Hello everyone & happy new year! In today’s fast paced business world, its’ easy to focus on getting things done and diving straight into tasks or objectives. However connection before content, a concept introduced by thought leader Peter Block, emphasizes the importance of building relationships and setting the right...
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The world is moving fast, and with that comes a lot of uncertainty. From company restructuring to policy changes to the growing impact of AI, it’s easy to feel stressed out and overwhelmed. But here’s the thing: not everything is within our control. In fact, recognizing what isn’t can...
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How do you rehearse for important presentations…? In a recent executive presentation skills session, everyone agreed that rehearsal is crucial. No surprise there. What was surprising though was a lack of answers and clarity around how people rehearse. Most responses were along the lines of: I think about what...
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Welcome back to Leadership Communication Insights & Reflections! This week, we’re building on our last topic of self-awareness in communication. Once you understand your communication style (awareness), the next step is to adapt it to the situation and audience. This we like to call Leadership Communication Flexibility. Let’s dive...
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Our latest insight is from a recent series of executive coaching sessions which focused on topic of… leadership communication. One of the coachees, a director felt really quite frustrated trying to get approval from key stakeholders and management who didn’t really see things the same way he did. Another...
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Part 2/3. Welcome back to part 2 of this 3-part trilogy on…. influence. If you missed part 1 ..don’t! Click here. Previously, we looked at how research has revealed System 1 (Chimp brain) holds the keys to the decisions making process. This is a very important step to realize...
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Part 1/3: You’re back and yes… we are back. Long time no read! Happy Chinese New Year. Instead of giving you our readers $230 million in free red envelopes, we have decided to give you something even more valuable – a 3-part series on influence. You are most welcome...
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Click here to watch video 7000. That is the average number of words we speak every day. But…have you ever thought about how those 7000 words sound to your listeners? 7000——这是我们平均每天说的单词数量。但是，你有没有想过这7000个词在听的人耳朵里是什么样的呢？ In a world of increasing virtual communication, voice is growing in importance. Your ability to engage, motivate and...
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Confidence. We are often led to believe that in order to be successful we need to be high in confidence. High confidence = high competence. But…. is this really true? 信心。经常有人告诉我们，必须要有足够的信心才能成功，信心越大就等于能力越强。但是，这是真的吗？ Let’s imagine for example you were in sales and due to covid travel restrictions, a potential client asks...
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A few weeks ago, on a half busy Shanghai subway, I saw something quite unusual. Something that I hadn’t seen for a while. As I walked into the metro compartment, I got my mobile phone out, ready to begin checking work e-mails and tuning into the daily news. However,...
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