Have you ever lain awake at night—almost all night—and replayed a conversation in your head over and over and over and over? For a long while, I thought I was the only one who did that. Then I heard other women admit they did it, too. Then yesterday I heard a male doctor friend of [...]
Those of you who read my blog regularly know that I try to stay clear of politics in these posts—except as candidates or issues themselves illustrate communication issues. Here’s one of a handful posted in the last year that meet that criteria—above the fray, illustrative, inspiring. While watching an interview with presidential candidate John McCain [...]
Warning: I’m about to make a sweeping generalization that will offend many MBAs and PhDs out there. I have no survey data to back it up other than résumés collected during the past 27 years at my company—and writing samples collected from participants in our writing training programs. But here’s my conclusion: There’s very [...]
This month’s Communication Tip highlights the importance of making your bottom-line your opening line in your business presentations. If you’ve heard—or used—a great opening line, please share it with us! Enter it as a comment below. The person with the best entry will receive a free copy of my “Powerful Sit-Down Presentations” eBook. Dianna Booher Dianna [...]
Maybe you’ve seen this commercial already for theLadders.com, the online job site exclusively for $100K candidates looking for $100K jobs. (www.theladders.com) The commercial opens with a tennis match in progress. But soon you discover the two players on the court can’t return the ball to each other because random people start running onto the court [...]
