Communicating Confidently in Business – Workshop
3V Communications Presents An effective communication skills full-day interactive workshop: Communicating Confidently in Business Learn to Communicate with Charisma and Confidence to build your Career Success! November 8th, 2008 – Downtown Toronto Hotel • Are you unsure if you are being heard and respected at work? • Do you feel a little insecure or shy […]
Body Language – Is It Really Useful?
“Do you know about body language?” Ask someone this and they will probably say “oh yes. I should make eye contact but not stare at someone too long, I should not cross my arms because it looks closed, and I should not slouch at meetings, etc.” Okay, that information EVERYONE knows. But I have to […]
Repeat Key Phrases to Help Accent
One of the things to remember when you are looking to speak English better, is that English is just one part of language, and language is just one part of communication. A quick way to build rapport with your listener is to take a technique from NLP and mimic or reflect back their favourite words […]
Waiter or Slave?
As I was flipping through the channels this morning, sipping my coffee, I came across the Rachael Ray show. On it were a couple of ladies who authored a book about the experiences of waiters and how to get good service. I watched for a couple of minutes, enough for them to expose their top […]
What Workshop Topic Most Interests You?
Hello everyone! I hope you are keeping well and are not feeling any sort of ‘Monday blues’. I think I am fortunate as an entrepreneur and consultant in that I never feel any particular strain on Mondays. To me, Monday is just as good as Friday! (Are some of you hating me now? Sorry, I […]
Refocusing After Setbacks
How many times have you started a diet, a new way of thinking, or tried something new and then a setback occurs and you just go back to the way you were? Don’t worry, you are not the only one! Setbacks and difficulties occur all of the time – they are a natural activity of […]
Blogs & Newsletters – How Often is Enough?
I am unsure why some companies and organizations send me an email or newsletter almost everyday, and even up to several times a day. I really can’t understand their thinking on this. It really bothers me, and usually leads me to unsubscribe. Is my case so different from yours? Probably not. We are all busy, […]
Content Stress is Best
As a general rule, ▪ Stressed words in a sentence are considered content words. These include nouns (e.g. kitchen, Peter), (most) main verbs (e.g. visit, construct), adjectives (e.g. beautiful, interesting), and adverbs (e.g. often, carefully). ▪ Non-stressed words are considered function words. These include determiners (e.g.: the, a, an), auxiliary verbs (e.g.: is, am, were), […]
People Management Ebook
FYI here is the link to a 99-page ebook “People Management: How to get people to perform” on sale now for only $11.00! http://www.lulu.com/content/2165412 Follow the link to preview the book/purchase it. Thank you.
How Are Your People-Management Skills?
How would your employees rate your people-management skills? Here is an interesting find from a recent Hackett Group survey of 200 global organizations (source: HR Professional, Aug/Sept. 2008) when asked to discuss talent management practices: More that 75% of participants rated people-management skills as very important. I bet that you are not surprised. Me either. […]