Dealing With Non-Assertive People
In an ideal world everyone would be assertive. Everyone would be confident enough to tell us exactly what they want, exactly how they feel and…
Category: Communication Skills
Articles, blogs and tools to help you with communication skills
How To Be More Positive
Having a positive attitude can have an amazing impact on your life, your work and the relationships we have with others. But, what is attitude?…
People Are Not Mushrooms – Don’t Keep Them In The Dark
I’m no keen gardener but I know that mushrooms like to be kept in dark damp conditions. If they get too much sunlight or are…
Are You Making These Communication Mistakes?
Mistakes when communicating can be costly. If people don’t understand the message you won’t get the outcomes you were looking for. Poor communication can be…
How To Start A Presentation
If you have ever delivered a presentation before you’ll know it can be quite a daunting task. Often when we are asked to do a…
How to Say No
Do you find it difficult to say no to people? Many of us do. Many of us don’t like to let people down and try…
Holding Effective Meetings
Meetings are one of those things that seem to be unavoidable in business today. For some of us they feel like a bit of a…
Don’t Suck at Powerpoint
Have you ever sat through a presentation and thought I could have just read that from the slides? Maybe you got bamboozled by too much…
The 7 Cs of Communication
We communicate with people everyday, both at work and in our personal life. We communicate using a number of different methods – face to face, telephone,…