If you speak regularly in front of groups, at some point you’re probably going to have your ideas, opinion or control challenged. And it may not be a perspective you hold lightly. Sometimes audience members can touch a nerve or challenge a deeply held value…if this has ever happened to...
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Today’s topic is an important word choices distinction that can make a big difference to...
For influence, question lazy labels We label and put people and ideas into boxes all...
1. To influence: are you speaking a universal truth, or your own? If as a...
I. Influencing others when you speak To be influential when you communicate or present you...
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Do you ever diminish yourself or your abilities? A real communication challenge comes from not...