [...]

  As we move full speed into the holiday season, most everyone becomes increasingly stressed by their never-ending to-do lists, both personal and professional. The holidays are ripe for [...]