Listening Is The One Skill Too Easy To Neglect
According to legendary sailor Peter Isler, listening is the one skill that many of us find it all too easy to neglect. We agree....
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CWF
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
Seven Ways to Deliver Better Presentations to Senior Management
Frustrated by not getting the respect you deserve? Is something holding your career back? It is probably not how smart you are or the...
CWF
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Effective Communication Means Letting Others Find the Solution
Big decisions involve complexity and uncertainty. Sanya Mathura believes that being a great trusted advisor means letting others find the...
CWF
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
Force-Feeding The Facts Does Not Motivate the Heart
Public relations guru and county commissioner Frank Williams shares his thoughts on how to relate technical information to people....
CWF
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
Three Communication Workshop Formats for Successful STEM Professionals
STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) professionals usually are not natural communicators. However, STEM professionals work in a...
CWF
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Address Color Blindness to Improve Communication and Relationships
Rebecca Bowyer tells one of her passionate stories from the workplace. "Unbeknownst to them, he could not see the red lettering on the...
CWF
- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
Lessons Learned for Making Limited Time with Executives More Effective
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...
JD Solomon
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
What Is This Communicating with FINESSE Stuff That JD Solomon Talks About?
Communicating with FINESSE FINESSE is my mnemonic for remembering the basics of effective communication. A mnemonic is a literary...
JD Solomon
- Nov 21, 2022
- 6 min
How to Improve Your Communication of Probability to Senior Management
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,"...
CWF
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Do You Have a Mentor for Presentations & Technical Communication?
If you are a technical professional, who is your presentation mentor? Are you relying solely on the quality of your analysis or are you...
CWF
- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min
Decision Makers Have No Time for a Lengthy Explanation
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...
CWF
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
JD Solomon to Deliver Engineers' Keynote with FINESSE
Professional Engineers of North Carolina will hold its Annual December Seminars from Monday, December 5 to Wednesday, December 7, 2022. ...
CWF
- Nov 4, 2022
- 1 min
The Best Communicators Always Genuinely Focus On Their Audience
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,...
JD Solomon
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
How to Communicate with FINESSE in Information Sessions
There was a lot to unpack from the 45-minute information session. After all, three different governmental units evaluated the issue for...
CWF
- Oct 28, 2022
- 1 min
Big Decisions Mean Communicating Effectively to the Boss's Inner Circle
Charles Latino knew something about communicating information for big decisions. After all, he was one of the pioneers of reliability...
JD Solomon
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Telling Your Story Produces Relaxed Communication, Effective Technical Presentations
As trusted advisors, technical professionals stand on the data first. Telling the story of the data overpowers most of our communication...
CWF
- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
Know What You Are Talking About
Epictetus was a Greek philosopher who was born into slavery. He believed all external events are beyond our control. Epictetus believed...
JD Solomon
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Three Things Every Trusted Advisor Should Know to Communicate with FINESSE
Making a decision requires an irrevocable allocation of resources. In a world full of complexity and uncertainty, decision makers turn to...
CWF
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
A Rightly Timed Pause...
Mark Twain was a writer, publisher, lecturer, and the greatest humorist the United States has produced. We share his quote today in the...
JD Solomon
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
How to Force Uncertainty to Respond (and Improve Communication)
Communicating strategic decisions is a long game. And the long game consists of complexity (many interrelated parts) and uncertainty (not...
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