Posts tagged with 'communication'

July 3, 2015

Deal or No Deal?

I hate negotiating. The problem is, I love a bargain! One of my favorite pastimes is pottering around antiques fairs, car boot sales…

June 19, 2015

Breaking the Ice With Your Virtual Team

I thought this "game" was going to be a waste of time. I already knew my colleagues well, and didn't see the point when we could be getting down to business! But I was wrong.

June 12, 2015

Tame the Communication Beast!

“Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is…

March 30, 2015

How to Fail Faster and Better

Since leaving my job as a news reporter for Thomson Reuters and going freelance some years ago, I’ve had to come to terms with failure…

March 27, 2015

Say What you Think!

I was looking after my eight-year-old nephew last weekend, and I’d love to say it was a pleasure but it wasn’t! His parents…

March 2, 2015

Weekly Lessons in Leadership

I’ve never been a leader of an organization and I’ve always shied away from management roles in my journalism career, preferring to stay “at the…

February 24, 2015

Creating Influence

Warning: You won’t want to hear what I’m about to tell you. But hang with me, please. I’ll make you feel much better about it…

January 23, 2015

Go on – Toot Your own Horn!

I don’t have much experience of writing press releases, but I certainly have a lot of experience of reading them! In my previous job, I…

January 2, 2015

Watch Your Language!

Last year I did an introductory counselling course. I thought counselling was about giving people advice, but it’s not – it’s mostly about listening, and…