How to Get Your Boss's Boss to Understand

On January 4, 2023, I got to provide the kick-off guest lecture for a graduate class at Auburn University. The course is part of a...

According to legendary sailor Peter Isler, listening is the one skill that many of us find it all too easy to neglect. We agree....

Frustrated by not getting the respect you deserve? Is something holding your career back? It is probably not how smart you are or the...

Big decisions involve complexity and uncertainty. Sanya Mathura believes that being a great trusted advisor means letting others find the...

Public relations guru and county commissioner Frank Williams shares his thoughts on how to relate technical information to people....

STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) professionals usually are not natural communicators. However, STEM professionals work in a...

Rebecca Bowyer tells one of her passionate stories from the workplace. "Unbeknownst to them, he could not see the red lettering on the...

Most of us get limited time with our organization's executives. We must make that time effective if our key messages are to be heard. Not...

Communicating with FINESSE FINESSE is my mnemonic for remembering the basics of effective communication. A mnemonic is a literary...

The Chance of Rain Most people do not understand what the chance of rain means. Some believe it means it will rain "30% of the day,"...

If you are a technical professional, who is your presentation mentor? Are you relying solely on the quality of your analysis or are you...

David Baize summed it up well. Plus, he gives us some good tips on being more concise in his guest post a few months ago. David knows...

Professional Engineers of North Carolina will hold its Annual December Seminars from Monday, December 5 to Wednesday, December 7, 2022. ...

The salient point of Jeff's quote is that it is not about you, it is all about the audience. No one really cares about how smart you are,...

There was a lot to unpack from the 45-minute information session. After all, three different governmental units evaluated the issue for...

Charles Latino knew something about communicating information for big decisions. After all, he was one of the pioneers of reliability...

As trusted advisors, technical professionals stand on the data first. Telling the story of the data overpowers most of our communication...

Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who was born into slavery. He believed all external events are beyond our control. Epictetus believed...

Making a decision requires an irrevocable allocation of resources. In a world full of complexity and uncertainty, decision makers turn to...

Mark Twain was a writer, publisher, lecturer, and the greatest humorist the United States has produced. We share his quote today in the...