Books I Read and Recommend for Improving Communications

I love to share information and recommend resources to my friends and clients, and love hearing about books and authors that have made a difference in their life too.  Like many I have an Amazon page that lists the books I use in my coaching and training to help clients and teams improve their skills.  […]

Key Interpersonal Skills Help When Travelling Abroad

Here’s a story from my business trip in 2008 to Moscow, Russia, where I trained managers at an oil services company in Western business communication and English language skills.  The story does not take place in the office, but rather during my free time. I coach and train relationship building techniques, like the art of […]

Successful Networking Top 10 Tips

To be successful at networking first of all you cannot allow yourself to be a wallflower. Here are my personal tips for success at a networking function so that you can be prepared (which will help combat any anxiety you may have about going and meeting strangers) and come off looking and sounding smooth and […]

Body Language Tips for the Boardroom

Is it a good thing to centre your hands while speaking? Hello fellow communicators! Do you often wonder how you could improve the results of your meetings and presentations in the boardroom?  Do you wish you could read the body language and non-verbal communications of business people across the table from you during negotiations?  Well […]

Can Effective Communication Skills Get More Out of Our Managers?

This fresh advertisement is suggesting so.  But why is that? It’s because managers are the ‘hub’ of an office or other organization.  They translate what the top level or C-suite folks who develop or interpret the vision really want (as far as action goes), and then carry out the communications and processes involved in getting […]

Body Language of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

Your browser does not support frames. <a href=”http://globalnews.ca/video I was interviewed by a Global TV news reporter on the body language and non-verbal communication of our mayor, Rob Ford.

Airline Security Spoof – But How Much of it is True?

This is a funny video spoofing U.S. airline security personnel and the hoops passengers (i.e. customers) need to go through to board an airplane these days.  Even though it seems an exaggeration to me, I wonder if people out there have encountered something similar?  Feel free to leave a comment if you have!  Enjoy!