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When Your Career Goals Seem Distant and Hard to Reach, Try This!
Do you ever find it hard to stay focused on your long-term goals, especially when they seem super distant or the path to success is unclear?
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Dec 6, 20192 min read


Create Instant Trust With This One Communication Hack
Communication is at the center of everything we do in business. It’s critical we consider if words we speak are building or eroding trust.
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Dec 6, 20192 min read


Feel Like an Impostor in Your Career? How to Beat It
While it’s impossible to remove self-doubt from our lives completely, there are ways we can manage it.
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Dec 5, 20192 min read


Negative Moods Spread. How to Stop Them at Work
Negative moods spread. When someone, especially a company’s leader, comes to work in a bad mood, it can weaken team morale and productivity.
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Dec 5, 20192 min read


Get Your Team Excited About Change
Change is hardly ever easy, but it’s important for business. The truth is, you can make those changes way easier for your team.
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Dec 4, 20192 min read


Rock Your Next Networking Event With This Three-Step System
When I’m networking, one of my favorite questions to ask someone is: “What is a major challenge your company or team faces?”
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Dec 4, 20192 min read


Stop Lecturing, Start Connecting With Valued Customers
Have you ever felt like a customer service rep was talking AT you rather than WITH you? I still think about this one frustrating call I had.
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Dec 2, 20192 min read


Build Your Customer Relationship Pyramid One Word at a Time
The customer relationship pyramid is an image I've been using recently to illustrate how the Communication Code works. I see it like this: I
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Nov 22, 20193 min read


One Simple Way to Reduce Customer Stress
Have you ever gotten a call or email from someone and just seeing that person’s name come up made you anxious because of a bad exchange...
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Nov 13, 20193 min read


At Work: How to Communicate ‘No’ Without Saying ‘No’
What’s your reaction when you ask someone for help or you make a request and that person’s response is, “No,” or “I can’t do that,” and...
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Nov 13, 20193 min read


Why Consistency Matters in Your Company’s Communications
Have you ever received information from a customer service rep that didn’t sound quite right? Did you ask to speak to someone else who...
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Nov 13, 20193 min read
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