Choosing the Right Prioritization Approach Enables Effective Communication
Deciding what is most important can be difficult. Deciding what is most important as a group is usually difficult and frustrating....
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Lester Ray Moore
- Oct 31
- 3 min
5 Visuals to Use with Caution When Communicating to Senior Management
Scatter diagrams, matrices, histograms, pie charts, and box and whiskers diagrams are included in "graphics to use with caution" when...
Lester Ray Moore
- Oct 15
- 1 min
Six Essential Visuals for Effective Technical Communication
Decision makers will give you about 10 minutes of attention. You do not have the time to explain complex visuals. Keep it concise with...
JD Solomon
- Sep 20
- 3 min
Five Key Enablers for Engineers to Be Effective Communicators
These are the five key enablers for engineers to be effective communicators. Like a chain, these enablers are only as strong as the...
Lester Ray Moore
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Effective Communication: Be Concise
An Example In the end, the sign said simply ‘John Thompson’ with a picture of a hat. Conciseness Conciseness involves conveying...
Lester Ray Moore
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Effective Communication: You Get One Shot at Professional Credibility
It's easy to get caught in the trap of giving your audience what they want. The trouble is that big, strategic decisions are ripe with...
Lester Ray Moore
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Effective Communication: Why the Burden is on the Message Sender
The burden is on the message sender, not the receiver when it comes to effective communication. This is especially true when it comes to...
Lester Ray Moore
- Aug 4
- 1 min
Effective Communication: Treat Others as You Wish to Be Treated
Effective communication requires treating others the way you wish to be treated. Trusted Advisors Your duty is to provide all of the...
Lester Ray Moore
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Successful Problem Solving Requires Effective Communication
Difficult problems are ones where their solutions are unclear or hidden. Difficult problems are complex, which means having many parts...
Lester Ray Moore
- Jul 15
- 2 min
FINESSE: Are Words the Most Powerful Drug Used by Mankind?
"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" is attributed to Rudyard Kipling, although there is some debate over who...
JD Solomon
- Jul 3
- 2 min
These Two American Statesmen Championed Effective Communication
American statesmen and founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams valued effective communication and recognized its importance....
JD Solomon
- Jun 25
- 2 min
How the FINESSE Fishbone Diagram Connects to Wagner's Russian Insurrection
On June 23 and 24, 2023, military troops from the Wagner Group pulled out of the front lines in Ukraine and began a march on Moscow to...
Lester Ray Moore
- Jun 24
- 1 min
Why "The Customer Is Always Right" Is a Controversial Quote
"The customer is always right" is a popular quote attributed to Harry Gordon Selfridge, who founded the iconic London department store...
Lester Ray Moore
- Jun 16
- 2 min
A Successful Career Requires Knowing When A Big Decision Is At Hand
It's really important for everyone involved in decision making to understand which level of decision they're dealing with. This includes...
Lester Ray Moore
- Jun 9
- 1 min
Communication: Are Tone and Body Language More Important than Content?
This quote says how you say something is important, but some people think what you say is just as important. They believe that both...
Lester Ray Moore
- May 23
- 2 min
Seven Helpful Observations on the FINESSE Fishbone Diagram
FINESSE is a cause-and-effect approach for effective communication when there are lots of complexity and uncertainty. FINESSE stands for...
JD Solomon
- May 21
- 4 min
Some Thoughts on Internal Communications (and why PowerPoint is not used for big decisions)
My role is to discuss the foundation of internal communication. That can be peer-to-peer, department-to-department, senior management,...
Lester Ray Moore
- May 13
- 1 min
Controversial Quotes: Using Simple Explanations Demonstrates Understanding
This quote is often used to say that it's important to communicate simply. But some people say that it's not always possible to make...
JD Solomon
- May 9
- 2 min
Real or Perceived: You Get One Shot At Professional Credibility
Effective communication is challenging when complexity and uncertainty are elevated. Decision makers want the best information possible....
Lester Ray Moore
- May 6
- 1 min
FINESSE: Speak Up to Move Up
Dianna Booher is a well-known communication expert, author, and speaker. Her approach emphasizes the importance of clear, concise, and...
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