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What If Your Communication Was on Point Always: How to Make An Impact with Language
What if your communication was on point always - what impact would it have? First you'd have to break through one of the greatest myths about communicating - because I’m talking, you’ve heard me; or...
Quickest Way to Managing Up Tough Bosses Is Mastering These Top 10 Personality Types
Throughout more than 20 years of coaching and training in the workplace, these are the “top ten” types of difficult bosses I have seen. By mastering these personalities and tailoring your leadership...
Taking the Fear out of Feedback: Top Phrases to Foster Trust, Respect and Safety
While many would agree that feedback is necessary and essential as a way of growing and developing people, it’s oftentimes a really unpleasant experience. I’m Esther Weinberg and I’m the Chief...
Top 10 Ways to Inspire Your Team In Changing Times
Leading others is more than simply having a title and a team. It’s having the ability to inspire others to take action in spite of circumstances, to create momentum where there seemingly is none and...
Key Questions to Influence Anyone At Anytime
You might consider yourself a spontaneous person and someone who likes to go with the flow when it comes to influencing others. If you want to influence and influence in today's changing times, it...
Power of Contrarians: How to Move from Judgment to Curiosity
It’s easy enough to develop relationships and influence with those who you have a lot in common with and agree with about many things. It’s far more challenging to increase your influence with those...
The Truth About Listening to Move You from Powerless to Influential
Today it seems as if people have more differing opinions more than ever and our tolerance of difference is limited. Part of appreciating differences is the ability to truly listen to others...
Don’t Be Your Own Best Kept Secret: Strategies for Increasing Your Visibility
Being visible is critical to increasing your level of influence. It’s tough to be influential when you are your best kept secret. One way of building your level of visibility is to give more, help...
A Growth Mindset Unlocks Curiosity and Inspires Breakthrough Thinking
In times of fierce change and endless plate shifting in our environment, having a growth mindset is foundational to shaping and developing who you are as a leader – your perspectives, decision...
Better, Faster, Stronger: 3 Keys to Team Success in a WFH World
Reorganizations are rampant. Teams have been merged, reconfigured and reorganized over the last 3 to 6 to 12 months, essentially since COVID began. If you are leading a team that's new, or newly...
Moving a Team from Good to Great: Six Stages of Team Development
When leading a team, it’s important to be clear on what stage your team is at. Most of us have, over the years, been part of many teams. Some of our team experiences may be categorized as great,...
Little Things Make a Big Difference: An Attitude of Gratitude Goes a Long Way
Having an attitude of gratitude and saying thank you assists us in having a mindset of generosity. Acknowledging each other fills a basic human need. We all want to know we are doing a great job....