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 [...]

Turner (a unit of WarnerMedia) operates a large-scale, ad-supported media business spanning a number of premiums content brands, including Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, CNN, TBS, TNT, truTV and [...]

We’ve all been there. On a conference call, at a sales conference, in a meeting in which someone is communicating a new sales pitch or a new product, or explaining a new corporate initiative or a [...]

How do you regain control when there are so many things competing for your attention? The key to productivity isn’t multitasking – it’s single-minded focus. Productive people know how to focus on [...]

Think about the last few meetings you attended. How many people were there? Did everyone contribute in a valuable way? Did everyone even talk? Were people on their laptops and, if so, was it to [...]

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Meetings are necessary to get work done. But how can we be sure we’re getting value commensurate with their high cost?

The Brief Lab is proud to announce the expansion of Joe McCormack’s podcast series, “Just Saying.” Now in season two, the series helps you become an effective and efficient communicator in an age [...]

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