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Don't count on your attitude, your people skills, or even the fact that you're 'right' to get you to a win.

Today on the Just Saying podcast, I’m pointing out a problem that confident leaders don’t know they have. In my experience working with CEOs, executives, and military leaders, they tend to [...]

You’ve heard it before: hope isn’t a strategy. A business leader needs to know his or her team is on the same page. But all too often business leaders don’t know – and this leads to big problems [...]

Breaking bad news to a colleague or boss is like death and taxes: you can’t avoid it.  Eventually, we will all face an awkward performance review, have to tell someone they didn’t get the [...]

In this episode of my Just Saying podcast — “Concise Writers are Ruthless Redactors” — I discuss the need to self-edit, a valuable skill for anyone who wants to become a better writer.

If you and your team are ready to reap the benefits of concise, actionable status reports, the free Brief Webinar from The Brief Lab may be for you.

if you’re like most of my clients, your list of priorities is longer than the day ... is long. :) It can be incredibly frustrating when we find ourselves unable to complete important tasks.

You may not consider your employees’ bad communications skills a part of your profit and loss statement, but you should.

Your ability to clarify your priorities and communicate them to others increases your chances of success in every area of life.

Presenters: If you want to be persuasive, the most important thing you can do is to make sure your presentation has a clear point.